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1. Employ screening techniques to identify the signs of domestic violence (DV) and intimate partner violence (IPV).
2. Establish how evidence-based screenings and assessments can help clinicians determine level of risk and lethality to effectively intervene.
3. Ensure proper reporting and documentation when working with clients facing violence in their relationships or homes.
4. Characterize the dynamics of domestic violence/intimate partner violence and control tactics used by the perpetrator.
5. Evaluate the types of domestic abuse including physical violence, sexual violence, threats and intimidation.
6. Connect your clients to domestic violence related services through community resources and appropriate referrals.
7. Communicate three barriers that keep people from leaving abusive relationships.
8. Characterize how an understanding of cultural factors can help to ensure a competent response to abuse.
9. Specify two intervention strategies clinicians can use to enhance treatment of women, men and children who’ve been exposed to domestic violence.
10. Develop safety plans with clients to help them leave an abusive or violent home.
11. Assess same-gender abuse dynamics and identify aspects of LGBTQ intimate partner violence that may make victims less likely to seek help.
12. Employ trauma-informed treatment techniques for survivors of abuse, violence and oppression. 

Victims, Perpetrators and Dynamics of Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence

• Myths about domestic and intimate partner violence
• Types of domestic violence
• Dynamics of power, manipulation and control
• Characteristics of perpetrators
• Substance abuse and violence
• Same gender abuse dynamics

Recognize the Red Flags of Violence: What All Clinicians Need to Know

• Screening and assessment techniques
• Identify immediate danger
• Injuries and other indicators
• Tools to assess for safety, risk and lethality
• Checklists and advocacy resources
• Technology and domestic/intimate partner violence

Non-Physical Abuse and Psychological Violence

• Who’s at risk?
• Warning signs and symptoms
• Emotional manipulation
• Yelling and intimidation
• Inappropriate sexual pressure

Reporting Requirements and Documentation Guidelines

• Privacy and confidentiality
• Who is required to report and when?
• Standards for making a report
• Domestic violence contacts and hotlines
• Proper documentation and confidentiality strategies
• When and how to refer to agencies
• Community resources
• Liability issues for failing to report

Crisis Intervention, Safety Plans and Available Services

• Safety plans while living with abusive partners
• Safety planning for children
• Emotional safety planning
• Barriers to leaving
• Plans for leaving and after leaving
• Restraining orders/protective orders

Culturally Competent Responses to Abuse

• Recognizing your own biases
• How survivors interpret domestic violence in their culture
• Adapting danger assessments for underserved populations
• Working with LGBTQ survivors

Trauma Informed Interventions: Transition Clients from Surviving to Thriving

• Assess for PTSD, anxiety, trauma and other mental health issues
• Understand the multilayered impact of DV/IPV
• Processing shame, anger and guilt
• Working with children exposed to domestic violence
• Relaxation skills and guided imagery for anxiety

Katelyn Baxter-Musser, LCSW, C-DBT, is a licensed clinical social worker and is certified in dialectical behavior therapy (C-DBT) through Evergreen Certifications Institute and is certified in EMDR. She works in private practice where her areas of expertise include the treatment of trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, grief, and relationship issues.

Her DBT training is one of PESI’s most in-demand programs attended by tens of thousands of clinicians worldwide. Ms. Baxter-Musser incorporates DBT into her practice in working with adolescents and adults presenting with a variety of concerns. Her years of experience using DBT principles in her practice have helped her clients to develop healthier coping skills, better process their past traumas, and increase their ability to identify and cope with destructive emotions.

Ms. Baxter-Musser is also an EMDRIA-approved consultant who previously sat on the EMDRIA Standards and Training Committee and was the co-regional coordinator for the EMDRIA Southern Maine Regional Network. She is also a member of the National Association of Social Workers, the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and the National Center for Crisis Management.

PESI and Katelyn Baxter-Musser are not affiliated or associated with Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP, or her organizations.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Katelyn Baxter-Musser is the owner, operator, trainer of Inner Awakening Counseling & Consulting. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Katelyn Baxter-Musser is a member of EMDRIA, the National Association of Social Workers, the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress, the National Center for Crisis Management, and the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

Certificates of Successful Completion are available for email, download and/or printing from your online account immediately following the successful completion of the post-test/evaluation.

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.

All members of the PESI, Inc. planning committee have provided disclosures of financial relationships with ineligible organizations and any relevant non-financial relationships prior to planning content for this activity. None of the committee members had relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies or other potentially biasing relationships to disclose to learners. For speaker disclosures, please see the faculty biography.

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Chaplains/Clergy
This self-study program is designed to qualify for 12.5 continuing education hours.

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Counselors
This intermediate self-study activity consists of 12.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

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Marriage & Family Therapists
This self-study activity consists of 12.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 9/19/2022
No CE available for this board.

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Psychologists & Physicians
PHYSICIANS: PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 12.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. This activity was originally recorded on 09/19/2019. It was last reviewed on 05/31/2019 and is valid until 05/31/2022. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

PSYCHOLOGISTS: The following state psychologist boards recognize activities sponsored by PESI, Inc. as an approved ACCME provider: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Wisconsin. This self-study activity consists of 12.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Certificates of attendance will be issued for you to submit to your state licensing board to recognize for continuing education credit. You are required to successfully complete and submit a post-test prior to receiving a certificate of completion.

Canadian Psychologists: PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 12.5 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: https://catalog.pesi.com/page/ceinformation#psychologists

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Social Workers - National ASWB ACE
PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2023 - January 27, 2026. Social workers completing this course receive 11.75 Clinical continuing education credits.

Course Level: Intermediate Format: Recorded asynchronous distance. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

Canadian Social Workers: Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 12.5 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

Disclaimer: **Information obtained in this course should be used within your scope of practice.
**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
**All self-study participants must complete and pass (80% or better) a post-test and evaluation prior to receiving a certificate of completion. If you require a copy of the test/evaluation for CE purposes, please print at the time you take the test. Or you may call our customer service department and a copy of your test/evaluation will be emailed to you. Please allow 30-45 days.

• Social Workers
• Counselors
• Psychologists
• Marriage & Family Therapists
• Chaplains/Clergy
• Case Managers
• Nurses
• Law Enforcement and First Responders
• Other Mental Health Professionals