SWRK 6355 - Intimate Partner Violence: Assessment and Intervention

This course focuses on intimate partner violence with emphasis on best practices in engagement, assessment, and intervention with survivors. Students will appraise dynamics of intimate partner violence (e.g., power and control, relationship between intimate partner violence and other forms of family violence, intergenerational violence); appraise trauma reactions and resilience in intimate partner violence survivors, and identify safety concerns. Engagement, advocacy, safety planning, and evidence-based intervention strategies will be discussed and applied through in-class exercises and written assignment. Students will also appraise trauma-informed system responses to more effectively respond to survivor’s needs. This is an approved elective for the School of Social Work’s Trauma Specialization.

Credits: 1 hour

Notes: Open to graduate students only.