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CONFERENCE AGENDA
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Day One: Wednesday, November 1, 2017
7:45 am – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:15 am – 8:45 am Welcome
8:45 am – 9:45 am
Humanizing “the Other;” Humanizing Ourselves – Juan Carlos Areán
Building upon the ground-breaking 2017 roundtable on BIP’s current trends, alternative models, and promising practices, sponsored by the Office on Victims of Crime and the Office on Violence Against Women, Mr. Areán will speak of the need for BI practitioners to incorporate a trauma-informed lens, embrace cultural approaches, and engage in deep self-reflection. He will invite participants to ponder the meaning of healing in the context of responsibility, the overlap of victimization and perpetration, and the misuse of coercive systems in working with DV offenders.
Areán Materials:
Futures Without Violence Website
9:45 am – 10:45 am
La Cultura Cura, From Cycles to Circles; Moving Beyond Trauma Informed to Healing Centered – Jerry Tello
The session will address the importance of rooting ourselves in a narrative that is beyond the immediate trauma to a place of acknowledging the generations of pain and multiple oppressions that many people carry. It reaches to the core of generational healing. It further lifts the importance of honoring indigenous based ideology, pedagogy and practice as teacher for healing westernized processes that often results in re-victimization.
10:45 am – 11:15 am Break
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
Hearing Trauma & Healing our Stories – Terri Strodoff & Floyd Rowell
Consider the mantra, any pain that is not transformed will be transferred. Our field has long known that little boys who grow-up witnessing or experiencing domestic violence or other childhood adversity, are significantly more likely to repeat this behavior themselves. Yet, when grown men come to the doors of our programs with the reality of repeating the cycle through their own perpetration of violence or abuse, we often consider their background experiences to be irrelevant, or little more than excuses to justify, blame or otherwise escape responsibility for their own choices and behavior. What difference would it make if we sincerely and authentically asked men the question of what happened to them? In this workshop we explore how a trauma-informed approach changes our program goals from fixing men’s problem, to holding space for men to heal.
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch on Own – Vouchers Provided
1:45 pm – 3:45 pm Workshops (2 hour)
#1a: Honoring One’s Sacred Circle – Jerry Tello (1a, 1b, 2a and 2b are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
The workshop will be a deeper dive into the Overview session as to how we first of all not just give the teachings but live the teachings as we recognize the intersectionality of our work and the importance of consideration for its impact on all our relations. It will further explore the importance of social action on injustice as it relates to interconnected healing.
#1b: Honoring One’s Sacred Circle – Juan Carlos Areán (1a, 1b, 2a and 2b are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
The workshop will be a deeper dive into the Overview session as to how we first of all not just give the teachings but live the teachings as we recognize the intersectionality of our work and the importance of consideration for its impact on all our relations. It will further explore the importance of social action on injustice as it relates to interconnected healing.
#1c: Story Telling – Terri Strodoff & Staff (1c, 1d, 2c and 2d are repeat sessions and have the same title and content)
This workshop will build off the themes of the plenary session. Participants will have an opportunity to explore their own emotional wellness, safety and vulnerabilities in doing this work.
#1d: Story Telling – Terri Strodoff & Staff (1c, 1d, 2c and 2d are repeat sessions and have the same title and content)
This workshop will build off the themes of the plenary session. Participants will have an opportunity to explore their own emotional wellness, safety and vulnerabilities in doing this work.
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Workshops (2 hour)
#2a: Honoring One’s Sacred Circle – Jerry Tello (1a, 1b, 2a and 2b are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
The workshop will be a deeper dive into the Overview session as to how we first of all not just give the teachings but live the teachings as we recognize the intersectionality of our work and the importance of consideration for its impact on all our relations. It will further explore the importance of social action on injustice as it relates to interconnected healing.
#2b: Honoring One’s Sacred Circle – Juan Carlos Areán (1a, 1b, 2a and 2b are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
The workshop will be a deeper dive into the Overview session as to how we first of all not just give the teachings but live the teachings as we recognize the intersectionality of our work and the importance of consideration for its impact on all our relations. It will further explore the importance of social action on injustice as it relates to interconnected healing.
#2c: Story Telling – Terri Strodoff & Staff (1c, 1d, 2c and 2d are repeat sessions and have the same title and content)
This workshop will build off the themes of the plenary session. Participants will have an opportunity to explore their own emotional wellness, safety and vulnerabilities in doing this work.
