ODL 422: Domestic Violence and Intimate Partner Violence: Trauma-Informed Identification, Safety Planning, and Ethical, Interdisciplinary Practice for Helping Professionals

5 Credit Hours: This 5-hour training provides an evidence-informed, trauma-responsive, and culturally attuned framework for recognizing domestic violence (DV), including intimate partner violence (IPV) patterns, using safe and appropriate screening approaches, conducting risk appraisal for escalation and lethality, and implementing practical, survivor-defined safety planning. Participants will also address considerations for diverse populations and contexts, along with ethical decision-making, confidentiality and privacy considerations, mandated reporting parameters as applicable by role and jurisdiction, and strategies to reduce bias, enhance engagement, and prevent secondary traumatic stress.