Assessment, Engagement and Safe Intervention with Families Impacted by Domestic Violence
A special thank you to the Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy for making this webinar possible
Description
Domestic Violence is a common issue that arises in clinical practice. This session will provide: 1) an overview of the types, range, and risk of different types of domestic violence, 2) procedures for safety/risk screening and assessment related to domestic violence, 3) guidelines for determining what type of treatment/intervention is most appropriate and when for families that domestic violence is identified (e.g. individual, couple, family, etc.) and review of available evidence based approaches, 4) engagement strategies with fathers or other non-engaged parents, 5) discussion of mandated reporting related to domestic violence, and 6) helping parents talk to their children about domestic violence that has happened in the family. Following this workshop, practitioners will have tools for screening and assessment for domestic violence and strategies to engage and select the best treatment approaches for individuals and families they serve in their clinical practices.
**This webinar fulfills the NJ psychologist CE requirement on domestic violence**
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be able to define the types of domestic violence
- Participants can implement screening and assessment for domestic violence risk
- Participants can describe appropriate interventions for families impacted by domestic violence including all members of the family
- Participants can state rules for mandated reporting related to domestic violence
Instructor Bio
Carla Smith Stover, Ph.D. is a Harris Professor and Director of the Stress, Adversity and Trauma Program at the Child Study Center at Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Stover developed an intervention for fathers to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV), child maltreatment, and substance misuse called Fathers for Change. Her book Fathers and Violence: A Program to Change Behavior, Improve Parenting and Heal Relationships is the manual for this intervention approach. She currently has two NIH research grants to conduct clinical trials of Fathers for Change and works closely with the CT Department of Children and Families to offer the intervention to DCF involved families. She has presented internationally on the topics of family conflict, healthy relationships, family violence, engaging and treating fathers and interventions for childhood trauma.
Dr. Stover has no conflicts of interest for this webinar
Contact Us
For questions, please contact: ce@gsapp.rutgers.edu
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