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( *DV - Domestic Violence )

Course	Date	Register
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DV Forensic Assessment & Evaluation	Aug 23, 25, 30, Sept 1, 2010 7:30 p.m. Eastern 5:30 p.m. Mountain
Trauma Issues	Sept 13, 15, 20, 22, 2010 7:30 p.m. Eastern 5:30 p.m. Mountain
DV Clinical Interviewing	July 27, 29, August 3, 5, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Forensic therapy	Aug 17, 19, 23, 24, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Learning Styles in DV Treatment	Oct 12, 14, 19, 21, 2010 5:00 p.m. Eastern 3:00 p.m. Mountain
Criminogenic Needs: Parenting and DV	Oct 26, 28, Nov 2, 4, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Criminogenic Needs:Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, Substance Abuse: The Intersections	Oct 25, 27, Nov 1, 3, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Criminogenic Needs: Effects of DV on Children	July 27, 29, August 3, 5, 2010 5:00 p.m. Eastern 3:00 p.m. Mountain
Criminogenic Needs:Intergenerational Transmission of DV	July 13, 15, 20, 22, 2010 2:00 p.m. Eastern Noon Mountain
DV Matrix: Multi-cultural Issues	Oct 26, 28, Nov 2, 4, 2010 5:00 p.m. Eastern 3:00 p.m. Mountain
DV Matrix: Sociopolitical Issues	July 13, 15, 20, 22, 2010 7:30 p.m. Eastern, 5:30 p.m. Mountain
DV Laws	Sept 27, 29, Oct 4, 6, 2010 7:30 p.m. Eastern 5:30 p.m. Mountain
DV Victims Legal Issues	Aug 31, Sept 2, 7, 8, 2010 3:00 p.m.Eastern 1:00 p.m. Mountain
DV Community Resources (Victim Advocacy)	July 12, 14, 19, 21, 2010 8:30 p.m. Eastern 6:30 p.m. Mountain
DV Matrix: Gender Issues	Sept 27, 29, Oct 4, 6, 2010 5:00 p.m. Eastern 3:00 p.m. Mountain
Victim Dynamics	Sept 28, 30, Oct 5, 7, 2010 Noon Eastern, 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Impact of domestic violence on victims	Oct 12, 14, 19, 21, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Role of victim advocate in domestic violence offender treatment	Jun 21, 23, 28, 30, 2010 7:30 p.m. Eastern 5:30 p.m. Mountain
DV Offender Typologies and Types of Abuse	July 6, 2010 7:00 p.m. Eastern 5:00 p.m. Mountain July 8, 13, 15, 2010 5:00 p.m. Eastern 3:00 p.m. Mountain
Offender self management, Offender accountability & Offender contracts	Nov 9, 11,16, 18, 2010 Noon Eastern, 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Criminogenic Needs: Cognitive distortions & Criminal thinking errors	Sept 28, 30, Oct 5, 7, 2010 5:00 p.m. Eastern 3:00 p.m. Mountain
Criminogenic Needs: Personality Disorders	August 31, Sept. 2, 7, 8, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
On-going Assessment: Skills & tools; Offender responsivity to treatment	Sept 13 15, 20, 22, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Criminogenic Needs: DV and Addictive Behaviors	Jun 8, 10, 15, 17, 2010 5:00 p.m. Eastern 3:00 p.m. Mountain
DV: Motivational Interviewing	Jun 15, 17, 22, 24, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Resistive Client	June 29, July 1, 6, 8, 2010 2:00 p.m. Eastern Noon Mountain
Treatment within the Criminal Justice System	Oct 11, 13, 18, 20, 2010 7:30 p.m. Eastern 5:30 p.m. Mountain
DV: Program/client management & Program Development	Sept 14, 16, 21, 23, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Female Offender Treatment--Part I	July 26, 28, Aug 2, 4, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Female Offender Treatment--Part II	Aug 17, 19, 24, 26, 2010 Noon Eastern 10:00 a.m. Mountain

All training courses require:

