Who should attend this Workshop?

• Individuals interested in working with Clients who batter or Agencies desiring to become a State Certified Provider
• Assessor or facilitator for any certified BIP program
• Domestic Violence program staff needing updated continual educational hours
  (Are you prepared for your site visit?)
• Individuals working with victims of family violence
• Agencies providing therapy, intervention, or case management services to families impacted by DV
• Substance abuse providers with a desire to learn more about special needs and assessment concerns

What to expect from this training: Course Curriculum

• The Disease model of addictions (medical model)
• Myths that interfere with treatment and assessment concerns
• Introduction to co-dependency issues: why the co-dependency model will not work for victims or batterers. What treatments methods do work!
• Co-occurring illnesses: effects of substance abuse on the victim and children
• Lethality concerns, additional assessment, and case management needs
• Collaboration with community resources and accountability – System Accountability and compliance with State and Local licensure requirements
• Implementing effective treatment measures that work for batterers who abuse substances
• Obstacles victims face in accessing shelter with substance abuse issues (alternative solutions)
• Assessment tools and interview skills
• Utilization of Drug and Etoh screening/Toxicology labs
• Monitoring, compliance QA/QI, measuring instruments
• Avoid Collusion!!! Establishing effective rules and defining program relationships
• Court relationship – What to say and what not to say in legal correspondence
• The danger of Successful vs. TX requirements. How to measure TX compliance
• Abstinence, violence-free environments, and follow up
• System Collaboration and overlay services
• Aftercare program: what works and what does not work

When:
August 4, 2012

Time:
8:00am - 4:30pm

Where:
West Palm Beach (Lake Worth) close to I-95

Cost:
$125