Description
Mental health professionals and other health care providers regularly see patients and clients who are in intimate relationships with violent partners. This course covers the dynamics of domestic violence, barriers to leaving an abusive relationship, the impact of domestic violence on victims, including children, characteristics of perpetrators, screening, assessment, and intervention strategies, safety planning, cultural issues, abuse of active duty military women, and elder abuse.
This CE program is designated as intermediate.
Target audience: Psychologists, mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, social workers, addiction counselors, nurses.
This course meets the domestic violence requirement for psychologists, MFTs, and LCSWs in California.
This course meets the domestic violence requirement for psychologists, clinical social workers, marriage and family therapists, and mental health counselors in Florida.
Format: Asynchronous, reading-based distance learning. Non-interactive.
Content Category: Clinical
There are no known conflicts of interest or commercial support to disclose.
Author Bio
This material has been compiled and edited by Jill Miller, JD, who graduated from the University of Washington School of Law. Prior to practicing law, she was an instructor and developer of educational programs for adults. She is currently vice president in charge of operations and content development for At Health, Inc.
CE Approvals
At Health, LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. At Health, LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
At Health, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6949. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. At Health, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.
Athealth.com is approved as a continuing education provider by the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) Provider #148460.
At Health, LLC, Provider #1707, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. At Health, LLC, maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 5/3/2023-5/3/2026.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social work in Arkansas. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social workers, professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, master's level psychologists, licensed clinical psychotherapists, and alcohol and other drug abuse counselors in Kansas. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for mental health practice and for social work in Nebraska. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for psychologists, pastoral psychotherapists, clinical social workers, clinical mental health counselors, marriage and family therapists, and alcohol and drug abuse counselors in New Hampshire. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
It is At Health's understanding that these programs meet the criteria of an approved continuing education program for social workers, professional counselors, marital and family therapists, and clinical pastoral therapists in Tennessee. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.
Other jurisdictions may accept trainings offered by At Health, LLC for your continuing education requirements. Restrictions may apply. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit.”
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Learning Objectives
Upon completing this program, participants should be able to:
- Describe characteristics of domestic violence victims and perpetrators;
- Identify barriers that prevent victims from leaving abusive relationships;
- Summarize the phases in the cycle of violence;
- Demonstrate how to screen and assess for domestic violence;
- Develop a safety plan with clients
- Discuss elder abuse, abuse of active duty women, and domestic violence and the workplace.
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