Best Practices for Supporting Survivors of Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence
An evidenced-based screening method for domestic violence and trauma informed interventions is presented by staff of Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago. A director of a survivors’ group shares insights.  Participants learn specific skills to support survivors of domestic violence/intimate partner violence.  

Ways to Help People Who Use Abuse Learn to Change Their Behavior
Founder of Pax in Familia and CFFP Fellow, Dr. Christauria Welland, a Catholic psychologist with 25 years of experience working separately with survivors as well as those who use abuse shares effective strategies that have helped people learn and use peace-based behaviors. Participants will learn specific skills to help people who want to interact with loved ones in an abuse-free manner.  

Effects of Domestic Violence on Children
This presentation will highlight research and interventions for working with children who have witnessed domestic violence in their families. Dr. Mindy Thiel, creator of SafeStart, describes statistics, major studies and resources on children who have experienced domestic violence.  She shares effective treatment interventions from the Montgomery County MD Safe Start Counseling Program for children exposed to domestic violence.

How to Help Survivors Assess their Risk of Death (Lethality Assessment)
Laura Yeomans, program manager of the Archdiocese of Washington’s DV Awareness response program, shares how to recognize high lethality domestic violence risks and support survivors doing their own risk assessment.  Material is based on the key lethality risk factors developed by Dr. Jackie Campbell of the John Hopkins School of Nursing and the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence.