Over the course of two days, Betty Taylor and Tania Felsted will provide an overview of non-lethal strangulation, sexual violence, separation and stalking within a violent intimate partner context.  They will help participants understand how tactics used by perpetrators operate within a overarching framework of coercive control. Other areas of focus include:

• How anoxic and acquired brain injuries should influence service responses
• Pornography and sexual violence in intimate partner relationships
• Legislative responses
• PTSD and trauma responses
• Post high risk team intervention … what do we do next
• Safety Management … a tiered approach
• Strangulation
• Children and child protection

Please note this is a two part series. Participants should attend both sessions.

Dates: Tuesday, 17 August and Wednesday, 18 August 2021

Time: 9:00am – 4:00pm

Learning Objectives:

• Gain in-depth knowledge of the specific red flags of non-lethal strangulation, sexual violence, separation and stalking
• Understand how a coercive control framework influences how these risk factors impact on victims
• Understand the medium to long term needs of victims of strangulation on physical and psychological health
• Understand of legal responses to all 4 red flags
• Ability to develop work place policies and practices aimed at improved responses
• Understand workplace duty of care responsibilities
• Understand the correlation between pornography, strangulation and sexual violence
• Ability to develop safety management plans that incorporate risk from a victim/survivor and perpetrator perspective