Over the course of two half day sessions, Betty Taylor will provide an overview of non-lethal strangulation, sexual violence, separation and stalking within a violent intimate partner context. She will help participants understand how tactics used by perpetrators operate within an overarching framework of coercive control. Other areas of focus include:

How anoxic and acquired brain injuries should influence service responses
Pornography and sexual violence in intimate partner relationships
Legislative responses
PTSD and trauma responses
Post high risk team intervention … what do we do next
Safety Management … a tiered approach
Strangulation
Children and child protection

Please note this is a two part series. Participants should attend both sessions.

Dates: Wednesday, 24 March and Wednesday, 31 March 2021

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Learning Objectives:

Gain in-depth knowledge of the specific red flags of non-lethal strangulation, sexual violence, separation and stalking  
Understand how a coercive control framework influences how these risk factors impact on victims  
Understand the medium to long term needs of victims of strangulation on physical and psychological health 
Understand of legal responses to all 4 red flags  
Ability to develop work place policies and practices aimed at improved responses  
Understand workplace duty of care responsibilities  
Understand the correlation between pornography, strangulation and sexual violence 
Ability to develop safety management plans that incorporate risk from a victim/survivor and perpetrator perspective

Who should attend

The training is suited to professionals working in domestic and family violence, sexual assault and women's health and wellbeing services, particularly suitable for staff who work with high risk cases.

About the facilitators

Betty Taylor

Betty has worked across the domestic violence sector for the past 30 years. She was the founding Manager of the Gold Coast Domestic Violence Prevention Centre and oversaw the development of the Gold Coast Domestic Violence Integrated Response. She chaired the Queensland Domestic Violence Council for 2 terms and has been an active member of the Domestic Violence Death Review Action Groups since its formation in 2004. Betty has written several training manuals including course material of the accredited Course In Responding to Domestic & Family Violence and Dying To Be Heard, a discussion paper looking at domestic violence death reviews. Betty was awarded a Churchill Fellowship and Centenary Medal in recognition of her work in domestic violence intervention and prevention. Betty is a current member of the Child Death Review Panel and the Domestic Violence Death review Board. She is the CEO of the Red Rose Foundation and co founder of the Australian Institute for Strangulation Prevention.