How Domestic Violence Perpetrators Harm Children and Case-planning with Perpetrators

Goals

• Participants will learn the importance of a domestic violence perpetrator pattern-based focus

• Participants will enhance their assessment, intervention and case-planning with domestic violence perpetrators

What is Domestic Violence?

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Domestic violence is defined as a pattern of coercive control that one intimate partner engages in against one or more intimate partners. This pattern of behavior may continue after a relationship has ended, or when the couple no longer lives together.

Who are Domestic Violence Perpetrators?

• Domestic violence perpetrators, in the context of the child welfare system, are parents and/or caregivers who engage in a pattern of coercive control against one or more intimate partners. The pattern of behavior may continue after the relationship has ended and often directly involves, targets the children.

Intervening with Domestic Violence Perpetrators

• Making every effort to locate, interview, and engage them

• Clearly outlining your concerns regarding behaviors and your expectations for behavioral change

• Clearly documenting the pattern of behaviors and actions taken to harm the children

• Collaborating with community partners such as police, courts, probation, etc.

Intervening does NOT mean:

• Colluding with perpetrators• Shaming• Arguing or attempting to get them to “admit”