NOVACares, Resources

TIP OF THE WEEK: Veteran Support Resources

TIP OF THE WEEK: NOVACares is committed to providing services for our veteran students and their families by ensuring they have access to support to inspire student success. Virginia Veteran & Family Support (VVFS), formerly known as the Wounded Warriors Program, provides each campus with peer specialists who can meet with students individually on or off campus. For information about veteran support groups, click the link below http://www.ptsd.va.gov/…/treat…/cope/peer_support_groups.asp. To visit our website go to http://www.nvcc.edu/novacares/program/index.htmlvet-day

 

 

NOVACares, Resources, Uncategorized

Tip of the Week: Stress Management

stressNOVACares offers several resources for members of the NOVA community. If you are having a hard time managing your stress, you can visit our website http://www.nvcc.edu/novacares/program/index.html , and click on the “Stress Management” tab. There, you will find helpful tips to manage stress, and useful links on more information. Click below to try out our deep-breathing exercise. http://www.nvcc.edu/novacares/_img/tumblr_nexv126czE1ql82o1o1_500.gif

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NOVACares, Sexual Assault Services, Uncategorized

Tip of the Week: Consent

feature-consent-stop-sexual-violence-oct-2014_700x538Consent is a voluntary and sober agreement to engage in every step of a sexual activity. The absence of a verbal “no” does not indicate consent. If consent is not present then a sexual assault has been committed. Consent can be withheld at any point and must be given for each act along the path. Individuals who are intoxicated cannot give consent. Even if permission to have sexual activity is gained through force, an imbalance of power, use of coercion, the threat of violence or is perpetrated against someone who is not able to give consent, because that individual is sleep, incapacitated, unconscious, legally intoxicated or a minor, consent is not actually given.
For more information about consent please visit http://www.nvcc.edu/novacares/sas/sexual-assault.html. To contact a 24 hour NOVA Sexual Assault Services coordinator for free confidential support, please call 703.338.0834 or email NOVA.SAS@nvcc.edu.

NOVACares, Resources, Sexual Assault Services, Uncategorized

Tip of the Week: Unhealthy Relationships

Are you in a Healthy or Unhealthy Relationship? Does your partner:
• Call you names, insults and threatens you?
• Criticizes constantly?
• Damages or destroys your things?
• Checks up on you or makes you check in constantly?
• Doesn’t let you see friends and family or go anywhere/ do anything without him or her?
If yes, you may be in an unhealthy relationship. For more information visit http://www.nvcc.edu/novacares/sas/dating.html and for assistance contact NOVA Sexual Assault Services (SAS) for free confidential support at 703.338.0834 or email nova.sas@nvcc.edu.

NOVACares, Sexual Assault Services, Uncategorized

Tip of the Week: Stalking

Stalking is a course of conduct, targeted at a particular person that causes a reasonable person to feel fear. On college campuses the stalker is often not a stranger to the victim. Four out of five campus victims know their attacker. These perpetrators have an intimate relationship or close friendship; they may be classmates, co-workers, neighbors, acquaintances, or related to their victims. If you or someone you know is being stalked, contact a 24 hour NOVA Sexual Assault Services Coordinator for free confidential support. Please call 703.338.0834 or email NOVA.SAS@nvcc.edu. For more information and resources about stalking, please visit http://www.nvcc.edu/novacares/sas/stalking.html

NOVACares, Sexual Assault Services, Uncategorized

Tip of the Week #6: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

dvOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence (dating/partner violence) is a pattern of behaviors between individuals who are or have been involved in an intimate relationship in which an individual inflicts emotional, financial, psychological, sexual and/or physical harm to his/her partner to assert power and control. To find resources or get more information on domestic violence (dating/ partner violence), visit http://www.nvcc.edu/novacares/sas/dating.html. To contact a 24 hour NOVA Sexual Assault Services coordinator for free confidential support, please call 703.338.0834 or email NOVA.SAS@nvcc.edu.

Sexual Assault Services, Uncategorized

NOVA SAS at MEC for The Clothesline Project!

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NOVA SAS coordinates The Clothesline Project at NOVA.  Today we visited MEC. Here are some of the shirts that were designed today!

“The Clothesline Project is a non-governmental organization created to bring awareness to the issue of violence against women. For women who have been affected by violence, it is a means of expressing their emotions by decorating a t-shirt. After the shirts have been decorated, they are hung on a clothesline display.”

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Tip of the week #5: Bystander Intervention

sayAn active bystander speaks up or calls attention to an issue that doesn’t seem right. You are often the first to see any concerning behavior, so if you “See Something, Say Something.” This can prevent various types of sexual misconduct and identify behavioral changes, stress, suicidal actions, or depression. If you have seen something concerning, please file an online report at www.nvcc.edu/novacares. For more information or assistance contact NOVA Sexual Assault Services at NOVA.SAS@nvcc.edu or call 703.338.0834. If someone is in immediate danger call 9-1-1 or NOVA Police at 703.764.5000. To learn more about bystander intervention visit http://www.nvcc.edu/novacares/_docs/Bystander_Intervention_FAQs.pdf.

Mental Health Resources, NOVACares, Resources, Uncategorized

Tip of the Week #4. 9/16: U-Life Line a Resource for the NOVA Community

Tip of the Week 9/16
• U-Lifeline is a free online resource for college mental health. This resources gives information on a variety of issues such as alcohol and drug usage, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, emotional health, schizophrenia, stress and suicidal behavior. For the Crisis text line Text START to 741-741, for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline call 1-800-273-TALK (8255) for immediate help. For more information visit http://www.ulifeline.org/nvcc/

Mental Health Resources, NOVACares, Uncategorized

TIP OF THE WEEK #3: 9.13.16

NOVACare’s offers several resources guides available to the NOVA community. If you are dealing with the loss of a loved one you can visit our website http://www.nvcc.edu/novacares/program/index.html, and click the page “Grief and Loss”. Under that page you will find information guides on dealing with grief, non-profit organizations and other grief support resources. Grief support resources can provide members with validation and understanding of the intensity of their experience. By providing members with a compassionate community that will support them in their struggle, it gives members the opportunity to share their strengths and coping strategies.