{"id":4008,"date":"2019-06-14T17:45:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T17:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2022-05-31T08:18:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T08:18:04","slug":"madd-tn-volunteers-and-staff-attend-2019-victim-assistance-training-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/madd-tn-volunteers-and-staff-attend-2019-victim-assistance-training-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"MADD TN Volunteers and Staff Attend 2019 Victim Assistance Training Institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4008\" class=\"elementor elementor-4008\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-31ef3e13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"31ef3e13\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c81d99e\" data-id=\"5c81d99e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68e1c662 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68e1c662\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2019\/06\/IMG_5299-cropped-800x-300x108-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"108\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8983\" \/>\n<p>Seventeen MADD Tennessee volunteers and staff were trained at the Tennessee Victim Assistance Training Institute (VATI) held in Nashville, TN, June 12 &amp; 13, 2019.&nbsp; The training was meant to provide them with a foundation of knowledge and advocacy tools to prepare them for personal interactions with others who have experienced crime victimization by substance impaired driving or underage drinking incidents.&nbsp; &nbsp;Besides explaining terminology and the victim services available through MADD, the training covered best practices &amp; case management and discussed the aftermath of substance impaired driving homicide and injury cases.&nbsp; &nbsp;Attendees also learned the importance of setting personal and professional boundaries to avoid burnout, secondary trauma, and compassion fatigue as they serve victims.<\/p>\n<p>Special guests Trooper Kenneth White from the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Davidson County District Attorney, Kyle Anderson, also talked about the role of law enforcement and the prosecution in a substance impaired driving crashes.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen MADD Tennessee volunteers and staff were trained at the Tennessee Victim Assistance Training Institute (VATI) held in Nashville, TN, June 12 &amp; 13, 2019.&nbsp; The training was meant to&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/tennessee\/madd-tn-volunteers-and-staff-attend-2019-victim-assistance-training-institute\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MADD TN Volunteers and Staff Attend 2019 Victim Assistance Training Institute<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":8985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"elementor_theme","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-victims-services","category-volunteers","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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