Attendance for the total hours offered,
Passing score on “experiential based” training quiz in order to receive certificate of attendance and course completion.
Training bonus: All courses are audio-taped. Call files are made available to participants within 24 hours after the call as downloadable MP3 files. All course materials are e-mailed or faxed to participants prior to each call.
Now Select the courses above to complete your training or meet your Certification or Continuing Education requirements

Course Descriptions

(DV - *Domestic Violence)

Victim Dynamics
Description: Focuses on victim dynamics, indicators victims may present without revealing an abusive relationship, obstacles and barriers to leaving abusive relationships and treatment stages for recovery.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Impact of domestic violence on victims

Description: The cycle of violence is reviewed. Participants learn to identify the reinforcing nature of violence and the impact on the victim. Develop an understanding of the issues victims bring to relationships and perpetrators manipulation of these issues to perpetuate domestic violence.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

DV Offender Typologies and Types of Abuse
Description: Offender typologies provide the treatment provider with in-depth understanding of the types of offenders who present for treatment and different approaches needed to treat these various typologies. Types of Abuse addresses the specific types of abuse present in domestic violence; power and control versus equality-based relationships are presented in-depth.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Forensic therapy

Description: Forensic therapy with Domestic Violence Offenders addresses the differences between providing traditional therapy and treatment of criminal offenders. The course covers the particular characteristics and dynamics of Domestic Violence offenders with effective intervention techniques used in treatment toward reduction of recidivism and maintaining victim safety.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Offender self management, Offender accountability & Offender contracts

Description: Offenders are provided tools and skills in treatment groups to manage their violent behavior. They are held accountable for behavioral change from the treatment provider, probation, and the court system. Development of effective and responsive offender contracts that are monitored weekly are one of the tools to bring all these components together.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Treatment within the criminal justice system

Description: Treatment providers who provide services to court-ordered offenders learn how their treatment process relates to the courts and criminal justice system. Discover the differences between treatment for criminals and those with mental illness or the worried-well. Understand the role of the treatment provider in the criminal justice system with regards to probation. Learn the importance of developing open communication with all criminal justice personnel to maintain offender containment and victim safety.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Ongoing assessment: skills and tools & Offender responsivity to treatment

Description: Offender assessment beyond the intake evaluation occurs on an on-going basis throughout treatment. Treatment providers learn the needed skills and tools to continually assess offenders through their involvement in the group process including offender competencies assessment. Factors considered are responsivity to treatment requirements including homework assignments, journaling, and self-reports. Input from probation and victim advocates as well as victim concerns are all part of on-going assessment.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Role of victim advocate in domestic violence offender treatment

Description: Offender treatment and containment requires coordination with local victim advocacy organizations and victim advocates. With victim safety being a primary aim of treatment, development of effective liaisons with local victim advocates is a key component of offender containment. This teleseminar focuses on building the team approach in your community for victim safety and offender containment. Keys to understand the philosophy of victim services and victim advocate in the treatment process are reviewed.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Criminogenic Needs: Cognitive distortions & Criminal thinking errors

Description: The “Criminogenic Needs” of a person describe those behaviors that, if focused on, prove to have a positive impact on recidivism. The six criminogenic needs are addressed in various teleseminars in the Virtual Training Center. Anti-social values and behaviors; Criminal peers; Low self-control; Dysfunctional family ties; Substance abuse; and Criminal thinking.

“Cognitive distortions & Criminal thinking errors” addresses the Criminogenic Factor: Criminal Thinking. This teleseminar focuses on the types of Cognitive Distortions and Criminal Thinking Errors commonly found in domestic violence offenders. Treatment interventions are provided with interactive role plays to help the treatment provider apply the interventions.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Criminogenic Needs: Personality Disorders

Description: The “Criminogenic Needs” of a person describe those behaviors that, if focused on, prove to have a positive impact on recidivism. The six criminogenic needs are addressed in various teleseminars in the Virtual Training Center. Anti-social values and behaviors; Criminal peers; Low self-control; Dysfunctional family ties; Substance abuse; and Criminal thinking.

