This course is an introduction to domestic violence concepts and how they relate to family and child welfare. Participants will learn about what domestic violence is, how to identify various tactics of abuse, and how domestic violence impacts children from birth through their adolescent years. The training will also explore how domestic violence impacts parenting and how professionals can help promote resilience and healing in families experiencing this type of trauma.  Registration closes 48 hours before the training. 

Intended Audience: Family Centered Services Staff (FCS); Qualified Residential Treatment Program Staff (QRTP), Shelter Staff (Child Welfare Emergency Services), Supervised Apartment Living Staff (SAL); Recruitment/Retention Training Support Staff (RRTS) Direct Care/Front-Line Staff and Supervisors

Location Info:  Zoom

TRAINERS: Kirsten Faisal - Director of Training and Technical Assistance (she/her), Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence: Ms. Faisal has worked in this role since 1995. Before joining ICADV, she was a direct service provider for ten years. Ms. Faisal helps develop public policy and programming across Iowa and provides consultation and training to professionals whose work supports and impacts survivors of domestic violence. She collaborated in initiatives to establish domestic abuse protocols in hospitals and reproductive care clinics.  She engaged in Iowa’s response to the Welfare Reform Act of 1996, including training every income maintenance and child support recovery worker in the state. She served on Child Protective Services taskforces to make recommendations to the Iowa legislature on adopting a differential response approach; make changes to the child abuse registry; and adopting and rolling out the Safe and Together model. Within the court system, she has presented in multidisciplinary trainings for the attorney general’s office on strangulation, restraining orders, trauma, and victim services, as well as serving as an expert witness in criminal and civil cases. She  coauthored one of the first curriculums in the nation for women convicted of domestic abuse. A paper she wrote on “Social Justice From the Margins” was presented at the Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Violence Against Women Act by the Obama White House.  She graduated with honors from Iowa State University with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology and spent eleven years doing crisis intervention work.

 The Training Room will open at 9:20AM. Training will begin promptly at 9:30AM. This training is scheduled until 12:30PM.

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At each training, participants will receive a certificate of completion based on hours attended. For more information, please click here. 

 Please note: Registration closes 48 hours before the training. If you need help, we’re happy to assist—just email us at [email protected].

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