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November

  

40-Hour Domestic Violence Training

November 3, 5, 10, 12, 17 & 19 (Mondays & Wednesdays)               8:30am - 4:30pm

Registration "Check In" is at 8:00am, Training begins promptly at 8:30am.

Note:  This training is in high demand.  Early registration is advised.  Registration deadline is October 27th or when training is full.

Under Illinois state law (the Illinois Domestic Violence Act-IDVA), staff and volunteers of domestic violence progrmas are required to complete a 40-Hour training to maintain confidentiality for their work with survivors of violence.

The Domestic Violence 40-Hour Training is the basic training for new domestic violence workers.  The training comes from the grassroots domestic violence movement's perspective, providing participants with the movement's philosophical and political framework.  Interactive education models and skill-building activities are to convey ideas.

Topics and Perspectives:

  • Domestic Violence Dynamics
  • Empowerment Counseling
  • Criminal and Civil Issues
  • Safety Planning
  • Assessment
  • Confidentiality
  • Teen Dating Violence
  • Domestic Violence and Children
  • Anti-racism and Cultural Diversity Issues
  • Batterer's Education Introduction
  • Mental Health and Substance Abuse
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Domestic Violence
  • Elder Abuse and Older Battered Women
  • Abuse of People with Disabilities
  • Societal supports for Domestic Violence

 

Training fee for non-members $300

Training fee for members $200 (maximum of 3 participants per agency)

Training fee for member volunteers or interns $150

 

Domestic Violence and Children with Disabilities

November 20, 2008
9:30am-4:30pm

Course Description:  Children with physical, cognitive and emotional disabilities are 1.7 times more likely to be maltreated than children without disabilities.  The risk for abuse or neglect of children with disabilities increases at least 1.5 times in households where domestic violence is present.  Because the rate of re-occurence of domestic violence and child abuse is high, understanding their interrelationship is crucial.  Such understanding can improve the ability of domestic violence advocates and child protective services workers to recognize the risks and to develop viable mother and child safety plans.



Credits Offered:  6 contact hours, 6 CEUs FOR LCSWs, LCPCs and ICDVPs

Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network
1 E. Wacker Drive-Suite 1630, Chicago IL 60601
Phone: (312)527-0730 * Fax: (312)527-0733 * TTY: (312)527-0735