Introduction to Advocacy
The Introduction to Advocacy training provides foundational information focused on developing knowledge of family violence systems. It will extend your knowledge of advocacy best practices and meet HHSC training requirements for new advocates. These trainings are not required in training new employees of family violence programs, but can be helpful in onboarding new staff. And thanks to our amazing funders, all of the training that is listed below is free of charge!
Please note that you are responsible for monitoring competition of training and tracking your Continuing Eduction Units (CEU) credits. We offer CEUs for the online training and provides these online trainings as an educational resource for your professional development.
In your role as an advocate, understanding the fundamentals of family violence is vital to your work. Join Roy Rios in this webinar in exploring the forces binding victims to their abusers. You will walk away from this presentation feeling equipped to assist victims with navigating the tactics of power and control in their lives.
This webinar fulfills HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (b), (1).
Record Date: 2014
Length: 1.00
CEUs: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: Beginner
Join us in exploring the foundatinal legal definitions and civil law pertaining to family violence. We will provide extensive information about civil legal options available for family violence and survivors in Texas and focus on updates on family violence-related laws. You will also learn about advocacy versus legal definitions of family violence, protective orders, and divorce and custody remedies.
This webinar fulfills in part the HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (b), (3).
Record Date: 20 February 2018
Length: 1.50
CEUS: SW, LMFT, LPC
LEVEL: Introductory – Beginner
Further your exploration of Texas law affectiving victims of family violence with this training on legal definitions and criminal law pertaining to family violence. We’ll cover criminal legal options available for family violence victims and survivors in Texas and updates on family violence-related laws. You’ll also dive into the difference between advocacy and legal definitions of family violence, and learn about criminal legal options for holding offenders accountable, protective orders, and divorce and custody remedies.
This webinar fulfills in part the HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (b), (3).
Record Date: 20 February 2018
Length: 1.50
CEUS: SW, LMFT, LPC
LEVEL: Introductory – Beginner
Please visit our Creating Safer Spaces site for our Confidentiality online training.
Join Margart Bassett in exploring the definition of crisis intervention, characteristics of crisis within a framework of family violence services, assessment/intervention skills and strategies and referrals. Safety planning is an important component of crisis intervention and will be discussed throughout the webinar.
This webinar fulfills HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (c), (1)
Record Date: 2014
Length: 1.5
CEUs: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: Beginner
Hotline Advocates are often the first connection survivors make when seeking services, and, as such, they are responsible for setting a tone that conveys the program is a safe, welcoming, and accessible resource. Join Mikisha Hooper in this webinar which will developing and enhance your skill set in responding to the complexities of family violence through hotline calls.
This webinar fulfills HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (c), (2).
Record Date: 2014
Length: 1.5
CEUs: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: Beginner
This webinar focuses on peer counseling techniques. The movement to end intimate partner violence has a rich history of peer-to-peer support and empowerment-based services, which can be improved upon with the help of social science research. Recent research has highlighted best practices for micro and macro advocacy with survivors of domestic violence. In this presentation, Leila Wood shares research on techniques and approaches to peer counseling. Survivor-centered interpersonal skills will be emphasized, with strategies for implementation. Self-care planning for addressing occupational stresses when providing peer counseling will be explored.
This webinar fulfills HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (c), (3).
Record Date: 2014
Length: 1.5
CEUs: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: Beginner
Join TCFV and Barbie Brashear with the Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council in identifying the importance of assessing risk and lethality for victims of family violence. You will also increase your knowledge of the importance of assessing and the development of a safety plan that is appropriate to the level of risk. Barbie additionally covers various risk assessments, so you can select the appropriate one for your role, agency, or the survivor need.
This webinar fulfills HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (c), (4).
Record Date: 11 June 2019
Length: 1.50
CEUs: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: Introductory, Beginner
In this training, you will be orientated to the different systems, like CPS, Criminal Court and Family Court, that suriviors often are involved with at the same time. You will learn to help survivors feel empowered and confident in accessing the resources available.
This training fulfills HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (c), (5).
Record Date: 20 April 2018
Length: 1.00
CEUs: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: Beginner
Join us in an overview of economic abuse, the connections between survivor safety and economic stability, and the importance of developing survivor-centered economic justice advocacy and programming.
This training fulfills HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (c), (6).
Record Date: 15 March 2018
Length: 1.50
CEUs: SW, LMFT, LPC
Level: Beginner
This webinar provides a broad overview of the required policies under the Health and Human Service Commission Family Violence Program including the framework for services to survivors of family violence and program policies. Participants will learn about these required policies as well as how to implement survivor-centered advocacy while following state regulations.
Fulfills HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (c), (7).
Record Date: 7 March 2019
Length: 1.00
CEUS: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: Introductory, Beginner
Join Jose Juan Lara and Samira Ghosh in looking at the macro/micro level implications of cultural humility.
This is in fulfillment of the HHSC Rule Requirements in section 379.404 for New Employees.