“Personality Disorders” are more commonly found among domestic violence offenders than Axis I disorders. This teleseminar focuses on identification of personality disorders in assessment, development of personality disorders, research on criminal interventions with personality disordered offenders, and effective application of these interventions.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Criminogenic Needs: Effects of DV on Children
Description: The “Criminogenic Needs” of a person describe those behaviors that, if focused on, prove to have a positive impact on recidivism. The six criminogenic needs are addressed in various teleseminars in the Virtual Training Center. Anti-social values and behaviors; Criminal peers; Low self-control; Dysfunctional family ties; Substance abuse; and Criminal thinking.

“Effects of Violence on Children” addresses the Criminogenic Factor: Dysfunctional family ties. This teleseminar focuses on witnessing abuse and the abusive effects, long-term effects on male and female children, and interventions to build empathy in offenders for the impact of domestic violence on their children.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Criminogenic Needs: Intergenerational Transmission of DV
Description: The “Criminogenic Needs” of a person describe those behaviors that, if focused on, prove to have a positive impact on recidivism. The six criminogenic needs are addressed in various teleseminars in the Virtual Training Center.

Anti-social values and behaviors; Criminal peers; Low self-control; Dysfunctional family ties; Substance abuse; and Criminal thinking.

“Intergenerational Violence” addresses the Criminogenic Factor: Dysfunctional family ties. This teleseminar focuses on Family of Origin patterns that are instrumental in the intergenerational transmission of family violence. Identify Family of Origin Patterns related to family violence and how they contribute to domestic violence. Identify victim and offender issues related to intergenerational family violence transmission. Address Intergenerational Family Violence Treatment approaches.
Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

DV Clinical Interviewing
Description: DV Clinical Interviewing addresses the skills and procedures needed to develop an appropriate treatment plan for clients. Provides a balanced, informative data base to use in treatment planning. Special emphasis is given to court-ordered, resistive, and difficult clients.
Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Forensic Assessment and Evaluation for DV
Description: Includes training in evaluation of offenders to determine treatment needs. Includes use of MCMI to assess personality disorders among offenders. Evaluation includes psychological functioning, family and social relationships, substance use, risk for violence/abuse, and other key areas of functioning.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

DV: Motivational Interviewing

Description: Theories of Motivational Interviewing and Stages of Change are reviewed as they pertain to domestic violence offenders. Use of motivational interviewing in treatment with a cognitive-behavioral based psychoeducational approach is presented. Experiential exercises allow participants to differentiate Motivational Interviewing Techniques from other therapeutic modalities.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

DV: Program/Client management and Program Development 101

Description: Implementation of DV standards into treatment programs requires knowledge of the standards and how they fit the program treatment process. Presented from a clinical administration perspective and program/client management focus, this teleseminar provides the participant with basic forms to administer their treatment program along with the tools and skills to develop an effective treatment program curriculum with all the elements required in the standards.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D., Victoria Youngblood, M.S., LPC, Certified Domestic Violence Counselor-Colorado, CAC III

DV Matrix: Multi-cultural Issues
Description: The interaction of cultural issues and domestic violence can impede the counseling process with offenders and victims unless treatment professionals address these issues directly. Development of ethnic sensitivity for treatment professionals is encouraged. Identify cultural dynamics related to domestic violence. Family dynamics of various ethnic minorities in America related to DV. Cross-cultural counseling skills to address Domestic Violence are developed.
Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

DV Matrix: Sociopolitical Issues
Description: Addresses societal value systems that impact relationships. Patriarchy, sexism, racism, homophobia, and politicism are viewed from historical perspectives, effects on value systems, and current trends. Treatment issues related to distorted thinking in the sociopolitical arena are addressed.
Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

DV Matrix: Gender Issues
Description: Gender Issues focuses on socialization of males and females. Communication style differences for males and females are addressed. Conflict resolution skills and treatment issues are covered. Love myths that perpetuate victims remaining in domestic violence relationships are exposed to interrupt the cycle of violence.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

