Serving Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (5 credit hours)

Program Summary:  This course explores advocacy for Black women survivors of intimate partner violence and offers strategies that are survivor-centered, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and strengths-based.  Using an intersectional approach, the course highlights the multiple forms of oppression experienced by Black survivors and details the overrepresentation of Black women among survivors of reproductive coercion, non-fatal strangulation, and intimate partner homicide.  The impact of trauma on the lives and experiences of Black survivors is examined.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.  

Reading:  Serving Black Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence  Authors:   Carolyn M. West, Ph.D., Doris O’Neal  Publisher:  The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence

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Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring tools and strategies for serving Black women survivors of intimate partner violence.

Learning Objectives:  Describe survivor-centered, culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and strengths-based care.  Describe an intersectional approach to services for Black survivors.  Describe the impact of trauma on Black survivor experiences.

Course Available Until: February 28, 2029.

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1: Part 1 // Survivor-centered advocacy practices are guided by
 
 
 
 
2: Which of the following is not part of understanding the leaving process?
 
 
 
 
3: Which of the following describes negative associations that people unknowingly hold and are expressed automatically, without conscious awareness?
 
 
4: Using the Stages of Engagement Continuum on page 8, which stage best describes when advocates can clearly identify steps their organizations have taken on the path toward racial equity?
 
 
 
 
5: SAMHSA's 4 'R's" for trauma-informed care on page 11 include Realizes, Recognizes, Responds, and
 
 
 
 
6: The 'savior-complex' emphasizes the need for
 
 
 
 
7: Bystander training is grounded in the premise that _____________ have a role in promoting safety for survivors.
 
 
 
 
8: Part 2//  Kimberle Williams Crenshaw (1991) created the term ____________ to describe the experiences of people who concurrently occupy multiple social identities.
 
 
 
 
9: Multiple marginalized identities ________ the risk of victimization.
 
 
10: Multiple marginalized identities __________ barriers to help-seeking.
 
 
11: Page 6 shows the _________ Model to help advocates become aware of the multiple identities experienced by survivors.
 
 
 
 
12: Allow survivors to identify _________ as they navigate toward safety.
 
 
 
 
13: Part 3//  Black women are overrepresented among survivors of
 
 
 
 
14: Black women IPV survivors expressed a desire that advocates provide __________ pregnancy options and reproductive care counseling.
 
 
15: The story of Henrietta Lacks and Johns Hopkins University is an example of _________ trauma.
 
 
 
 
16: Black survivors reported that NFS was triggered by
 
 
 
 
17: Advocates should screen for strangulation using
 
 
 
 
18: Health consequences that are associated with NFS and TBI include
 
 
 
 
 
19: People with darker skin tones produce more melanin, which can make it ___________ difficult to detect NFS-related injuries and bruises.
 
 
20: Officers were less likely to identify external injuries on ________ survivors' neck, chin, and chest/shoulders.
 
 
 
21: An NFS survivor's missed appointments or failure to participate in safety planning may be an indication of
 
 
 
 
22: The strongest risk factors for IPH include an offender who
 
 
 
 
 
 
23: Although survivors of all backgrounds have been tragically killed by intimate partners, Black women who are _________ are at an elevated risk of IPH.
 
 
 
 
24: Advocates should screen Black survivors for strangulation.
 
 
25: Part 4// In Chart 1 on page 2, what is at the center of Dr. Carolyn West's Web of Trauma?
 
 
 
 
26: High rates of unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and concentrated neighborhood disadvantage best describe
 
 
 
 
 
 
27: Stereotypes and the Strong Black Woman image best describe
 
 
 
 
 
 
28: Choosing increased policing, prosecution, and imprisonment as the primary solution to gender-based violence best describes
 
 
 
 
 
 
29: School shootings are an example of
 
 
 
 
 
 
30: Child abuse is an example of
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Review our pre-reading study guide.

G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City.  She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

 

Course Available Until: February 28, 2029.
Filed under: Cultural Competence, Domestic Violence