On-Site Training

People living with disabilities have a higher likelihood of experiencing all types of abuse, including intimate partner violence. Along with increased risk, people living with disabilities often face unique barriers to getting and staying safe and accessing services.  Join us as we talk specifically about safety planning with survivors living with disabilities.   

This virtual training is the third in our 2025 Safety Planning Essentials Series where we will learn, discuss, and practice our safety planning skills around five potentially challenging survivor situations. Done in a "lunch and learn" style with a 60 minute presentation, no camera or microphone required, followed by an optional 30 minutes at the end for group discussion, scenarios, and role plays. 

Register for the upcoming sessions, every 4^th  Wednesday through June, 2025:

·        Session 4: Survivors Who Stay

·        Session 5: Survivors With Pets

 

 

This 6-hour introductory-level Motivational Interviewing (MI) training will introduce participants to the spirit, processes and principles of MI and will address how MI methods can add to the tools in our trauma-informed advocacy toolbox. 

During this in-person training, participants will explore new ways to connect with and listen to the survivors they work with using MI tools to notice client language (Change Talk: client language in the direction of change; Sustain Talk: client language about not changing). Particpants will discover how to respond to change talk to increase motivation to change using various skills including Open Questions, Affirmations, Reflections, and Summaries (OARS). In this highly interactive training,  participants will be guided through exercises, demonstrations, and practice role plays to increase thier comfort level in using these new skills in thier advocacy work with survivors.  

 

 

This two day IN PERSON training is designed to expand the knowledge of experienced and new advocates who provide domestic violence services to survivors from the African-American/Black community. 

1st day 9:00am-4:00pm
2nd day 9:00am-4:00pm

Through this interactive, think outside the box training, participants will explore the topics below and strengthen their creative advocacy lens. Utilizing lecture, small group activities, audiovisuals, and exciting discussion, this workshop will provide participants with a one-of-a-kind opportunity to explore the unique intricacies of working with survivors from marginalized and underserved communities. 

Topics addressed will include:
• Shifting: The effects of historical trauma and IPV
• Barriers faced by survivors due to historical trauma
• Cultural Competency vs. Cultural Humility
• A collective evaluation of our advocacy
• Historical trauma and help seeking behaviors
• Creativity and the connection to Trauma Informed care (TIC) services

This training is an excellent opportunity for experienced and new advocates to gain a thorough understanding of the dynamics of serving this community. It will also provide a new perspective on delivering program services.

This project is supported by Subgrant No. C50-8-001 administered by the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council and awarded by the Office for Victims of Crime. The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this publication/program/exhibition are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime or the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council.

There a many reasons survivors may be forced to or choose to stay or return to an abusive partner. Safety planning with a survivor who is currently living with an abusive partner is a critical skill for domestic violence advocates. Advocates often focus safety planning efforts when survivors are actively leaving or have left the abusive partner and miss the practical ways safety planning could help mitigate future harm for survivors who stay. 

This virtual training is the fourth in our 2025 Safety Planning Essentials Series where we will learn, discuss, and practice our safety planning skills around five potentially challenging survivor situations. Done in a "lunch and learn" style with a 60 minute presentation, no camera or microphone required, followed by an optional 30 minutes at the end for group discussion, scenarios, and role plays. 

Register for the upcoming sessions, every 4^th  Wednesday through June, 2025:

·        Session 5: Survivors With Pets

 This training is designed to provide new advocates and domestic violence program staff the basic principles of working with victims of domestic violence.  A variety of topics are addressed including:

• Dynamics of domestic violence

• Barriers faced by victims

• Cultural humility

• Lethality indicators

• Safety planning

• Crisis intervention and crisis line work

• Advocacy foundations such as empowerment, ethics and confidentiality

This interactive training is provided by GCADV staff utilizing lecture, small group activities, role-plays, audiovisuals, and exciting discussion. The training is an excellent opportunity for new advocates to gain a thorough understanding of domestic violence advocacy or for experienced advocates looking for a “refresher” on core knowledge and skills.  

Up to 48% of survivors say they delay leaving a dangerous situation due to not being able to ensure their pets would be safe as well. Including pets in our safety planning increases the likelyhood that a survivor will be able to leave. As advocates, are we aware of the needs and resources availalble for survivors with diffrent types of pets?  GCADV is excited to welcome and learn from the experts at Ahimsa House, a GA nonprofit dedicated to helping human and animals experiencing domestic violence reach safety together, as our guest trainer for this important session. 

This virtual training is the final in our 2025 Safety Planning Essentials Series where we will learn, discuss, and practice our safety planning skills around five potentially challenging survivor situations. Done in a "lunch and learn" style with a 60 minute presentation, no camera or microphone required, followed by an optional 30 minutes at the end for group discussion, scenarios, and role plays. 

 

 

 This training is designed to provide new advocates and domestic violence program staff the basic principles of working with victims of domestic violence.  A variety of topics are addressed including:

• Dynamics of domestic violence

• Barriers faced by victims

• Cultural humility

• Lethality indicators

• Safety planning

• Crisis intervention and crisis line work

• Advocacy foundations such as empowerment, ethics and confidentiality

This interactive training is provided by GCADV staff utilizing lecture, small group activities, role-plays, audiovisuals, and exciting discussion. The training is an excellent opportunity for new advocates to gain a thorough understanding of domestic violence advocacy or for experienced advocates looking for a “refresher” on core knowledge and skills.  

 This training is designed to provide new advocates and domestic violence program staff the basic principles of working with victims of domestic violence.  A variety of topics are addressed including:

• Dynamics of domestic violence

• Barriers faced by victims

• Cultural humility

• Lethality indicators

• Safety planning

• Crisis intervention and crisis line work

• Advocacy foundations such as empowerment, ethics and confidentiality

This interactive training is provided by GCADV staff utilizing lecture, small group activities, role-plays, audiovisuals, and exciting discussion. The training is an excellent opportunity for new advocates to gain a thorough understanding of domestic violence advocacy or for experienced advocates looking for a “refresher” on core knowledge and skills.