ESCAPEStatewide Comprehensive IPV Training
This Statewide Comprehensive Training provides professionals with in-depth information about working in the field of domestic violence. The training emphasizes victim safety, victim empowerment, abuser accountability, and a comprehensive system’s response to intimate partner violence. MNADV emphasizes partnering with local domestic violence programs and utilizes local experts to present throughout the training. MNADV developed this training for professionals from a variety of different fields who encounter domestic violence in their work.
2021 Update
MNADV’s Statewide Comprehensive Domestic Violence Training is typically offered in-person three times a year in different regions of Maryland. Due to 2020’s unprecedented circumstances, trainings in 2021 will be held virtually.
2021- Comprehensive Training Round 3
Our third round of classes will begin in August 2021. Please use the following button below to register:
Registration opens July 12, 2021
- Day 1:Tuesday, August 3, 2021
- Day 2:Tuesday, August 10, 2021
- Day 3: Tuesday, August 17, 2021
- Day 4: Tuesday, August 24, 2021
- Day 5: Tuesday, August 31, 2021
What We Cover and Who It Benefits
- Topics Covered in the Training
- History of the Domestic Violence Movement
- Abuse Intervention Programs
- Civil Legal Remedies
- Criminal Justice System
- Engaging Men and Boys
- Ethical Considerations
- Foundations of Advocacy
- Organizational Trauma
- Predominant Aggressor
- Privilege and Oppression
- Power and Control Dynamics
- Reproductive Coercion
- Risk & Lethality
- Safety Planning
- Social Normalization of Violence against Women
- Stages of Change & Challenges
- Stalking
- Tactics of Abuse
- Technology Abuse
- Trauma
- Self-Care
- And More
- Domestic violence program staff
- Attorneys
- Counselors
- Court staff
- Crime victim advocates
- Faith leaders
- Health care professionals
- Law enforcement staff
- Legal advocates
- Sexual assault program staff
- Social services staff
- Social workers
Certification
Each attendant receives a binder of resources and information and a certificate of attendance. They can receive Social Work Continuing Education Credits. The Statewide Comprehensive Domestic Violence Training can be adapted for specific audiences and held at your location for a fee.
Praise From Past Participants
- “Everything was helpful. I particularly like the case studies. I also think everyone needs to know how the entire justice system works.”
- “The section on how our brains relate to trauma was eye opening. I love the content.”
- “I will be more aware of intersectionality when working with my clients.”
- “The visual parts of the training such as videos were extremely effective as I am a visual learner, and it helps to break down new information learned.”