Thursday, July 11, 1:30-3pm – Empowering Advocates: Understanding the Intersection of Disability and Domestic Violence
Training Description: This training aims to shed light on the often overlooked intersection of domestic violence and disabilities. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), explore the complex link between disabilities and domestic violence, and examine pertinent statistics regarding individuals with disabilities who experience domestic violence. Additionally, attendees will be equipped with practical knowledge of disability etiquette and local resources provided by disability advocacy groups.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and its implications for individuals living with disabilities in the context of domestic violence.
- Recognize the interconnectedness of disabilities and domestic violence, including the prevalence and unique challenges faced by individuals with disabilities who experience abuse.
Wednesday, July 24, 10-11:30am – Vexatious: How Abusers Use Our Systems Against their Victims
Many abusers misuse the court system to maintain power and control over their former or current partners. Only one U.S. state, Tennessee, has a law specifically aimed at stopping a former romantic partner from filing vexatious litigation against an ex. Despite this law, misuse of the legal system by perpetrators remains relatively common and the stress incurred from this experience can drain victims’ finances, cause them to miss work, pull them away from their families, and force them to navigate the complex legal system, often on their own. This webinar will explore how these systems can be leveraged against victims and what professionals can do to mitigate the harm.
Thursday, August 22, 1:30-3pm –Understanding Sexual Violence, Strangulation, & BDSM
This training will provide a foundational understanding of BDSM, how it has frequently been misconstrued with and misunderstood as abuse, how strangulation comes into play with BDSM and assault, and a brief introduction to therapeutic BDSM. We’ll also cover basics of informed and respectful care for clients who have also experienced sexual violence in this context.
Presenters – Sexual Assault Center of Nashville
Wednesday, August 28, 10-11:30am – Barriers or Doorways? Boundaries as a Fundamental Part of Our Work
“Walls keep everybody out. Boundaries teach people where the door is.”
This discussion will focus on the importance of boundaries as a fundamental tool for building healthy and productive relationships with clients, colleagues, and partners. Panelists will explore how to uncover your boundaries, tools for communicating your boundaries, the reasons we sometimes struggle with enforcing our boundaries, and how our boundaries change and evolve over time.
Wednesday, September 25, 10-11:30am – He Sent Me Flowers: The Hidden Dangers of Stalking
Stalking is a prevalent, dangerous and often misunderstood crime that often results in lethal violence. The National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) reports that about 1 in 6 women and 1 in 17 men have been stalked at some point in their lives, many of these as minors. Stalking is also a high risk indicator in domestic violence cases. And yet, taken without context, many individual incidents of stalking are made up of perfectly legal actions. Participants of this training will leave with an understanding of stalking behaviors, the impact of stalking on the victim, and how to best work to rebuild safety and well-being for those experiencing stalking.
Wednesday, October 23, 10-11:30am – Just Lovely People: The Way We Talk About Domestic Violence is Killing Us
Abusers are often experts at manipulating peers, at presenting a charismatic façade that hides the abuse they may perpetrate against their victims on a regular basis. Often serious and tragic incidents of domestic violence are portrayed in the media as anomalies, wherein an otherwise ‘lovely person’ just ‘snapped’. Entertainment can still be seen portraying control, jealousy, and abuse as romance. The ways society speaks about domestic violence leaves victims at risk, hampers prevention efforts, and removed responsibility from perpetrators. This course was designed to give the attendees an advanced understanding of the causes and risks associated with domestic violence, as well as offender profiles, barriers to safety and service for victims, how we can begin to change societal responses to domestic violence, and meet victims where they are to help them achieve their individual ideas of safety and justice.
Wednesday, November 20, 10-11:30am – Beyond Band-Aid’s: Healing Burnout & Empowering Teams
How do we balance our mission to provide safety and empowerment for victims of interpersonal violence, with the knowledge that our staff absorb the stories of those that they serve and over time may exhibit the same trauma symptoms we see in our clients? What does it mean to make our supervision with staff as trauma-informed as our work with victims? Is it possible to preserve our duty to victims while weighing our concern for staff? This workshop will give attendees space to explore those and other important questions, and to learn how trauma-informed supervision practices can lead to more effective, productive staff in the long term.
Wednesday, December 4, 10-11:30am – ‘Tis the Season: Wellness During the Holidays
This time of year can be difficult for survivors and service providers alike. This skills-based webinar will explore tools that you can use in your own wellness practices this holiday season and adapt to your work with survivors.