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!