Domestic Violence

2 CEU's

$85.00

REQUIREMENT

The State requires that every licensee take a Board-approved 2 hour Domestic Violence Course by their third biennium, and every registered intern within 6 months of licensure. Many students wisely choose to take this dynamic and hard-hitting course now, with nationally acclaimed presenters and pioneers in the field, Matt and Susan McMillan.  And many licensees return again and again to learn the latest updates.  If you will be seeing couples, up to 50% of your clients may be in a domestic violence relationship. If you do not handle these cases properly and legally, the results could be deadly.

The Ultimate  Domestic Violence Course – Men Who Batter and the Women Who Love Them —

Myths and Misconceptions Every Healthcare Provider Must Know

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Description

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This program presents critical information for healthcare providers about domestic violence in an unusual and exciting learning format. The award-winning instructors (one a former police officer, prosecutor and judge and the other a licensed mental health counselor and jury trial consultant), will engage the viewing audience by sharing their personal and professional experiences in a dynamic fashion, mixing didactic instruction, story-telling and interactive learning, in such a manner that the audience will come away with a new-found understanding regarding the myths and realities of domestic violence and how it affects us all.

You have never seen a presentation like this one before.

The content does not shy away from controversial questions such as:

  • What type of woman falls for a batterer?
  • What is she doing that is doing that is making him batter and what can she do to make him stop?
  • Why doesn’t she just leave?
  • Why doesn’t he just stop?
  • Aren’t women just as violence as men these days?
  • If the kids don’t see it, are they really domestic violence victims?
  • Won’t he change if he just quits drinking?
  • Red Flags for the Healthcare Provider
  • Are there really more dog shelters than battered women shelters?
  • What should I say to a battered woman?

COURSE OBJECTIVES: By the end of the seminar, participants will:

  • Understand the belief systems and thought processes of men who batter which enable them to rationalize abusive or destructive behavior.
  • Identify warning signs or red flags of domestic violence in a family where all members deny its existence
  • Identify the characteristics of men who are likely to batter.
  • Identify common tactics of men who batter
  • Describe the various treatment approaches for men who batter, and understand which forms of treatment are most effective, which are least  effective, and why
  • Recognize the effects of domestic violence on children
  • Conduct an interview with a victim of domestic violence that will encourage her to reveal whether or not she is abused, and inform her of the resources available in the community that can help.
  • Recognize when a referral to batterers intervention would be helpful to the family.
  • Understand the relationship between substance abuse, mental health issues and domestic violence.

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When & Where

Bradenton – Friday 6/28/19 – 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Orlando – Sunday 6/30/19 – 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Bradenton – Friday 9/27/19 – 4:00pm – 6:00pm, Orlando – Sunday 9/29/19 – 4:00pm – 6:00pm

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