Abuse of those with Disabilities

S.A.F.E.: A Personal Safety Training Guide for Adults with Disabilities and Care Providers

This curriculum is designed to educate adults with disabilities about abuse and their rights.

The major theme of the curriculum is empowerment. For the purpose of this curriculum, empowerment is defined as the power of knowledge. The curriculum is designed to help participants know their rights. Their right to safety, their right to speak out and their right to get help. Knowledge and empowerment are core principles in personal safety.

This curriculum consists of five modules. The first four modules are designed for persons with disabilities. The fifth module educates care providers on the signs of abuse, strategies for identifying abusive situations, and what to do. The modules are:

1) Module 1: Financial Abuse – a safety guide on how to prevent and handle financial abuse to one’s money and personal belongings.

2) Module 2: Neglect and Withholding Support – a safety guide on how to prevent and handle situations where consumers are neglected or prevented from garnering the support they deserve.

3) Module 3: Physical and Verbal Abuse – a safety guide focused on preventing and handling situations where someone may be physically or verbally abused.

4) Module 4: Sexual Abuse – a safety guide exploring ways to prevent and handle sexual abuse situations.

5) Module 5: Curriculum Overview for Care Provider to include but not limited to support coordination/agency employees and “care” providers which also includes family members and agency staff.

Curriculum documents:

Introduction

Focus group on Training for People with Disabilities

Power and Control Wheel

Community Resources List

County Template of Victim Services

A Guide for Friends, Family and Care Providers of Sexual Violence Survivors Who Have Disabilities
This 27-page guide contains a general overview of sexual violence information, with special information pertaining to victims with disabilities. An excellent resource for significant others of victims and anyone new to the field, it includes details about the immediate concerns when dealing with a recently victimized person, tips for communicating with a victim, basic explanations of sexual violence (to include child sexual abuse, male sexual violence and acquaintance rape), common myths and facts that debunk them, answers to common questions and concerns, description of possible long-term effects, information on how significant others can be effected, and risk reduction strategies. Complete with a list of related definitions and statistics, the guide contains a place for your organization's stamp/sticker.

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