Domestic Violence: It is in your office, now what?

7:00pm to 8:30pm

LIVE WEBINAR

Presenter: Billy Jones, LCSW

NASW Members: FREE | Non-Members: $30

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours for licensed social workers, licensed mental health counselors, and licensed marriage and family therapists

Domestic Violence: It is in your office, now what?

Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Presenter: Billye Jones, LCSW
NASW Member Fee: FREE
Non-Member Fee: $30
Time: 7:00pm to 8:30pm

This workshop will cover current definitions of trauma, complex trauma and domestic violence as trauma. In accordance with advances in the field, participants will learn techniques to identify, assess for and respond to domestic violence. Participants will create person-centered physical and emotional safety plans and understand importance of implementing them prior to an emergency. Participants will develop a trauma lens by understanding the brain and body’s responses to traumatic events and identify and manage provider anxiety caused by vicarious trauma.

Learning Objectives:

After the completion of this webinar:

• Participants will be able to create person centered safety plans
• Participants will be able to identify and differentiate between trauma, complex trauma, Intimate Partner Violence, and Domestic Violence.
• Participants will be able to evaluate clients’ exposure to Domestic Violence in accordance with current standards as part of regular practice.
• Participants will be able to design person-centered physical and emotional safety plans.
• Participants will be able to assess clients’ capacity for change utilizing learned techniques.
• Participants will be able to manage provider anxiety and vicarious trauma

This workshop is approved for 1.5 continuing education credit hours.

NASW-NYS is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (Provider ID #0014), licensed mental health counselors (Provider ID #MHC-0053), and licensed marriage and family therapists. (Provider ID #MFT-0037)

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Presenter:

Billye J. Jones, LCSW is an experienced clinician, supervisor, field instructor, administrator, program developer, and relationship builder. Billye incorporates her passion of child sexual abuse treatment, prevention and developing trauma informed programs in her multiple roles. She has performed extensive work with sexually abused children and adults as well as sexually reactive and aggressive youth. In addition, Billye has trained therapists, students, parents, teachers, child welfare staff, attorneys, social workers and many others about issues relating to child sexual abuse. She was involved in all activities related to child sexual abuse prevention, which included panels, newspaper, radio, and television and even appeared in a documentary. Some of the topics of her trainings include: Treatment, Prevention; Identifying signs and symptoms; How to increase protective factors; Using the arts to break the silence around abuse; How to handle disclosure; How to safeguard a home after the occurrence of child sexual abuse; and the long term impact of childhood sexual abuse. Billye has a Master of Social Work degree from New York University (NYU). She attained a Post Master’s Certificate in Clinical Practice from NYU, an Advanced Certificate Program in Non- profit management from New York Medical College/Fordham University. She is an active member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and has been a member of the National Ethics Committee for 8 years. Billye is the Co-chair of the Whitney M. Young Multicultural Affairs Committee (Westchester Division) and has been a member of the committee for 16 years.