Radiant Sunshine Training Site

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

Reference List

Post-Test

Evaluation Form