Course Title:	Domestic Violence: Risks, Types, Effects, and Prevention
	Category:	6
	Credits:	1
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	Objectives:	After completing this course, participants should be able to: • List the risk factors for domestic violence • Describe the four types of domestic violence • Identify the long term effects of domestic violence on the adult and child • Explain prevention tools which a client can use
	Description:	Domestic violence is a pattern of coercive and controlling behaviors within a relationship. Domestic violence can happen to anyone, in any type of relationship whether it be between a male and a female, a same sex couple, an elderly couple, or a parent and a child. Violence also doesn’t discriminate based on age, race, culture, religion, where someone lives or how much money a person makes. This course will review risk factors for domestic violence as defined by the CDC, the types of domestic violence (emotional/psychological, physical, sexual, and economic), the long term effects of abuse, and prevention tools available. Keywords: domestic violence, emotional abuse, psychological abuse, physical abuse, economic abuse, financial abuse, abuser, abused, family, spouse, partner, intimate partner
		Approval Bodies: Professional Development Florida Dept. of Health (Board of Social Work, Marriage & Family, Mental Health Counseling) NAADAC, National Association for Addiction Professionals National Board for Certified Counselors Florida Board of Nursing Association of Social Work Boards Approved Continuing Education (ACE) California Consortium of Addiction Programs and Professionals (CCAPP) CAADE - California Association for Alcohol/Drug Educators Pennsylvania Certification Board Florida Board of Psychology California Board of Registered Nursing California Association of DUI Treatment Programs (CADTP)