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Talking the Truth about Collaboration: Successful Sexual Assault Response Teams
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Presenters: |
Kay Buck, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault
Marilyn Peterson, University of California, Davis Medical Training Center
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Date/Time:
March 15, 2002, 1:30-3:00 pm |
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Abstract: |
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Sexual Assault Response Team (SART) is a
multi- disciplinary, interagency, sexual assault intervention model. It is a collaborative, team approach to implementing a comprehensive, sensitive, coordinated system of intervention and care for sexual assault victims. Collaboration strengthens the response of individual agencies and unites them into a coordinated team approach. No one agency can successfully handle all aspects of a sexual assault. Each agency is important and has its strengths and limitations. Effective multidisciplinary teams generate a stronger response and produce more effective outcomes for the victim and the criminal justice system.
The SART model recognizes that the victim of sexual assault and the criminal justice system have distinctive sets of needs. Sometimes there are inherent conflicts between these two sets of needs and goals. These conflicts, however, do not have to polarize individuals and agencies. Through professional collaboration between rape crisis centers, health care providers, and the criminal justice system, both sets of needs can be accommodated.
Collective vision and joint commitment are the keys to developing and maintaining a SART or any new program. The vision excites the imagination of the professionals involved and maintains them through the difficult challenges and problems to solve. The vision lifts thinking to a higher level about what is possible on behalf of those who have suffered. This collective vision focuses individuals on the "greater good" during policy and decision making when fragmentation begins to set in, and restores the whole.
The workshop is intended for all team members of a developing or already established Sexual Assault Response Team. It will review the following important areas that impede the success of a SART in reaching it’s goals: 1) Turf Issues; 2) Mission and Goal Conflicts; 3) Difficult Personalities; and 4) Personalization of Conflict.
Workshop attendees will learn how to better prepare for the challenges and potential for conflict by developing a problem solving approach in advance. Workshop facilitators use an interactive approach to discuss the challenges in working as a SART team, and will focus on solution oriented strategies to resolve the conflict that may jeopardize survivor care and sabotage the mission and goals of the Team.
Participants will leave the workshop with the following information and resources:
- Practical protocols and constructive methods to help with conflict resolution
- New ideas on developing a plan in advance to address team conflict when it occurs
- Increased confidence as a team member
- Renewed energy about the SART approach
The handouts are selected sections from the California SART Manual. To purchase your personal copy of the manual, please refer to the accompanying CALCASA Catalog of Publications for ordering information.
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> Kay
Buck's Bio Page
> Marilyn
Peterson's Bio Page
> Main
Conference Page
> Registration Form
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