Story Posted: January 12, 2012

ADDRESSING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE IMPLEMENTING A COMMUNITY BASED APPROACH

A Narrative Workshop with Tod Augusta-Scott MSW
How to effectively invite men who had used violence toward their partners to become responsible not only to their mates but to the community at large. Historically called “domestic violence,” “intimate partner violence” describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former intimate partner or spouse. This type of violence can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples.

Workshop brief outline:
This presentation will focus on innovations and developments in conversations with men who perpetrate abuse. The workshop will focus on the group manual entitled, “Narrative Therapy: An Abuse Intervention Program”. The group manual is designed to establish collaborative conversations about men’s lives and relationships as they move away from violence. The work includes individual and group conversations with men. Once in group, there is a four stage process men move through over a 16-20 session group.
The four stages include:
1) preparing men to take responsibility,
2) building a narrative relapse prevention plan,
3) studying the effects of abuse, and
4) finding ways of healing and repairing the effects of the abuse.

WHEN: May 2 & 3, 2012
WHERE: University of Regina - Faculty of Social Work
The Atrium - Innovation Place
151 - 111 Research Drive
Saskatoon, SK S7L 3R2
TIME: 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FEE: $200 including lunch
Student rate $140 for first 10 students to register (lunch included)
Registration limited to 45 participants.

A registration form can be found here.

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