VCS
Community Change Project presents
NY Model for Batterer
Programs National Training Institute
Monday, September 22, 2008 through Tuesday, September
23, 2008
VCS Inc.
77 South Main Street
New City, NY 10956
(845) 634-5729; Outside
NYS:
1-800-634-7540
(Lodging available at the Best Western, 26 Route 59,
Nyack, NY 10960 (8 miles) or Candlewood Suites, 20 Overlook
Blvd, Nanuet, NY 10954 (5 miles). Reservations on
your own.)
Registration Cost
Two-Day Fee:
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$195 per person |
Register
Online |
Fee for advocates at domestic
violence victim service, non-profit,
non-governmental programs:
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$125 per person |
Register
Online |
One-Day Fee: |
$100 per person |
Register Online |
Fee for advocates at DV
victim service, non-profit,
non governmental programs –
One-Day Fee: |
$65 per person |
Register
Online |
See Training Topics (below) for material covered
each day.
To send registration payment by fax or mail,
please click
here (PDF).
To register over the phone, or for more info, call:
VCS Community Change Project: (845) 634-5729; Outside
NYS: 1-800-634-7540
Background & Focus
of the NY Model for Batterer Programs
The VCS Community Change Project operates the Domestic Violence Program
for Men in three New York counties. It is one of the oldest "batterer
programs" in the United States and the first in New York State.
From its inception, its work has been continuously refined to be compatible
with the national battered women's movement's efforts to end domestic
violence in our country. As a result the current work with court ordered
men who batter reflects innumerable changes, on subjects as central as
goals and policies to details of administration and teaching strategies.
Batterer programs, created in the mid 70's, were originally designed
to "treat" offenders. Today, many programs, research efforts,
evaluation strategies and state standards across the country continue
to be entrenched in that treatment based function. The focus of batterer
programs under the NY Model is to provide the courts with an additional
mechanism for offender accountability and judicial monitoring. Expectations
shift from individual rehabilitation to a range of attainable, measurable
outcomes. These include uniform court enforcement of orders to batterer
programs, batterer program implementation of reasonable policies, and
meticulous court reporting procedures.
Ongoing technical assistance and consultation is available to all who
wish to modify current or create new batterer programs consistent with
the NY Model for Batterer Programs.
Who Should Attend
The National Training Institute is designed for all who are working in, interested
in or concerned about batterer programs as well as for those who work with domestic
violence offenders in other venues. The Institute is welcoming to advocates for
women partnered with abusers and for child protective and other children and
family services workers. Court personnel, attorneys, law guardians, prosecutors,
health, mental health and chemical dependency practitioners have found the Institute
useful, as have faith and other community leaders.
Training Topics
Segments Include:
Day 1 |
Comparison of three batterer program models: 1) treatment
2) accountability and treatment combined 3) accountability. Presented
by Dr. Sue Parry, NYS Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence |
Day 1 |
Batterer program research . . . what does it tell us? Presented
by Melissa Labriola, Principal Research Associate, Center for Court
Innovations, NYC |
Day 1 |
History, development and current status of batterer
programs in the U.S. Presented by Rose Garrity, Board Member, National
Coalition Against DV |
Day 1&2 |
Court utilization of NY Model batterer programs as an accountability
and monitoring mechanism for referred participants |
Day 1&2 |
Overview of NY Model batterer programs |
Day 1&2 |
Clarification of courts responsibility to hold offenders accountable
for acts of domestic violence |
Day 2 |
Accountability mechanisms that batterer programs can employ to
hold participants "accountable," including policy, practice
and setting and maintaining limits |
Day 2 |
Demonstrations of registration, program session, and staff development
(staff training) |
Day 2 |
How to infuse anti-racist, economic justice, and other anti-oppression
principles into the delivery of NY Model for Batterer Programs
material |
Day 2 |
Responding to sexist, racist, heterosexist and other belligerent
or otherwise inappropriate comments and behaviors |
Institute Co-Directors
Phyllis B. Frank: Founding
Director, VCS Community Change Project; Co-founder,
Past Pres., NYS Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Gregory R. White: Director Domestic Violence
Program for Men, Catholic Charities of Buffalo,
NY
Schedule
The schedule allows ample time for training sessions, breaks, meals
and networking.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Check-in begins at 9:00 am
Session 1: 9:30 - 11:00 am
Session 2: 11:30 - 1:00 pm
Lunch is provided and served
Session 3: 2:00 - 3:30 pm
Session 4: 4:00 - 5:30 pm
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Session 5: 9:00 - 10:30 am
Session 6: 11:00 - 12:30 pm
Lunch is provided and served
Session 7: 1:30 - 3:30 pm
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