#2d: Story Telling – Terri Strodoff & Staff (1c, 1d, 2c and 2d are repeat sessions and have the same title and content)
This workshop will build off the themes of the plenary session. Participants will have an opportunity to explore their own emotional wellness, safety and vulnerabilities in doing this work.
6:00 pm Dinner on own
Day Two: Thursday, November 2, 2017
7:45 am – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast
8:15 am – 8:30 am Welcome and Housekeeping
8:30 am – 9:00 am A Survivor’s Voice – Merkeb Yohannes
Merkeb is a Program Manager at the Michigan Coalition to End Domestic Violence and a volunteer for the Survivor’s Speakers Bureau, and Capital Area Response Effort in Lansing, MI. Her commitment and approach to this work stem from being an Immigrant and Refugee survivor of domestic violence and child sexual abuse.
9:00 am -10:30 am
Women’s Use of Force: A Practice and Research Overview – Lisa Young Larance, LMSW
Understanding and addressing women’s use of force in intimate relationships is a controversial national issue that affects first responders, criminal legal system personnel, and social service providers at the local, county, and state-wide levels. The inaccurate perception that all women who have used force are “batterers” often (mis)informs arrest procedures, judicial actions, and chosen interventions in many states. In many jurisdictions, this means that female survivors of domestic violence are arrested, charged, and then referred to Batterers’ Intervention Programs (BIPs) for using force against their intimate male partners. Women referred to BIPs receive inappropriate “batterers treatment” rather than contextualized support and intervention. This potentially places women and their family members at a higher risk for abuse. Through lack of attention to context, interventions fail to meet the needs of these women and may also fail to meet the goals of the referring agency – to prevent future violent incidents. Using examples from Ms. Larance’s direct practice work, recent publications, and ongoing research, she will raise the awareness of those unfamiliar with the issue and contribute to a deeper understanding for those already addressing the issue. Information from this presentation can be used to directly contribute to the well-being of women and their families.
Larance Materials:
LaranceVAWSourceBook2018
LaranceRousson2016
LaranceMillerChapter2017
LaranceAdditionalResources2017
Larance & Miller2017
This video provides an overview of Lisa’s work and the Larance & Miller, 2017 publication that will come out in Violence Against Women
10:30 am – 10:45 am Break
10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Wica Agli -“Bringing Men Home” exploring culture as a road map to healing – Aldo Seoane
During the session we will discuss indigenous perspective of healing and approaches to in the use of culture to create a path to help men find healing and safety in the selves.
Seoane Materials:
Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTH0c5QDKws&feature=youtu.be
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12:15 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch – Vouchers Provided
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm
The Aquila Truth Squad – Jeffrie Cape LMSW ACSW CAA, Christopher Hall MSW, Chris Huffine Psy.D., Pamela Wiseman, Additional Faculty TBD
The truth squad comes to the conference to introduce and demonstrate tools that programs, advocates and others can use in their communities to answer questions and challenges about research, effectiveness, community coordination and gender considerations. A link to all materials introduced will be provided.
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Break
2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Workshops (90 Minute)
#3a: Tools and Techniques: Practical Application – Jeffrie Cape, LMSW ACSW CAADC (3a and 4a are repeat sessions with the same title and content)
An interactive session focused on simple practical therapeutic strategies that can be used by new or experienced facilitators to engage group participants and enhance understanding of individual accountability.
#3b: The Allies in Change Model: An Integrative Curriculum – Chris Huffine Psy.D. (3b and 4b are repeat sessions with the same title and content)
This workshop will highlight some of the distinctive qualities of the Allies in Change model which has been “cooking” for over thirty years, been used with thousands of abusive individuals, and been reviewed and utilized by dozens of group facilitators. While this is a stand-alone curriculum, aspects of it can be used to enhance programming already in place with abusive partners. This workshop will primarily build upon and not repeat material that was shared at last year’s conference, except to provide some relevant background and foundational understanding. A brief overview of the model and underlying philosophy will be followed by heavier focus on how the groups are actually facilitated. Time will be spent highlighting effective facilitation utilizing key content themes, the use of a weekly check-in process and journal sharing, and concepts distinct to this curriculum.
Huffine Materials:
Allies In Change Presentation
#3c: Cultural Inclusivity – Aldo Seoane (3c and 4c are repeat sessions with the same title and content)
This workshop will provide a forum to look at how to discuss culture while holding men accountable. Discussion will explore creating culturally inclusive groups using indigenous approaches and how to create standards that include a cultural perspective.
