Trainings and Courses for Professionals offered by
Professional Enhancement Services
Professional Enhancement Services offers online continuing education and homestudy courses for Professionals, Mental Health Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, Addiction Professionals and Master level Clinical Social Workers. Trainings are approved by Dept. of Children and Families and The Office of Family Safety.
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NEED A SPEAKER FOR YOUR GROUP OR A STAFF DEVELOPMENT
TRAINING FOR YOUR STAFF? Professional Enhancement Services offers the following workshops and much more:
- What is Intimate Partner Violence
- Typology of a Batterer
- Stop Signs Recognize the Signs of Abuse
- Effects Domestic Violence on Children (Childhood Disorders associated with DV Trauma)
- Domestic Violence in the Workplace
- Treating Victims of Domestic Violence with Co-occurring Disorders
- Batterer’s Intervention Program: 21-hour Power & Control Training
- Batterer's Intervention Program: Ethics & Accountability
- Principles of Effective Intervention with Men Who Batter Women
- Personality Disorders and DV
- Domestic Violence Overview: Understanding Dynamics, Laws and Resources
- Domestic Violence & Substance Abuse Issues
- Domestic Violence & the Elderly
- Domestic Violence & Animal Cruelty
- Teen Dating Violence
- Stalking & Victim Safety Issues
- The Link Between HIV Risk Factors & Domestic Violence
Call to schedule a Training or Speaker for your Event 561-642-3103
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Domestic Violence Links
To find a center anywhere in the United States visit http://www.ncadv.org/
Looking for a Batterer's Intervention Program in Florida? http://dv.dcf.state.fl.us
Looking for a shelter in Florida? http://www.fcadv.org/centers.php
Looking for a shelter (national)? http://wadv.org/SHELTERS.HTM
Florida Links
Florida Domestic Violence Centers
www.fcadv.org/centers.php
Florida Council Against Sexual Violence
www.fcasv.org
State of Florida Domestic Violence Information
www.dcf.state.fl.us/domesticviolence
Palm Beach County DV Council
www.dvcouncilofpb.org
Other Related DV Links
www.dcf.state.fl.us/domesticviolence/relatedlinks/index.shtml
National Links
U.S. Office on Violence Against Women
www.usdoj.gov/ovw/
National Women's Health Information Center
www.4woman.gov/violence/
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
www.ncadv.org
National Network to End Domestic Violence
www.nnedv.org
Family Violence Prevention Fund
www.endabuse.org
National Domestic Violence Hotline
www.ndvh.org
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
www.ncavp.org
Rape, Abuse, and Incest National Network
www.rainn.org
Men Stopping Violence
www.menstoppingviolence.org
Stop Human Trafficking
www.stophumantrafficking.org
Safety plans
http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/domviol/plan.htm
http://www.avdaonline.org/personal_safety_page/personal_plans.html
http://www.sa15.state.fl.us/SpecialPrograms/DomesticViolenceSafetyPlan.htm
http://www.avdaonline.org/internet_safety_page/computer_safety.html
PROFILES OF ABUSERS
- Are found in all socioeconomic, educational, ethnic, racial, and age groups.
- Use psychological, verbal and physical abuse, including sexual abuse, to solve problems or control their partners.
- Believe that threats, force and violence is aimed at securing the family nucleus, exerts control over his partner by threatening suicide and/or homicide, and often attempts one or both when his partner leaves.
- At least 60% grew up in violent homes.
- Have poor self-esteem; perceive themselves as underachievers even if successful by others' standards.
- Have poor impulse control, limited tolerance for frustration, limited capacity for delayed reinforcement, explosive temper in the home but very skilled at masking this anger outside the home.
- Tend to minimize the seriousness of their violent behavior to themselves and others.
- Tend to see their lives as externally directed, accept no blame for their violent behavior but blame their partner for it.
- Have a great need to control situations and people.
- Emotionally dependent on their partner which they define as love; jealous of partner's relationships with others (including her family and children) and attempts to isolate her; makes accusations against her voicing great fear of abandonment.
- Frequently have problems with drugs and alcohol.
- Make frequent "promises" for the future.
- Some experience a great deal of depression.
- The primary emotion experienced and expressed is that of anger. His tactics are about power and control.
- Have little sense of personal power, but instead need to exert power over others in order to feel good about themselves.
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