Domestic Violence Update

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE UPDATE

Presenter: Lenore Walker, Ed.D., ABPP
Friday, January 17, 2025 ♦ 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
ZOOM Webinar

The presentation will cover content specified in Florida Statutes for continuing education, as well as updated research and techniques in working with battered women who demonstrate Battered Women Syndrome, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Affective Disoders, and other clinical syndromes.  New psycho-pharmacological interventions and standardized assessment instruments to guide treatment objectives will also be discussed.  This workshop is designed to meet the licensure renewal requirements for all mental health professionals.
 

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ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Lenore Walker, Ed.D., ABPP is professor emeritus at Nova Southeastern University’s College of Psychology. She earned her doctorate degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in 1972, and earned her post-doctoral M.S. in psychopharmacology from NSU in June 2004. Walker has written 14 books and over 50 book chapters and articles in the area of domestic violence, child abuse, and women’s issues in therapy since her first book, The Battered Woman, was published in 1979. She is director of the Domestic Violence Institute which has 13 affiliate centers around the world providing education and training, research, and public policy initiatives. She was chair of the APA Presidential Task Force on Violence and the Family, and continues as an advisor to the violence prevention efforts. She currently has a President’s Faculty Research and Development Grant from NSU to update the Battered Woman Syndrome Questionnaire.
 

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PROGRAM AGENDA

09:00 a.m. –  9:40 a.m.    Overview; Domestic violence screening procedures 
09:40 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.    Biopsychosocial model of Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Battered Woman Syndrome 
10:20 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.    Psychological impact of domestic violence and Intervention
 

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Participants will be able to:

• Identify the numbers of victims and perpetrators of domestic violence likely to be seen in practice
• Utilize screening procedures for determining victims and perpetrators of domestic violence
• Identify local resources for victims of domestic violence
• Understand the biopsychosocial model of Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Battered Woman Syndrome
• Identify and assess the psychlogical impact of domestic violence
• Discuss various interventions with therapy and psychopharmacology
• Describe ways to protect victims of domestic violence in forensic cases

For additional information on continuing education policies, please visit our web site at http://psychology.nova.edu/ce.

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