OT/Victims with Disabilities: Collaborative, Multidisciplinary First Response

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Carolyn Gammicchia

Victims with Disabilities: Collaborative, Multidisciplinary First Response (March 2009)This 72-minute training DVD (NCJ 223940), developed under the guidance of a national advisory board, demonstrates effective techniques for first responders who have been called to the scene of a crime in which the victim has a disability. It not only provides guidelines for interacting with adult and adolescent victims of crime who have communication and/or intellectual disabilities, but also helps law enforcement personnel gain a deeper understanding of the lives, personal attributes, and abilities of individuals with disabilities. A trainer's guide (870 kb PDF) accompanies this video.http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/publications/infores/other.htm.