On-Site Training

NoVA provides on-site training and consulting in a variety of areas related to batterer intervention. The following list represents just a few of the areas of consultative trainings that we offer. For a complete list, please contact David Mandel for more information.

Improving Child Protection System's Response to Batterers

The Non-Violence Alliance has dedicated itself to helping child protection professionals improve the effectiveness of their interventions with batterers. Intervening with batterers can help protect children and reduce the unnecessary revictimization of the non-offending parent. Based on research, and years of experience consulting to child protection agencies, our trainings can be tailored to the needs of your agency. Our trainings can help child protection agencies improve their assessment of risk, develop practical strategies for improving their interventions with families affected by domestic violence and collaborating with other systems. Click here to view a sample of slides from our core training.

Basic and Advanced Training for Batterer Intervention Program Staff

The Non-Violence Alliance provides training for batterer intervention counselors. Anchored in the experience of adult and child victims of domestic violence, these trainings help professionals who want to work with batterers learn basic and advanced skills for working with batterers. These 1, 2 or 3 day training sessions are derived from years of experience in working with batterers, and have been formalized into a forty hour training curriculum entitled Dedication, written for the Texas Council on Family Violence.

Screening for Batterers Training for Medical Personnel

The Non-Violence Alliance has been one of the pioneers in exploring the efficacy of screening for perpetrators of domestic violence in medical settings as part of comprehensive public health approach to preventing violence in the home. As a consultant to a statewide project to train hospital personnel in the identification and screening of domestic violence, the Non-Violence Alliance has worked with medical providers and researchers to develop protocols for screening, identification and referral of batterers. Trainings for medical professionals are available.

An Introduction to Working with Batterers for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Professionals

Whether it is a couple seeking marital counseling or a client in a substance abuse program, domestic violence is goes unidentified in many settings. Unseen it can lead to relapses in recovery or ongoing to risk to families. Universal screening for domestic violence should be a regular part of any practitioners intake and evaluation procedure. Once domestic violence is identified, a practitioner needs the background and skills to provide support, make the appropriate referrals (when necessary) and address the issue of domestic violence into their overall treatment of the client. The Non-Violence Alliance offers training to mental health and substance abuse professionals to improve their ability to screen for and work with perpetrators of domestic violence.

Training for Child Protective Service Professionals

For the past seven years the Non-Violence Alliance has partnered with Connecticut’s Department of Children and Families (DCF) to provide quality state of the art training and consulting about domestic violence perpetrators for state social work staff responsible for child safety. Out of this effort, NoVA offers training on identifying, engaging and developing consequences for domestic violence perpetrators. The curriculum provides CPS workers with the information and skills needed to decrease the removals of children from homes without unnecessarily placing the mother in the dangerous and difficult position of holding the domestic violence perpetrator accountable for the risks his behavior creates for children.

DCF Supervisor Training

The Non-Violence Alliance has developed and implemented a training curriculum that has been used for over 150 Department of Children and Families (DCF) treatment and investigation supervisors. The training, which contains an overview of the pre-service training for new workers, includes video interviews with clients, a computer-generated slide presentation, and a training booklet. The supervisors also receive a practical checklist for supervising social workers around domestic violence perpetrators, materials on dangerousness, and information about appropriate referrals for perpetrators.

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