Domestic Violence presentation

3. Why I Can’t Do My Hours!
Understanding
Domestic Violence
Workforce Professional
Development Academy
Jeanne Rademacher, CWDP, JSS, JCTC, JCDC
Training Initiatives, Inc.

5. What is Abuse ?
Physical
Emotional
Sexual
Economical

6. Just the Facts!

7. 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

10. 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?

11. 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.

12. 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.

15. The Children

16. Another Reason

18. The Children are Watching!

19. Working with the Abused
Individual
Safety
Support
Abuse
Recover

20. Working with the Abused
Individual
Safety
Safety of the victim and their
children MUST be a priority
Discuss options- learn what local
resources are available
Develop a safety plan

21. Working with the Abused
Individual
Support
Support Their Decisions
Must be Non-Judgmental

22. Working with the Abused
Individual
Abuse
Discuss the different forms of
abuse with the victim
Discuss the Power and Control
Wheel

23. Working with the Abused
Individual
Recover
Safety
Empowerment
Support System
Freedom
Special Needs

25. Why do the Abused Stay ?
Fear
Love
Pity
Economics
Low Self-Esteem
Religious Beliefs
Children

26. Domestic Abuse Council, Inc.
Programs and Services
 24 Hour Crisis Line  Emergency Shelter
1-800-500-1119 Program
 Transitional Housing  Individual Group
Program Education/Support
 “Hugs & Love”  Community Education
 Family Violence & Professional
Training
Intervention Program
 Victim Court Advocate
Program

27. Be Smart!