Professional and Community Trainings

NOVA staff is trained in a variety of topics and offer expertise to provide high quality and practical training. Along with an extensive list of established trainings, we can also customize and develop or tailor trainings to meet the needs of your request. These trainings are offered on site at your business/workplace.

• Trauma Informed Care: Working with clients who seek healing and recovery with the support of mental health and human services and have trauma histories.
• Mandated Reporting- Do You Know the NEW Laws?
• Human Trafficking
• Media and Sexual Violence
• Sexual Violence in Disasters
• Sexual Violence and HIV
• Stalking
• Child Sexual Assault and Pennsylvania’s Megan's Law
• Crisis Response and Reactions
• Family Violence - "The Shattering Impact"
• Drug Facilitated Sexual Assault- Date Rape Drugs
• Elder Abuse
• Hate Crimes
• Identity Theft
• History of Victim Rights
• NOVA Services Overview
• Personal Physical Safety for the Workplace
• Sexual Assault and Adults with Disabilities
• Sexual Assault and Children with Disabilities
• Sexual Harassment Prevention for the Workplace
• Speaker's Bureau- Public Speaking Empowerment and Tips
• Victims and the Criminal Justice System
• Training for Hair Stylists - "When a Client Tells All"

Community Programs/ Trainings

NOVA offers a wide variety of prevention and safety programs that explore the causes and dynamics of violence, as well as the strategies to prevent victimization. Our community programs are offered free of charge and can be scheduled to meet the time needs of your group.

Topics NOVA can present to your group include:

• NOVA – An Agency Overview
• Talking About Touching: Keeping Kids Safe
• Elder Sexual Assault
• The Link: Ecstasy, Club Drugs and Sexual Assault
• Senior Citizens and Safety
• Megan's Law: Informing the Community
• Identity Theft: When Bad Things Happen To Your Good Name
• Workplace Violence
• Cyber Bullying
• Counseling Techniques for Victims of Crime
• Bully Prevention: A Parent and Community Guide
• What Every Church Leader Needs To Know About Personal Safety Issues and Sexual Assault Prevention for Their Congregation

NOVA Training Institute for Professionals - Enroll now...

Increasing Comfort in Addressing Issues of Sexuality with Youth
Thursday, October 14 – 9:30-12:30
Trainer: Alison Bellavance, Director of Education and Training, Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County

Understanding Sexually Reactive Children
Tuesday, November 9 – 9:30-12:30
Trainer: Tony Goldsmith, Clinical Director and Mary Hove, MS, Education and Training Director, Family Support Line

The Art of Communicating with Children and Teens
Tuesday, November 16 – 9:30-12:30
Trainer: Jennifer Bullock, MEd, MLSP, LPC, NCC, Director, Greater Philadelphia Centers for Social Therapy
ACT 48 Hours: All workshops have been submitted for approval to the PA Department of Education.

Taking off the Rose Colored Glasses: Understanding Whiteness
Thursday, December 2 – 9:30-3:30
Trainers: Tina R. Paone, PhD & Krista M. Malott, PhD
$150/pp for individuals
$140/pp group rate (2 or more from same agency)

Food for Thought: Understanding and Identifying Eating Disorders
Tuesday, December 7 – 9:30-12:30
Trainer: Wendy Cramer, MEd, The Renfrew Center of Philadelphia

All trainings $90/pp for individuals or $80/pp group rate unless noted.

All trainings are held at the NOVA office, 2370 York Road, Suite B1, Jamison PA 18929.

To register, contact Mandy Mundy at Mandy@NOVABucks.org or 215.343.6543.

CEU Credits: All workshops have been submitted for approval to the PA Board of Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists and Professional Counselors.