The third live teleconference in our Skills Building Series:
Kids Caught in the Crossfire: How to Assist Children Exposed to Men Who Batter.

Trainer: Lundy Bancroft. Mr. Bancroft has 20 years’ experience, specializing in interventions for abusive men. He is the author of three books in the field, including Why Does He Do That?, When Dad Hurts Mom and the national prize-winner, The Batterer as Parent. Mr. Bancroft has worked with more than one thousand abusers directly as an intervention counselor, and has served as clinical supervisor on another thousand cases. He has also served extensively as a custody evaluator, child abuse investigator, and expert witness in domestic violence and child abuse cases. Lundy appears across the United States as a presenter for judges and other court personnel, child protective workers, therapists, law enforcement officials, and other audiences.

Cost: $25 per telephone line. You are welcome to invite other people on your staff to listen with you at no extra charge, but we must have the names and contact information for all participants. Please e-mail your complete participant list to gelias@jwi.org. 

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What you’ll learn:

1. Emotional and behavioral signs of a child who may be living with a battering father or father-figure
2. Techniques that batterers use to manipulate and intimidate children at home
3. How batterers mislead community members and prevent their families from receiving assistance
4. Steps that friends, relatives, and professionals can take to best promote children's safety and healing
5. Successful approaches to building a supportive relationship with an abused mother
6. Community-wide efforts that can improve conditions for children living with batterers, and for those going on visitation with batterers after their parents have separated or divorced

Child protective workers • Social workers • Therapists • Maternal and child health workers • Domestic violence advocates • Teachers and school counselors • Custody evaluators • Clergy • Concerned friends and relatives • Law enforcement • Court personnel from juvenile and adult courts •  Parent educators • Attorneys • Daycare providers • Counselors for men who batter • Foster parents •  children's advocates •  child abuse service providers • professional and scholars who work on intimate partner violence, child abuse, child custody, or family law policy • physicians • nurses • physician assistants • nursing and medical students • practicing healthcare providers •