#3d: Inclusive Practices for Working with LGBTQ People Experiencing IPV: Trauma & Oppression Informed Approaches – Mary Case
This workshop will provide participants with an overview of LGBTQ people’s experiences of oppression and how it intersects with their experience of Intimate Partner Violence. Participants will also be given practical tools that can be utilized to create safety and inclusivity for LGBTQ individuals who are accessing their services.
3:45 pm – 4:00 pm Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Workshops (90 Minute)
#4a: Tools and Techniques: Practical Application – Jeffrie Cape LMSW ACSW CAA (3a and 4a are repeat sessions with the same title and content)
An interactive session focused on simple practical therapeutic strategies that can be used by new or experienced facilitators to engage group participants and enhance understanding of individual accountability.
Cape Materials:
Handouts
#4b: The Allies in Change Model: An Integrative Curriculum – Chris Huffine Psy.D. (3b and 4b are repeat sessions with the same title and content)
This workshop will highlight some of the distinctive qualities of the Allies in Change model which has been “cooking” for over thirty years, been used with thousands of abusive individuals, and been reviewed and utilized by dozens of group facilitators. While this is a stand-alone curriculum, aspects of it can be used to enhance programming already in place with abusive partners. This workshop will primarily build upon and not repeat material that was shared at last year’s conference, except to provide some relevant background and foundational understanding. A brief overview of the model and underlying philosophy will be followed by heavier focus on how the groups are actually facilitated. Time will be spent highlighting effective facilitation utilizing key content themes, the use of a weekly check-in process and journal sharing, and concepts distinct to this curriculum.
#4c: Cultural Inclusivity – Aldo Seoane (3a and 4a are repeat sessions with the same title and content)
This workshop will provide a forum to look at how to discuss culture while holding men accountable. Discussion will explore creating culturally inclusive groups using indigenous approaches and how to create standards that include a cultural perspective
#4d: Identifying Primary Aggressor in LGBTQ IPV – Mary Case
Differentiating Aggressors from Survivors is complex but necessary for providing safe and effective interventions that do not re-traumatize survivors that may have been wrongly convicted of domestic violence. This workshop will examine an assessment model that expands the concepts of victimization and aggression from the mainstream binary model into a continuum. We will also touch on trauma informed models for group and individual counseling services that organizations can develop to provide support for LGBTQ individuals, regardless of where they may fit within the assessment continuum.
5:30 pm Dinner on own
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Facilitated Activity: Presented by Chris Hall.
“Dog Eat Dog” is a simulation created in 2012 to experience and create greater understanding for the dynamics of colonialism, and its impact on populations of people. The domestic violence industry has several branches of work, from providing counseling and advocacy to victims/survivors, to court systems providing judgement and sanctions, to batterer intervention programs providing educational services to perpetrators, and probation departments conducting supervision and monitoring of offender behavior. Each of these systems have impact on individuals and community, and this simulation explores those impacts through a 30-45-minute exercise where one individual will represent an entire system, and 4-5 others will represent people who are involved with this system. As with all systems, there are always rules to follow, and those who follow rules are rewarded, and there are consequences for those who disobey – but what are places where these interactions can impact entire communities and groups of individuals? This simulation will involve pre-and post-briefing, and discussion. Rules for the simulation are simple and involve choice and interaction between participants. Multiple groups will be involved depending on attendance.
Hall Materials:
Information about author of the simulation: http://liwanagpress.com/dog-
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Facilitated Yoga: Begin to understand yoga movement and the body with long held, basic poses. For anyone from beginner to athlete looking to try yoga and learn how to use it to increase self-care, self-awareness, and health. Led by a certified yoga instructor.
Day Three: Friday, November 3, 2017
7:45 am – 8:15 am Continental Breakfast
8:15 am – 8:30 am Welcome and Housekeeping
8:30 am – 10:00 am
Cracking the Code; Understanding Different Motives of Those Who Batter and the Connection to Risk and Lethality – Steve and Dorothy Halley
In this keynote, Dorothy and Steve “crack the code”: bringing to the practitioner an understanding of the differences among those who batter based on motive. Those with different motives display different behaviors, and present different dangers to their victim and community. The commonality among batterers—their desire to dominate and control—has been understood for a long time. Unfortunately, the different motives driving them to seek power and control have not been generally understood, making it difficult to predict behavior or provide effective response. This workshop provides information that unlocks the mystery of domestic violence, and provides practical information that will change/enhance your response.
