Helping you through. Below are free downloadable resources available to all. CHATS: Head Injury Identification and Accommodation Tool Head Injury Education Card: Has Your Head Been Hurt? Invisible Injuries Booklet: When Your Head is Hurt Trauma-Informed Approaches:...

ODVN is committed to providing Ohio domestic violence programs with up-to-date, ongoing and comprehensive resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Certainly taking the time to take care of yourself is easier said than done. Making self-care a priority not only keeps you in this movement but also makes you a better advocate.

Self-Help Legal Manuals for Survivors of Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and Stalking (2016): Self-Help Legal Manual (PDF) Self-Help Legal Manual for Incarcerated Survivors (PDF) Guidance for Survivors of Domestic Violence: Love Shouldn't Hurt Ohio Model Protocol...

Domestic abuse is when your partner uses a pattern of coercive and assaultive behaviors to obtain power and control over you. The American Heritage Dictionary defines coercion as “to force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation or to compel; to dominate, restrain, or control forcibly; and to bring about by force or threat.”