DV Laws
Description: The criminal justice system is an integral part of domestic violence treatment. Domestic Violence Laws reviews the history and current Colorado domestic violence and family violence related laws in the criminal and civil justice system that relate to domestic violence. Federal Regulations that relate to state laws are reviewed.
Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

DV Victims Legal Issues

Description: The criminal justice system is an integral part of domestic violence treatment. Domestic Violence Victims Legal Issues affecting treatment of court-ordered clients addresses key issues in confidentiality, duty to warn, Orders of Protection and standards for treatment.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

DV Community Resources
Description: Society is significantly impacted by domestic violence. Over time, various resources for victim services developed to assist victims in moving forward with their lives. Resources available for victims and interactive involvement with victim advocates are an important aspect of containing domestic violence. Local, state, and national resources are reviewed along with related legislation.
Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Learning Styles in DV Treatment
Description: Training that educates on different ways in which a person learns (such as visual, auditory, tactile/kinesthetic), use of multiple-intelligences and other Learning Style inventories to assess DV clients, and how to use psychoeducation to effectively accommodate those styles.
Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Criminogenic Needs: Parenting and DV
Description:

The “Criminogenic Needs” of a person describe those behaviors that, if focused on, prove to have a positive impact on recidivism. The six criminogenic needs are addressed in various teleseminars in the Virtual Training Center. Anti-social values and behaviors; Criminal peers; Low self-control; Dysfunctional family ties; Substance abuse; and Criminal thinking.

“Positive Parenting” addresses the Criminogenic Factor: Dysfunctional family ties. This teleseminar focuses on being a parent who enhances self-esteem and teaches children to be responsible for themselves. It can be very challenging when parenting role models were punishing and critical. In this workshop, you will learn alternative means of parenting designed to raise responsible, self-reliant children with high levels of self-esteem and competent communication skills. Treatment Professionals working with any family related issues can benefit from learning these skills to pass on to clients.
Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Trauma Issues
Description: Trauma is a major factor in Domestic Violence. Recent research validates long-term biopsychosocial trauma of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) and associated trauma issues. Research on ACE factors supports the need to integrate ACE-based treatment into current Domestic Violence Offender, and Victim/survivor treatment programs. This interactive workshop reviews ACE research (extensive bibliography provided) and provides practical application of ACE-based treatment for integration into existing trauma-based treatment programs.

The strength-based treatment program is strategically designed to provide clients with tools and techniques they can apply throughout the remainder of their lives. If additional mental health treatment is needed during highly stressful times or at various life development stages, treatment time is significantly reduced.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Criminogenic Needs: Domestic Violence, Child Abuse, Substance Abuse: The Intersections

Training that addresses the bio/psycho/social effects of child abuse, substance abuse, the process of addiction, causes, stages and symptoms of substance abuse and other addictions (e.g. gambling and sexual), and how child abuse and addictions interact with domestic violence.
Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Criminogenic Needs: DV and Addictive Behaviors

Domestic Violence and Addictive Behaviors (processes) focuses on the process of addiction development. How domestic violence and addictive behavior interact is explored.

Differential interventions for various treatment issues are identified.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Resistive Client

Description: Counselors working with offenders are automatically working with a resistive population. Discover the basis for client resistance utilizing motivational interviewing and the stages of change model. Define various areas of resistance. This includes client and counselor areas of resistance, and teaches counselors effective techniques to manage resistance. Practical applications of counseling techniques to handle client resistance in domestic violence offenders and victims are explored.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Female Offender Treatment Part I:

This teleseminar covers the unique dynamics of females who batter. Women’s anger issues, race and class biases in women’s use of anger, self-defending victims to distinguish “self-defense” from “retaliation” or “perpetration” are addressed. Specialized assessment issues for female offenders are reviewed to include appropriateness for domestic violence offender treatment.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

Female Offender Treatment Part II:

This teleseminar covers specialized treatment with female offenders. This training includes addressing: women and substance abuse and how that interrelates to the violence in their lives, victimization/trauma, and the context of female violence in relation to prior victimization, the role of children in female decision-making and economic resources.

Faculty: Debra Wingfield, Ed.D.

*Domestic Violence

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