Record Date: 3 December 2019
Length: 1.5 hours
CEUs: SW, LMFT, LPC
Level: Beginner
Helpful Resources:
National Center for Cultural Competence
Join Paula Traffas in exploring the civil rights requirements for agencies funded by Texas Health and Human Services and their contractors who serve HHSC clients.
This training fulfills HHSC Rule Requirement §379.404, (c), (9).
Record Date: 2014
Length: 1.00
CEUs: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: Beginner
Enhancing Your Advocacy
Below are numerous on-demand, online training opportuntities for you to deepen your advocacy skills and learn about nuances and facets of our movement.
Please click on the title below to be taken to the description and registration page. And make sure you log into your Coalition Manager account before you register!
Academic Safety Planning: Advocacy Goes to Campus
Advocacy with Survivors of Faith
Advocate Career Satisfaction: Research on Occupational Stress, Peer Support, and Supervision
African American Teens and Dating Violence
Enhancing Economic Agency For Survivors
Forced and Child Marriage Introductory Training: Spotting the Signs
Honoring Texas Victims: Identifying Trends to Inform DV Reponses (2017)
Immigration Safety Planning for Your Client
Know More, Do More: Recognizing and Responding to Stalking
Lease Termination: 2020 Updates
Navigating the Intersections: Cultural Humility and Trauma-informed Approaches
Proceed! LGBTQ Legal Issues for Domestic Violence Advocates
ReCentering Services: Understanding Rules Reduction in Shelters and Services
Safety Planning with Persons with Disabilities
Serving Human Trafficking Survivors in a Domestic Violence Setting
Technology Used to Stalk: Working with Survivors of Cyber Abuse
Trauma-Informed Services with Survivors of Family Violence
Unauthorized Practice of Law-Regulations, Laws, and Policies
Understanding Reproductive Coercion
Unresolved: Exploring the Impact of Trauma on Adolescent Brains
We’re in this Together: Folding Prevention into our Advocacy
What Do Funds Have to do with It? An Advocate’s Guide to Grants
What Every Advocate Needs to Know about BIPP
When Women Use Violence in Intimate Relationships
Women in Community and Context: Social Justice, Economic Security, and Personal Safety
Train the Trainer
To enhance your advocacy education series, we created an online Train the Trainer course for those who train advocates, volunteer advocates and/or community members. This six-module course presents the essential information needed in advocate training and offers coaching tips on how best to train with this material.
Train the Trainer is on-demand, so you can view the modules on your schedule, at your own pace. They contain interactive elements and activities so you can pause the recording to practice.
The six modules plus the supplemental module are CEU-certified. You will need to watch each module and complete its survey to receive your CEU certificate for that module.
Join us in exploring our One in the Movement’s Train the Trainer series. We’ll cover the series objectives, our methodology, and some logistical questions as well as the topics for each module. This live recording has a helpful Q&A at the end.
Record Date: 13 December 2018
Length: 0.50 hr
CEU: none
Level: All
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- identify and train on the two main DV/SA training philosophies,
- employ new and different facilitation skills,
- recognize and plan for space and accessibility issues, and
- manage group dynamics.
Record Date: 29 November 2018
Length: 1.75 hr
CEU: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: All
By the end of this module, you as a trainer will be able to:
- identify and define the different types of abuse individuals experience,
- explain why power and control cause domestic violence,
- recognize the different tactics abusers use to control their partners, and
- describe the equality wheel ad discuss the characteristics of equality in relationships.
Record Date: 30 November 2018
Length: 1.00 hr
CEU: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: All
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the theory of power and privilege.
- Identify how power and privilege can oppress and create oppressive systems.
- Recognize the intersectionality of power and privilege and gender, race, nationality, sexuality, and class.
- Determine how power and privilege influences domestic violence
Record Date: 08 December 2018
Length: 0.75 hr
CEU: SW, LPC, LMFT
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the impact of trauma on survivors you work with
- Utilize elements of trauma informed care in your advocacy
- Develop a response to clients that is survivor defined and empowering.
Record Date: 12 December 2018
Length: 1.00 hr
CEU: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: All
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Define a supportive relationship and explain the goal of supportive relationships.
- Articulate the essential conditions for a supportive and empowering relationship.
- Utilize active listening and validation techniques with survivors
- Differentiate sympathy and empathy in survivor support.
Record Date: 20 December 2018
Length: 1.50 hour
CEU: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: All
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Understand the philosophy of safety planning and help survivors create safety plans based on their specific needs.
- Utilize survivor-centered advocacy techniques that focus on the survivors’ autonomy and unique strengths.
- Encourage survivors to identify concerns and make their own decisions to increase their own safety in their relationship.
- Assess for lethality and help survivors explore possible risks and options in a variety of areas of their life.
- Identify the varying types of Protective Orders and integrate Protective Orders into survivor safety plans.
Record Date: 11 December 2018
Length: 1.00 hr
CEU: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: All
By the end of this module:
- Locate and utilize TCFV resources to enhance your professional development and the support you provide to survivors of Family Violence.
Record Date: 27 November 2019
Length: 0.25 hr
CEUs: SW, LPC, LMFT
Level: All