ODVN – Domestic Violence Advocacy Fundamentals

This virtual training series, designed for new advocates or seasoned staff, is comprised of three full days of live training and 10 hours of online pre-learning through ODVN’s eLearning Network. This updated DVAF training includes exciting new videos and participant engagement through scenarios, break-out sessions and panel discussion.

The topics include:

–Holistic Case Management: professional boundaries and ethics, service excellence, meaningful access, and accommodations

–Victimization Process: life generated and batterer generated risks, perpetrator accountability, rules of a batterer, impact of a batterer on children and teens, and supporting parents as survivors

–Survivor-Defined Advocacy: principles of trauma-informed care, impact of trauma in the brain and body, active listening, empathy, and vicarious trauma

–Safety Planning: court safety, safety and visitation, considerations for survivors from underserved communities, danger and lethality assessments, technology and safety

–Legal Advocacy: legal remedies for survivors, legal resources, risks and benefits of protection orders, Ohio’s Crime Victim Compensation program

–Cultural Responsiveness: implicit bias, impacts of systemic oppression and barriers for underserved communities, accessibility for survivors with disabilities

Cost: Free for ODVN Members (ODVN Member Program or Individual/Organizational Membership); $150 for Non-ODVN Members.

Registration ends October 30th.

NOTE: Please ensure the ability to attend all three dates. No partial credit will be given for only attending part of the training. Also, this is a hybrid training that requires attendees to complete 10 hours of online learning prior to the 3 days of live training. All online learning should be completed by Tuesday, November 4th.

This training is offered by the Ohio Domestic Violence Network. Please contact ODVN at training@odvn.org with any questions.