GCADV Training Institute

Available Courses

• Domestic Violence and Women's Health - Part One

  Domestic violence has an impact on many parts of a woman's life including her health. This two-part webinar will discuss the various health effects victims face and ways advocates can assist them in addressing some of the effects. Part One discusses specific ways domestic violence impacts women's health including how it can impact pregnancy. We will also discuss why it is important for advocates to know this information and how they can help improve the health care response to domestic violence in their organization and in their community.

   
• Data Privacy and Confidentiality for Domestic Violence Programs

  Confidentiality is essential to providing effective advocacy services to survivors of domestic violence. Survivors share private information with programs and advocates when they seek services and keep that information private is central to a survivor’s safety and empowerment. Maintaining confidentiality is also an important grant requirement for programs who receive state and federal funding.

• Best Practices in Documentation: Getting to the Bare Essentials, Part One

  It can be a tough balancing act to document enough to meet funding requirements, yet to not keep information that could be used against a survivor who has accessed services. In this two part webinar, we will provide guidance and tools for safe ways to keep case notes and required information for reporting purposes while also minimizing potential risk for harm. Part One of the webinar will focus on record-keeping philosophies, statistics and funding requirements.
• Best Practices in Documentation: Getting to the Bare Essentials, Part Two

  It can be a tough balancing act to document enough to meet funding requirements, yet to not keep information that could be used against a survivor who has accessed services. In this two part webinar, we will provide guidance and tools for safe ways to keep case notes and required information for reporting purposes while also minimizing potential risk for harm.Part Two of the webinar will focus on record retention policies, funder requirements, and step-by-step guidelines on how to write a good case note.
• Boys to Men...advocacy & shelter services for adult males & teen boys

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• Economic Abuse: The Basics

  This course is designed to give advocates a basic understanding of economic abuse.  The objectives of this course are to define economic abuse, identify the specific tactics of economic abuse, identify the specific economic barriers that survivors face, and teach ways to safety plan with survivors around economic abuse.

• Domestic Violence and HIV/AIDS: A Dangerous Intersection (Module 1)

  This course is the first of a six part series focusing on the intervention and prevention of HIV/AIDS for survivors of domestic violence. This training series was originally created by ENSYNC Diversified Management Services through funding by the US Department of Health and Human Services and is currently offered through a collaborative project between ENSYNC and the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

  
  Continuing Education Credit

  1.0 Credit Hour

  Approved by GA DHS, Family Violence Unit