Community Outreach & Training

 

COMPREHENSIVE INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE TRAINING

Call (410) 554-8467

The House Of Ruth Training Institute provides training, consultation, and technical assistance to professional and para professional on domestic violence and issues related to domestic violence. Trainings are tailored to fit the needs of the participants. The Training Institute's first major training effort is supported by a grant from the Office of Violence Against Women and concerns victims of domestic violence who have physical or emotional disabilities. The Training Institute is an income generating resource for the House Of Ruth.

Save-the-Date for our next training!

When: September 27th – 30th

What: Comprehensive Intimate Partner Violence Training; 32 hours. This training provides a complete overview of the dynamics of intimate partner violence, the impact it has on children and families and current strategies for intervention and prevention. This 32 hour training, spread over the course of four days, will cover introductory topics such as an overview of the battered women’s movement and advanced issues such as advocating for survivors who choose to stay in abusive relationships and working with perpetrators. Continuing education units are offered for this training.

Cost: $85 a day; $340;  $375 with Continuing Education Credits (CEU’s)

Contact: Rebecca Trexler, 410-554-8455, rtrexler@hruthmd.org

 

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION

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Community Outreach programs seek to both provide services and inform community members about domestic violence and the House Of Ruth. Workshops, trainings, and short-term groups are available at substance abuse treatment programs, parent support centers, and medical clinics. Consultation on cases and peer supervision is also available. Community Outreach programs strive to make services more accessible and culturally competent.

 

DISABILITY TRAINING AND OUTREACH

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In the past three years the House Of Ruth has worked with partnering programs in the disability community to increase awareness of Domestic Violence and abuse against women with disabilities. Our programs provide workshops at disability programs to increase the ability of staff to recognize, assess, and provide assistance to abuse victims. Disability programs have trained the staff at the House Of Ruth on how to respectfully ask people about their disabilities, how to provide empowering interventions, and how to make our programs more accessible to people with disabilities.

In addition we provide workshops for people with disabilities. These workshops cover topics like: abuse-power & control, healthy relationships, creating healthy boundaries, dealing with anger in relationships, what is sexual harassment and sexual abuse. Our hope is that we can prevent abuse before it happens by educating the public to the dynamics and signs of abuse. For our clients in the disabled community we want to do this in a way that addresses their additional needs or accommodations.

 

OTHER INITIATIVES

• Clinical Volunteer Program
• Student Intern Program
• College Outreach
• International/Refugee Outreach
• Prison Outreach
• Pet Sheltering
• Elder Abuse