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Now Available! - Learning the Laws on Confidentiality
Not sure exactly what is covered by privileged communication protections?  Wonder how to find out the WACs and RCWs for keeping client records confidential?  Looking for information on what to include on a release of information?  This course will provide an overview of state and federal laws protecting DV survivors’ personal information, and how DV programs should handle such data. You can earn up to7 training hours for this course.

Public Benefits 101
Public Benefits 101 covers many of the basics that all advocates need to know in order to help survivors navigate state and community resources. This course summarizes information about welfare, food, housing, utilities, medical and more. Participants have an opportunity to think critically about employment issues; that is, the economics, the risks and the protective facts related to employment for battered women. The experiential exercises offer a chance to put theory into practice. This is a great course for new advocates, as well as experienced advocates who need to increase their knowledge of economic resources. You can earn up to 8 training hours for this course.

DV Advocacy for People with Disabilities
This course contains four lessons totaling 11 hours of continuing education credit for domestic violence advocates. The first three lessons involve reading and study, and the fourth lesson is experiential in nature. Because each lesson builds on the knowledge of the previous lesson(s), it is recommended that you take the lessons in sequence. The goals of the course are to: 

• Understand how living with a disability impacts the lives of survivors of domestic violence.
• Learn how people with disabilities are engaged in a civil rights movement, modeled in part on the battered women’s movement.
• Learn practical tools that will help you provide better advocacy for survivors with disabilities.
• Develop ideas about building community partnerships with disability advocates.

Thinking Shelter:
This course is designed for anyone working (paid or volunteer) in a domestic violence shelter program. Feeling frustrated with all the shelter rules but can’t see another way? Puzzled about just what are the baseline regulations for DV shelters in our state? Curious about where the idea of DV shelters or “the battered women’s movement” came from? Want 8 training hours? Then this free course is for you! (You are welcome to take this course individually or as a group.)

Child Support & Domestic Violence
This course is designed for domestic violence victim advocates. It will help you understand the benefits to battered women of using the child support system, as well as the risks it exposes women to – and in some cases imposes upon them. This is critical information especially for advocates working in the welfare system (in CSOs). You can earn up to 8 training hours for this course.

Home Sweet/Safe Home
Does safe and affordable housing for battered women seem like a distant dream? This course will help you get oriented in the sea of housing options and help you think critically about how our movement is responding to survivors’ needs. Inside the course, you’ll find information about the barriers battered women face when trying to access and maintain safe housing, how the housing system currently works, and an in-depth analysis of our current sheltering system and how it meshes with the greater philosophy of the battered women’s movement. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to do some critical thinking in the comfort of your own office! You can earn up to 8 training hours for this course.

Common Grounds, New Directions:
Incredible things happen when we put our brains together and think about working for social change. This course will focus on limited English proficiency program access and advocacy issues. Participants will critically analyze how their current advocacy practices address the experiences and challenges of living as an immigrant or refugee. Additionally, this course offers practical tools that will increase survivors' ability to access your services and receive effective advocacy from your organization. You can earn up to 8 training hours for this course.