Total Credits: 1.5 including 1.5 American Psychological Association, 1.5 Association of Social Worker Boards, 1.5 National Board of Certified Counselors, 1.5 State Bar of California
Research confirms what experienced practitioners know: child custody and parenting time decisions often happen without adequate regard for peoples’ real-life experience of domestic violence. Many factors contribute to this problem, including lack of awareness about domestic violence; confusion about professional roles and responsibilities around domestic violence; inconsistent screening and assessment protocols; misapplication of assumptions, biases, and beliefs; ill-informed decision making around domestic violence; and disconnected outcomes, interventions, and services to address domestic violence. This training will introduce legal practitioners to a structured approach to decision-making in domestic violence-related custody cases that centralizes the experience of battered parents and their children. The training will also acquaint participants with a suite of tools designed to enhance screening, assessment, and informed decision making in domestic violence related child custody matters.
| SAFeR Resources Worksheets and screening (3.8 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
| SAFeR Slides (7.7 MB) | Available after Purchase | ||
Tracy Shoberg, Esq. serves as the Deputy Director of the National Legal Center on Children and Domestic Violence with the Battered Women’s Justice Project, where she has provided training to numerous legal practitioners on improving their domestic violence practice. Before joining BWJP, Tracy previously represented victim-survivors of domestic violence in family law matters. When Tracy is not busy training legal professionals, she can be found at the dog park with her spouse and two Doodles.