MODULE 1 INTERAGENCY GENDERBASED VIOLENCE CASE MANAGEMENT TRAINING
MODULE 1 INTERAGENCY GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE CASE MANAGEMENT TRAINING
MODULE 15 A CASE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE TO INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS
Understand the dynamics, causes and consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) OBJECTIVES Accurately and thoroughly assess safety with a survivor of IPV Create comprehensive, easy to follow safety plans with survivors of IPV
ACTIVITY: DEFINING IPV In small groups, discuss your understanding of intimate partner violence (IPV) What is it? What are the differences, if any, between marital conflict and IPV?
DEFINING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV) IPV, also called domestic violence (DV) is a pattern of abusive behavior in an intimate relationship that is used by one person (who is usually a man) to gain or maintain power and control over the other person (who is usually a woman).
DEFINING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE (IPV) It can be in the form of: Physical Sexual Emotional Economic Psychological Spiritual Including behaviors that: Frighten Intimidate Terrorize Manipulate Hurt Humiliate Blame Injure Wound
WHY DO ABUSERS ABUSE? “She knows I don’t like being talked to like that. ” “Women have too much power in the US. ” “If only she hadn’t done that…” “I’ve been under a lot of stress at work. ” “I was drunk. I wasn’t thinking. ” “This is what couples do. ” “Women need to be taught how to behave. ” “I don’t know what came over me. I’m not like that. ”
DYNAMICS OF IPV Power and control • Abusers exploit the power that they have as men in society and in the family to dominate Cycle of violence • Ongoing and combines several types of abuse • Rarely a one-time event Abusers make calculated choices • About with whom and when they are violent • Abuser’s use of drugs or alcohol or stress does not cause his abuse Emphasize and exploit women’s tendency to blame themselves • Telling survivors it is their fault
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ACTIVITY: DYNAMICS OF IPV In small groups, discuss how you explain the dynamics of IPV to survivors. Does your explanation change when working with different cultures or in different contexts?
CONSEQUENCES OF IPV Mental health and well-being Physical and psychological • Constant fear = stress • Fight, flight, freeze • Sad, isolated • Self-blame Stigma, isolation, shame Sexual health Physical health
WHY DO WOMEN STAY? Emotional • Belief that abuser will change (that she can help) • Feeling responsible to keep marriage intact • Attachment to partner • Wanting children to have a father • Feeling responsible for the abuse • Feeling hopeless , trapped • Fear that abuser will kill her if she leaves Situational • Nowhere safe to go • Social isolation • Financial and other dependence on abuser • Family and community pressure • Fear about lack of skills (English, job) • Unaware that help is available • Fear of law enforcement
SUPPORTING IPV SURVIVORS • Referral to essential services (as for all cases) • IPV-specific services • Focus on safety • Psychosocial support: Providing information
ACTIVITY: ASSESSING SAFETY In small groups discuss the safety planning you are currently doing with IPV survivors in your program your experiences with safety planning. What are some of your best practices? What can be improved upon?
ASSESSING SAFETY WITH SURVIVORS OF IPV Assess risks Assess the survivor’s sense of safety Identify the circumstances in which the survivor is most in danger Safety plan
ASSESS THE SURVIVOR’S SENSE OF SAFETY Assess a survivor’s perceived sense of safety by speaking with her. You may also assess using a scale from 1 -5 with 1 meaning extremely unsafe and 5 meaning very safe 1 extremely unsafe 2 3 4 5 very safe
IDENTIFY PATTERNS OF ABUSE Help the survivor identify patterns of abuse What have you notices about the perpetrator during those times when you feel unsafe? Can you tell me about some of the times you have felt most unsafe around your husband? What is happening around you during those times when you feel unsafe? Have you noticed anything in particular that comes before the violence?
ASSESS RISK FOR ESCALATED VIOLENCE I’d like to ask you some questions about the violence you have been experiencing and about your husband’s behavior. Some of these questions may be hard for you to answer—just do your best and let me know when you need to take a break or if you don’t want to answer something. Please tell me, ‘yes, ’ ‘no’ or ‘I don’t know’ when I ask the question.
ACTIVITY: IPV SAFETY ASSESSMENT In small groups of no more than 4 people, read the case study handout and assess the survivor’s safety using the skills and tools you just learned. What questions do you have that are unanswered in the handout? Where are there gaps in your safety assessment?
SAFETY PLANNING WITH SURVIVORS OF IPV • Safety planning allows the survivor to proceed with a pre-determined course of action • Help her plan for exactly what she would do in life threatening situations • Minimizes the harm done by the perpetrator by identifying resources, ways to escape, means to avoid harm and places she can temporarily go for safety *Remember the most dangerous time for any survivor of IPV is when she tries to leave*
SAFETY PLANNING WITH SURVIVORS OF IPV Identify her existing responses Identify her existing resources (people, money materials) Explore potential safety strategies Discuss what would happen if she needed to/ decided to leave Summarize the discussion for her and document it if helpful.
ACTIVITY: SAFETY PLANNING Find a partner to work with for this activity. Each set of partners will be given a case study and a safety planning worksheet. You will role play creating a safety plan with one person acting as the survivor and the other acting as the caseworker. “Survivors” you are invited to embellish the case study as you complete the safety plan. After you have reached the midway point, switch roles. When you have finished, discuss your experiences as both a survivor and caseworker. We’ll share some of those experiences in a larger group once we have finished.
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT: PROVIDING INFORMATION Providing accurate information about causes and dynamics of IPV and the normal responses and feeling a survivor may have can be very supportive and healing for a survivor. Key messages: • What intimate partner violence is • How it affects a person and normal reactions to it Hearing this information may reduce self-blame and shame about the violence she has been or is experiencing and validate and normalize her reactions to it.
ACTIVITY: KEY MESSAGES In groups of 3 -4 discuss what you think are key messages that provide a survivor with information about IPV and how it can be helpful. Be prepared to share with large group for discussion.
CLOSING QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? REFLECTIONS?
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