Halley Materials:
Understanding Those Who Batter
The Motive Checklist Offender
References
The Process of Changing Battering Behavior
Our “Facilitators Tool Chest” Monthly blog: https://www.
Video: Bruce Perry and the developing brain – “First Impressions” https://www.youtube.com/watch?
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break – 30 Minutes to Check out
10:30 – 11:30 am
PLAYING TOGETHER: Experiential Drumming to Explore Identity, Affirm Diversity, and Strengthen Accountability – Rahul Sharma
How can the experience of drumming together connect with themes of identity, diversity, and accountability? In what ways do the individual and collective processes of making music inter-relate to themes of power, control, and equality? Through experiential drumming and facilitated dialogue, this session is geared towards all working in the field of batterer intervention with an example of how innovative modalities may be able to address complex learning objectives.
Sharma Materials:
Playing Together Presentation
Makhana – Funkadesi
11:30 am-12:30 pm Lunch on Own – Vouchers Provided
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Workshops (90 Minute)
#5a: River of Cruelty – Steve Halley (5a, 5b, 6a and 6b are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
Using the Family Peace Initiative (FPI) “River of Cruelty Map”, this workshop will illustrate the impact of trauma and adverse experiences from a unique perspective. Using an experiential approach, this presentation helps the participant to understand how cruel experiences can easily be transferred from person to person and generation to generation. Understanding this process can lead the practitioner to new and powerful intervention techniques that have been shown to significantly impact FPI effectiveness with those who batter.
#5b: River of Cruelty – Dorothy Halley & Tish Taylor (5a, 5b, 6a and 6b are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
Using the Family Peace Initiative (FPI) “River of Cruelty Map”, this workshop will illustrate the impact of trauma and adverse experiences from a unique perspective. Using an experiential approach, this presentation helps the participant to understand how cruel experiences can easily be transferred from person to person and generation to generation. Understanding this process can lead the practitioner to new and powerful intervention techniques that have been shown to significantly impact FPI effectiveness with those who batter.
Halley Materials:
The River of Cruelty Map
The River of Cruelty Presentation
#5c: Drumming Circle – Session to be combined with 5c Rahul Sharma (5c, 5d, 6c and 6d are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
This session will provide individuals with an unique opportunity to participate in hands on drumming and experience the way individuals can come together as a part of a collective whole to increase a sense of connectedness.
#5d: Drumming Circle – Session to be combined with 5c (5c, 5d, 6c and 6d are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
This session will provide individuals with an unique opportunity to participate in hands on drumming and experience the way individuals can come together as a part of a collective whole to increase a sense of connectedness.
2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Break
2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Workshops (90 Minute)
#6a: The River of Cruelty: An Experiential Approach to Understanding and Intervening with Cruelty – Steve Halley (5a, 5b, 6a and 6b are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
Using the Family Peace Initiative (FPI) “River of Cruelty Map”, this workshop will illustrate the impact of trauma and adverse experiences from a unique perspective. Using an experiential approach, this presentation helps the participant to understand how cruel experiences can easily be transferred from person to person and generation to generation. Understanding this process can lead the practitioner to new and powerful intervention techniques that have been shown to significantly impact FPI effectiveness with those who batter.
#6b: The River of Cruelty: An Experiential Approach to Understanding and Intervening with Cruelty – Dorothy Halley & Tish Taylor (5a, 5b, 6a and 6b are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
Using the Family Peace Initiative (FPI) “River of Cruelty Map”, this workshop will illustrate the impact of trauma and adverse experiences from a unique perspective. Using an experiential approach, this presentation helps the participant to understand how cruel experiences can easily be transferred from person to person and generation to generation. Understanding this process can lead the practitioner to new and powerful intervention techniques that have been shown to significantly impact FPI effectiveness with those who batter.
#6c: Drumming Circle – Rahul Sharma, Session to be combined with 6d (5c, 5d, 6c and 6d are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
This session will provide individuals with an unique opportunity to participate in hands on drumming and experience the way individuals can come together as a part of a collective whole to increase a sense of connectedness.
#6d: Drumming Circle – Session to be combined with 6c (5c, 5d, 6c and 6d are repeat sessions with the same title and content, regardless of which faculty are facilitating this workshop)
This session will provide individuals with an unique opportunity to participate in hands on drumming and experience the way individuals can come together as a part of a collective whole to increase a sense of connectedness.