Training

IN 2025, GNESA WILL BE DOING A HYBRID OF IN-PERSON TRAININGS AND ONLINE/VIRTUAL TRAININGS.

GNESA WILL FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND WILL MAKE CHANGES TO TRAINING IF/WHEN NECCESSARY.

PLEASE CONTACT GNESA WITH ANY QUESTIONS. 

 

Welcome to GNESA's training page! We are currently working on scheduling trainings for advocates.If you do not see the training you are interested in below, please check back for updated training information. Once future training dates are set, further information and registration links will be posted here on our website:

 

 

Upcoming Events

 

Advocate Support Calls - Virtual

 

Meet with advocates from across Georgia who share the same experiences, challenges, and stress. Learn more about practicing self-care and how to manage the stress of helping surviviors of sexual assault.

 

Advocate Support Calls will be held on the following dates:

 

April 14                   May 12                 June 16

July 14                    August 11             September 8

October 13             November 10       December 8

 

Time: 11 am - 12:00 pm

 

Flyers were sent to Georgia's Sexual Assault Centers with the zoom link.

Please contact Dottie Stafford (478-444-3424) if you have any questions.

 

Join Zoom Meeting
 
Meeting ID: 828 8991 2948
Passcode: 019167
 

 

 

Book Club - Know My Name by Chanel Miller

 

GNESA is hosting a book club. We will have the first meeting on May 30, 2025 at 3:00 pm. Please have the book at the time, but you don't have to have started reading on that date.

 

Writer, artist, and activist Chanel Miller shook the world when her victim impact statement regarding the Brock Turner sentencing for her sexual assault went viral. This book tells her story of sexual assault and her experiences as she goes through the system in an effort to get justice.

 

This book deals with the impact of sexual assault so please be aware it could be a trigger for other survivors.

 

Date: May 30, 2025

 

Location: Virtual

 

Host: GNESA - Dottie Stafford

 

Click the LINK to register and get the zoom link to participate.

 

 

 

Upcoming Training

 

4 Day Sexual Assault Advocacy Training - Virtual

 

This FOUR day training will provide new sexual assault advocates and other participants with knowledge, skills, and abilities to address: what is sexual assault advocacy, realities of sexual assault, impact of sexual assault, procedures in common advocacy situations, recovery education and skills training, and compassion fatigue/self-care.  

 

Dates: May 13 - May 16, 2025 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

 

Location: Virtual 

 

Presenter: Dottie Stafford

 

Click the Link to register for the training.

 

You will receive a DropBox link with materials for the training closer to the date of the class.

 

If you are having trouble with registration or did not receive an email confirming your registration or have questions, please call Dottie at 478-444-3424 or contact through email at dstafford@gnesa.org.

 

 

Human Trafficking Training 

 

This training will cover basic information on human trafficking, how to best work with victims of trafficking, current special projects from around Georgia, and resources to help you provide more comprehensive advocacy services.

 

Dates: May 28, 2025

 

Times: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

 

Location: Virtual

 

Presenters:

Lindsey Cheatham, M.S., Human Trafficking Victim Advocate

Elina Acosta, Statewide Human Trafficking Task Force Coordinator

 

Click this LINK to register for this training.

 

If you are having trouble with registration or did not receive an email confirming your registration or have questions, please call Dottie at 478-719-8808 or contact through email at dstafford@gnesa.org.

 

 

Multidisciplinary Teams - Response to Sexual Assault - ADVOCATES

 

Sexual Assault Response Teams are multidisciplinary teams that provide specialized immediate response to victims of recent sexual assault by implementing a comprehensive, sensitive, coordinated system of intervention and care for sexual assault victims. The team typically includes victim advocates, health care personnels, law enforcement representatives, and prosecutors. This training will include classroom discussion on advanced advocacy topics and participation as an advocate in mock forensic medical exams and mock law enforcement interviews.

 

Dates: June 9 - June 13, 2025

 

Times: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

 

Location: Georgia Public Safety Training Center, 1000 Indian Springs Drive, Forsyth, GA 31029

 

Presenter: Dottie Stafford

 

There is no cost to participate in the training but accommodations will NOT be covered.

Each participant must cover the cost of hotel accommodation or mileage.

 

There are 15 slots available for advocates who wish to participate.

 

The link to register for the training will be added soon.

 

If you are having trouble with registration, did not receive an email confirming your registration, or have additional questions, please contact Dottie Stafford at 478-719-8808 or 478-444-3424 or by email at dstafford@gnesa.org.

 

 

 

 

Answering the Crisis Hotline - Virtual

 

Answering the crisis hotline takes specific skills and strategies to help people cope with traumatic events they have experienced. 
 

Participants will learn important skills such as building rapport, utilizing healthy communication, creating a safety plan, assessing needs, providing education, mobilizing support and discussing resources.

 

The training will include opportunities for roll playing mock crisis calls.  

 

Dates: July 16, 2025 from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

 

Location: Virtual 

 

Presenter: Dottie Stafford

 

Click the  LINK to register for the training.

 

You will receive a DropBox link with materials for the training closer to the date of the class.

 

If you are having trouble with registration or did not receive an email confirming your registration or have questions, please call Dottie at 478-719-8808 or contact through email at dstafford@gnesa.org.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional trainings coming soon!

 

 

If you are enterested in hosting a training in your area or for special training requests, please contact GNESA.

 

 

Thank you for your interest.