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Domestic Violence presentationTRANSCRIPT
Why I Can’t Do My Hours!Understanding
Domestic Violence
Workforce Professional
Development Academy
Jeanne Rademacher, CWDP, JSS, JCTC, JCDCJeanne Rademacher, CWDP, JSS, JCTC, JCDC
Training Initiatives, Inc.Training Initiatives, Inc.
What is Abuse ?PhysicalEmotionalSexualEconomical
Just the Facts!
Facts about Domestic Violence Every year, an estimated 2-4 million women of
all races and classes are battered by a spouse or intimate partner in the United States. -There’s No Excuse
Each year, more than one million women seek medical treatment for injuries by husbands, ex-husbands, and boyfriends.-”Facts on Domestic Violence”
Abused women comprise approximately 20% of women presenting with injury to hospital emergency services.
-International Journal of Health Services
Operator: 911, What is the emergency?Caller: Yeah, I just shot my girlfriend.Operator: You shot her?Caller: Yeah, I did.Operator: Where?Caller: In South Daytona.Operator: Okay. 2050 S. Ridgewood, B23?Caller: Yeah.Operator: Where is she at now?Caller: She’s right here.Operator: What area was she shot in?
Caller: I don’t know. It doesn’t really matter. You need to come get
her.Operator: Okay, What is your name?Caller: Alvin Watson.Operator: Albert? Are you going to stay there Albert?Caller: I ain’t going nowhere.Operator: Why did you shoot her, Albert?Caller: ‘Cause I had to.Operator: Why did you have to, were you having a fight?Caller: Yeah.
Operator: Okay. Let me transfer you to EVAC. Can you, can
you stay on the line and tell them where..Caller: No, you just send somebody to come get her, okay.Operator: We’re on our way.
(Phone is placed down)Caller: See what you done.
The sound of two rounds being chambered in a gun.
Then the sound of two shots being fired.
The Children
Another Reason
The Children are Watching!
Working with the Abused Individual
SafetySupportAbuseRecover
Working with the Abused Individual
SafetySafety of the victim and their
children MUST be a priorityDiscuss options- learn what local
resources are availableDevelop a safety plan
Working with the Abused Individual
SupportSupport Their DecisionsMust be Non-Judgmental
Working with the Abused Individual
AbuseDiscuss the different forms of
abuse with the victimDiscuss the Power and Control
Wheel
Working with the Abused Individual
RecoverSafetyEmpowermentSupport SystemFreedomSpecial Needs
Why do the Abused Stay ?FearLovePityEconomicsLow Self-EsteemReligious BeliefsChildren
Domestic Abuse Council, Inc.
24 Hour Crisis Line1-800-500-1119
Transitional Housing Program
“Hugs & Love” Family Violence
Intervention Program
Emergency Shelter Program
Individual Group Education/Support
Community Education & Professional Training
Victim Court Advocate Program
Programs and ServicesPrograms and Services
Be Smart!