Part 2, Policies, Procedures & Curriculum:

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Policies & Curriculum File

Supporting Documentation File

Initial assessment to determine if a domestic violence offender will benefit from participation in the program. (Include the assessment tool that you use.)

Program completes an ODARA for every participant.

Program will notify courts if a determination is made that an offender will not benefit from the program, and program maintains a list of recommended alternative offender treatment providers.

Program requires monthly written reports to the presiding judge and/or the domestic violence offender's probation-or parole-officer that include the following items:

- Offender's enrollment in the program

- Offender's attendance, fee payments and compliance with other program requirements

- Evaluations of progress made by the domestic violence offender and recommendations as to whether or not to require the offender's further participation in the program

Monthly reporting form

Written contract which must be signed by the domestic violence offender, that sets forth:

a) Attendance and participation requirements

b) Consequences for failure to attend or participate in the program

c) Consequences of reoffendeing while enrolled in the program

d) A confidentiality clause that prohibits disclosure of information revealed during sesions, except as provided by law

e) A requirement that a domestic violence offender not be under the influence of alcohol ordrugs during a treatment session

Waiver to disclose participant information to CYFD

Program requires that participants in group discussions be limited to members of the same gender

Assessment tool and an ongoing process of assessing for danger during the time the offender is enrolled in the program

Program policies include a duty to warn potential victims of threats of imminent harm and other mandatory reporting requirements designed to protect victims, potential victims, and children

Program requires that participants complete 52 weeks of group sessions

Program requires that group sessions last at least 90 minutes

Program requires that participants are informed that individual counseling sessions or case management sessions WILL NOT replace group sessions

Program requires the program to maintain a staff to client ratio of 1:12

Program requires limiting the group size to no more than 20

Program limits groups strictly to domestic violence offenders

Program requires individualized treatment plans

Program requires re-offense prevention plans

Strategies to hold domestic violence offenders accountable for their violent behavior.

Group and individual goals focus on the cessation of abuse or violence that is physical and non-physical and that is mindful of the safety of the victim, current partner and children.

Defines physical, emotional, sexual, economic and verbal abuse and techniques for stopping those forms of abuse

Examines gender roles, socialization, the nature of violence, the dynamics of power and control and the effects of domestic violence on children

Facilitates the offender acknowledging responsibility for abusive actions and consequences of those actions

Identifying and offering alternatives to the offender's belief system that facilitate abusive behaviors

Increasing the offender's empathic skills to enhance their ability to empathize with the survivor/victim

Assuring that the offender's history of trauma never takes precedence over his/her responsibility to be accountable for violent behavior and potential offense, or be used as an excuse, rationalization, or distraction from being held accountable

Educating the offender on the potential for re-offending and signs of abuse escalation

Assisting the offender in developing a written re-offense prevention plan

Increasing the offender's understanding of the impact violence has on adult intimate victims and children

Educating the offender on the legal ramifications of his/her violence

Teaching the offender self-management techniques to avoid abusive behavior