NYSCADV & Capital Regional Representative Kathy Magee from Equinox, present 3 days of basic training for domestic violence advocates.
Day 1: Returning to Our Roots;
Day 2: The Role of the Advocate;
Day 3: The Criminal & Civil Justice System's Response to IPV, DV and SA.
Please note that Day 1 & Day 2 must be attended together. Please review the descriptions below for dates, times, and registration criteria.
Registration link is at the bottom of this page.
Day 1
Principles for Practice, Principles for Social Change:
Returning to our Roots
Tuesday September 23, 2014 ~ 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
NYSCADV works to create and support the social change necessary to prevent and confront all forms of domestic violence. Our vision of the future is that the collective voice of survivors and advocates as expressed through the Coalition will strengthen public and private response and prioritize domestic violence as a human rights issue. This training brings us back to our roots as a social justice movement through reviewing the herstory of the Domestic Violence Movement, analyzing an anti-oppression framework, and understanding how culture impacts us as individuals and communities. It then inspires us to be the social justice change agents that prevent domestic violence before it even starts.
The training agenda covers:
Day 2
Principles for Practice, Principles for Social Change:
The Role of the Advocate
Wednesday September 24, 2014 ~ 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Domestic Violence Movement has seen tremendous growth and change in the services designed to support the safety of victims and hold offenders accountable. Amid the maze of reports and paperwork, advocates are challenged with how to maintain the core, survivor-centered, trauma-informed philosophies and practices in which this movement is rooted. Over the years, multiple forces have strained our survivor-centered view of those in need of domestic violence services. These practices have developed under the pressure of expectations and assumptions from system partners, funders, and community stakeholders regarding the role of “the advocates,” creating organizational pressures that result in domestic violence services that are “service driven” rather than trauma-informed and survivor-centered. Drawing upon the collective experiences of victims of intimate partner domestic and sexual violence, this training provides a practical, principled framework for ensuring that the safety and concerns of victims of intimate partner domestic and sexual violence are placed first.
This training agenda includes:
Day 3
The Criminal & Civil Justice System's Response to
Intimate Partner Domestic & Sexual Violence
Thursday September 25, 2014 ~ 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The criminal and civil justice systems are widely used in response to domestic violence making it critical for all advocates to have a basic understanding of each facet of these systems. This full day training will provide advocates with the basic information needed regarding the police response, the criminal court process, and the family court order of protection process. Special attention will be paid to offender accountability through discussing the elements of mandatory arrest, primary physical aggressor determination and the utilization of Domestic Incident Reports. In addition, we will highlight recent legislative changes. The concept of survivor-centered, trauma-informed advocacy will be incorporated throughout the training, and strategies for assisting victims in navigating this system will be highlighted.
The training agenda includes:
Who should attend?
Registration is limited to 30 participants. All attendees must be an employee or volunteer of an OCFS Licensed and Approved residential and / or non-residential domestic violence services provider. Each day of training is meant for domestic violence advocates with five or less years experience working in the domestic violence movement and / or who are new to their current position. For advocates that have been working in the movement for some time, these trainings can provide an opportunity to be reinvigorated about the work that we do as social change agents, and an opportunity to learn up to date information about laws, regulations and policies. Prospective attendees from ally organizations that perform similar work can register upon approval from NYSCADV.
Staff and volunteers from NYSCADV Member Programs in Good Standing are provided priority for registration. Registration will then be prioritized in the following order:
This training is free of charge but all attendees are responsible for their own transportation, lodging and meals.