Domestic Violence Safety First - Training - Auckland - 7-8 Aug 2012

7 - 8 August 2012, 9.00 am - 4.00 pm

Shine office, Ground Floor, 409 New North Rd, Kingsland, Auckland

Training provider: Shine

Registration required, fees apply, early bird rates before 24 July 2012

A two day advanced training course for professionals who work in the area of social services or criminal justice (Prerequirsite - 1 day Introductory course)

Topics covered include:

  • Barriers to leaving an abusive relationship
  • Theory-based understanding of domestic abuse
  • Understanding the context of domestic abuse
  • Dynamics relating to gender, culture, in gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender domestic abuse
  • Experience of children living with domestic abuse
  • Parenting capacity of perpetrators and victims
  • Children’s resilience
  • Imperatives of intervention
  • Assessing risk to adult and child victims
  • Safety planning with women and children
  • Professional dangerousness

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