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Description:
Children exposed to domestic violence sometimes demonstrate a range of challenging behaviors. Utilizing behavior management techniques and teaching those techniques to the child’s parent are critical aspects of assisting families. In this workshop, participants will learn and be able to utilize a variety of techniques to employ in their work with parents as well as directly with children. This workshop is the third in a series focused on children and domestic violence but does not require completion of earlier courses.

Learning objectives:

• Examine impact of trauma
• Define behavior management principles and skills
• Apply principles and skills to a range of behaviors
• Identify adult learning principles to facilitate parental competence in behavior management


Author(s):
Donna Potter, LCSW

The trainer on “Identifying and Responding to the Needs of Children in Domestic Violence Shelters” project has extensive experience in training in the effects of domestic violence on children and cognitive behavioral strategies of intervention. Ms. Potter is a lead child clinician at the North Carolina Center on Child and Family Health, who has a primary focus on younger children and family stability as key to the treatment of child trauma and symptoms of PTSD. She has been working with evidence based trauma treatment models for over eight years and helped to develop the curriculum. Ms. Potter conducts trainings related to child development, posttraumatic stress, domestic violence, and evidence-based service delivery throughout North Carolina and around the country.

Target Audience:
This workshop will benefit child and adolescent service providers, including psychologists, social workers, family therapists, counselors, early intervention providers, child caregivers, shelter providers and community mental health providers. This also includes school based professionals, public health providers, and all other interested professionals.


Length: 1 Hour

Credit Type(s): 1.0 NBCC, 0.1 CEU, 1.0 Contact Hours

Cost: $5.00