This two (2) CE credit Intimate Partner Violence online course fulfills the Spousal & Partner Abuse requirement for Psychologists. As of 1/1/05, California MFTs and LCSWs need 7 CE to fulfill this requirement. For a seven (7) CE credit online course, click here.
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3. Submit online evaluation & post-test.
4. Print your certificate.
GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is an intermediate level course about spousal and partner abuse. The course not only identifies the scope, demographics, and typologies associated with Intimate Partner Violence, but also summarizes an array of techniques used to assess domestically violent relationships. Further, various interventions currently in use are compared and contrasted. Domestic violence in ethnic minority families, as well as in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender relationships is reviewed in the final component of the course.
Specific tenets of the Codes of Ethics as well as California Law are provided, as are Resources for clinicians and the general public.
Educational Objectives:
The overall goal of this course is to help psychotherapists understand the complexities involved in domestic violence and enable them to make predictions, assessments and interventions in these volatile and often tragic situations.
This course will teach psychotherapists to
Make spousal and partner abuse assessments.
Detect and identify domestic violence.
Utilize domestic violence interventions.
Identify community and other resources.
Interpret the complex system involved in domestic violence.
Identify cultural, same gender and other factors in domestic violence.
Identify the relevant California laws and Ethics Codes for domestic violence.
Course Syllabus:
Detection of Domestic Violence
Scope of the Problem & Demographics of Intimate Partner Violence
Factors Impacting Intimate Partner Violence: Characteristics and typology of Male Batterers and Relational Qualities
Assessment of Domestic Violence
Framing Statements, Methods of Questioning and Detecting Domestic Violence
When Abuse Is Discovered: Planning, Documentation & Confidentiality
Potential Physical and Behavioral Health Effects of Domestic Abuse
Lenore Walker's Cycle of Violence
Patient Advocacy, Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
Intervention Strategies
Prosecution & Mandated Intervention
Treatment Approaches: Client-Centered, Self Psychology and Dynamic Approaches
The Compassion Workshop & Solution-Focused Approaches
Treatment of Assaultive Men from an Attachment Perspective
Partner Violence in Ethnic Minority Families
African American, Latino, Asian and Native American: Incidence of Partner Violence among Ethnic Minorities
Acculturation, Stereotypes, Barrier to Treatment & Research Concerns
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Relationships
The Prevalence of the Problem
Research Findings & The Legal System
Availability of (or lack of) Resources & List of Resources
A National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP)
A Cultural Perspective and Systems Theory Applied to Domestic Violence
This is an intermediate level course about spousal and partner abuse. The course not only identifies the scope, demographics, and typologies associated with Intimate Partner Violence, but also summarizes an array of techniques used to assess domestically violent relationships. Further, various interventions currently in use are compared and contrasted. Domestic violence in ethnic minority families, as well as in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender relationships is reviewed in the final component of the course.
