Overview of our Services

We educate and train the community through workshops, printed materials, and presentations. We provide workshops to college students in order to 1) increase awareness about and prevent relationship abuse and 2) provide them with strategies to take action in their communities. We train professionals such as university staff, social workers, law enforcement, health care providers, educators and court personnel to effectively respond to domestic violence survivors and their children. Collaborating with and educating these professionals so that they can participate in the solution to end domestic violence creates long lasting systemic change.

University Training

According to the American Bar Association, 28% of students on college campuses experience dating violence. Stanford University is uniquely poised to address this problem. Utilizing the expertise of professionals in law, medicine, education and research, Stanford University has the opportunity to influence the development of quality materials, coordination and progress in effectively responding to domestic violence.

Professional Training for University Staff and Departments

The Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness will provide and/or coordinate tailored training for the following populations:

• Residence Deans
• Bechtel International Center Staff and Volunteers
• Health Service Staff
• Student Staff
• Public Safety Department
• Community Center Staff and Volunteers
• Additional departments and staff to be determined

Consultation

The Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness will assist departments in developing:

• Protocols to respond to intimate partner violence
• Orientation materials and workshops on intimate partner violence
• Strategies to create sustainable training for staff and volunteers

Educating Students: Relationship Abuse Prevention

Presentations will be made to graduate students, dorms, sororities, fraternities, Resident Assistants, student groups, etc. Interested students will be trained to provide workshops to their peers on their own campus as well as surrounding universities and colleges.

Outcomes of student presentations:

• Increased awareness of the nature and dynamics of intimate partner violence and what constitutes abuse.
• Increased knowledge of available resources and tools to help friends, family and peers in unhealthy relationships.
• Increased opportunities to become leaders in their communities.

Community Education

Corporations/Workplace

Corporate managers will be provided with the tools and information to develop domestic violence programs in their workplace (Family Violence Prevention Fund curriculum).

Participants of this workshop will be provided with:

• Content to include in Workplace Domestic Violence Training
• Training and Education Methods
• Tips for Effective Workplace Education
• Training content for employees/managers
• Company policy checklist

Educating Friends and Family

Participants will understand:

• Warning signs of domestic violence
• Talking to a friend who is being abused
• What to do if she decides to remain in the relationship
• What to do if she decides to leave
• What to do if you see an assault in progress
• Safety planning

Professional Training

Health Care Providers

Sample Outcomes (Family Violence Prevention Fund curriculum):

• Information: To educate practitioners on: the dynamics of domestic violence; screening, identification, assessment and intervention with victims of domestic violence; and interventions with batterers
• Practical Tools: Including a Model Hospital Intervention packet outlining effective protocols and sample forms for screening, domestic violence/abuse assessment, documentation, safety planning and discharge
• Ideas: To help develop and implement response strategies and programs within a variety of health care practices and settings.

Child Protection Services

Participants will understand:

• The relationship between domestic violence and child abuse
• The dynamics of domestic violence
• Identifying domestic violence
• Assessment and interventions in domestic violence
• Interventions to keep mother and child together

Law Enforcement

Participants will be able to:

• Learn how to identify the dominant aggressor
• Recognize the importance of interviewing, physical evidence collection, and report writing in domestic violence cases
• Interview witnesses and collect physical evidence more effectively
• Write more comprehensive and accurate reports in domestic violence cases

Social Workers/Marriage & Family Therapists

Participants will understand:

• The dynamics of domestic violence
• Assessment and detection techniques
• Intervention strategies
• Community resources
• Cultural factors
• Same gender abuse dynamics
• Safety planning

*MFTs and LCSWs may request Continuing Education Units (CEUs). The Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness is a certified Continuing Education Provider.

Legal System

Sample Outcomes (Family Violence Prevention Fund curriculum):

• Learning how to identify and resolve issues that arise in court cases involving violence against women and children;
• Exercising leadership to end and prevent violence against women and children in the community; and
• Advancing the state of knowledge about how the justice system can intervene in and prevent violence against women and children.

Resources for Professionals