Domestic Violence: A System Perspective
Earn 2 CE credits on Domestic Violence intervention for healthcare pros.
Domestic violence is an epidemic affecting individuals in every community regardless of age, economic status, race, religion, nationality or educational background. This course seeks to address the system of care that interacts with those affected by domestic violence.
Note: This is an approved 2CE course that meets the domestic violence content requirements for license renewal for Florida Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Mental Health Counselors, and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists. The content also meets requirements in other states as well please check our approvals page and your state board. Resources provided are for all fifty states.
Note for Initial Licensure candidates: If you are considering this course for initial licensure domestic violence course requirements please consider ordering the Domestic Violence Core Course, Domestic Violence: The Basics or the Florida Initial Licensure Combo Course.
Developed by: Karen Albig Smith, LMFT, LCAS, MAC, CAP, SAP, SAE
Revised 2024
Description: Domestic violence is the willful intimidation, assault, battery, and/or other abusive behavior perpetrated by an intimate partner against another. It is an epidemic affecting individuals in every community regardless of age, economic status, race, religion, nationality or educational background. This course seeks to address the system of care that interacts with those affected by domestic violence. While learning essential core knowledge concerning domestic violence; including incidence and prevalence the learner will gain an insider's glimpse of the survivor's experience. Case examples will highlight a complex myriad of issues, identify skills needed to address the problems and discuss attitudes and values that can impede or advance efforts to support survivors and respond to violence. Resources are throughout the study guide as well as made available through website references.
CE Credits: 2 (NBCC Hours - 2)
CE Broker #: 20-211245
Methods: Pre-test, study guide, posttest and evaluation, internet sources via URLs, Q&A by email.
Content Area: Social and cultural foundations, Treatment knowledge, Helping relationship, Domestic violence, Addictions, Counseling evaluation and assessment, Abuse and trauma, Special populations, Behavior disorder.
Purpose: The purpose for this study is to promote effective, non-defensive domestic violence intervention that is provided with competence and security for victims, and perpetrators, in interdisciplinary collaboration with other professionals who can demonstrate their own unique contributions without the negative effects of role blurring and competition for turf.
Target Audience: social workers, marriage and family therapists, licensed professional counselors, mental health counselors, nurses, employee assistance professionals, addiction professionals, behavioral health technicians, and other allied professionals who may work with these populations.
Online Course
- CE Broker#:
- 20-211245
- CE Credits:
- 2 (NBCC Hours - 2)
- Price:
- $20.00