Description
This course gives the participant a broad overview of how to recognize symptoms of domestic violence, outlines the various aspects of relationship abuse, and provides treatment ideas for working with individuals who are experiencing abuse by an intimate partner. This course explores the treatment and domestic violence and provides guidance for social workers who work with those individuals experiencing domestic violence. The course highlights the importance of identifying signs, symptoms, and history of domestic violence. It highlights the tactics of abuse, common characteristics of batters, key characteristics of children exposed to violence, and the effects of domestic violence on families and communities.
The therapist, case manager, and other service providers will learn the skills to safely assess, plan, and collaborate with other systems (i.e. police, shelter).
This course is proven to build a toolbox of leadership skills and social work techniques that are essential in your work with domestic violence. Attendees will develop practical social work skills to help understand, guide and develop appropriate treatment techniques for their clients. Using practical social work group exercises that can be taken back to their work with individuals or their families. In other words, it will provide attendees with helpful information, related readings, and practical activities sure to help all they serve exposed to domestic violence.
Session Learning Objectives
After completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate and enhance their ability to recognize signs and symptoms of domestic violence.
- Demonstrate an understanding of effectively using the ‘Power and Control’ wheel as a tool to assist clients experiencing domestic violence and identify aspects of their abuse.
- Demonstrate the importance of working with survivors of abuse in a manner that seeks to reduce shame and stigma.
- Understand the appropriate skills and methods to implement a safety plan to use with survivors of abuse.
Relevance to Social Work:
- Developing practical social work skills to help with appropriate assessment of domestic violence and treatment.
- Develop a higher level of cultural competency with your social work skills as it relates to those who experience domestic violence.
- Using practical social work group exercises that can be taken back to their work with individuals who have experienced domestic violence.
Course Outline
Video Study Guide
Violence Awareness
Brief Summary of Theories
Reference List
Post-Test
Evaluation Form
Lead Trainer
Audience
Psychologists, Social Workers, Psychotherapists, MFTs, LPCs, graduate-level Counselors, and any other mental health professionals/providers.
Certificates will be awarded after completion of the full Webinar and course evaluation.
Radiant Sunshine, #1403, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Radiant Sunshine maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 2/28/23 to 2/28/2026
Find out whether your state or province accepts ACE approval.
Approved Continuing Education Provider (ACEP):
Radiant Sunshine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7371. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
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Refund Policy: No refund will be given for the purchase of any course or webinar.
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