TECHNIQUE FOR TRAINING PARAPROFESSIONALS IN RAPE-CRISIS COUNSELING PROCEDURES

• NCJ Number: 42337
• Author(s): W K ROBERTS; B K HART
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 46 pages
• Sale Source: American Psychological Assoc
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A FOUR-SESSION TRAINING WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED BY COLUMBUS COLLEGE FOR PARAPROFESSIONALS WHO ARE OR PLAN TO BE ENGAGED IN RAPE-CRISIS INTERVENTION COUNSELING.

Abstract

MEDICAL ASPECTS AND TREATMENT OF RAPE VICTIMS WERE DISCUSSED ALONG WITH POLICE PROCEDURES AND REPORTS REQUIRED FOR SUBSEQUENT LEGAL ACTION. WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS WERE INSTRUCTED IN SELECTED COUNSELING PROCEDURES AND WERE ALLOWED TO PRACTICE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN TECHNIQUES DURING GROUP INTERACTION. THE WORKSHOP CONCLUDED WITH A SESSION THAT ENCOURAGED PARTICIPANTS TO FOCUS ON THEIR OWN ATTITUDES AND VALUES CONCERNING RAPE. NO SIGNIFICANT ATTITUDE CHANGES WERE OBSERVED TO HAVE OCCURRED AS AN IMMEDIATE MEASURABLE PRODUCT OF WORKSHOP ATTENDANCE. PARTICIPANTS, IN GENERAL, RESPONDED TO SURVEY ITEMS IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THE PHILOSOPHY ON RAPE EXPRESSED BY THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...MSP