Foundational Training
Request a 2-hour core training for your agency
Our 2-hour core trainings are great for LGBTQ+ social service providers looking to provide essential training to their staff on providing culturally responsive and specific support to LGBTQ+ IPV survivors, learning best practices, and providing tangible skills building. This training covers:
Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence
- Understanding dynamics of power and control in abusive relationships, and how they may uniquely manifest for LGBTQ+ survivors
- Identifying barriers to leaving an abusive relationship that LGBTQ+ survivors face
- Learning best practices around enhancing the safety and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ survivors in social service provision
Intimate Partner Violence in the LGBTQ+ Community
- Understanding the unique and specific issues that LGBTQ+ survivors face
- Understanding identity abuse and how to address it in work with survivors
- Building skills in how to address, safety plan, and work to overcome barriers around systemic barriers that LGBTQ+ survivors face
Safety Planning
- Understanding core tenants of safety planning and how to build a safety plan with an IPV survivor
- Identifying safety planning strategies for survivors who feel unsafe accessing law enforcement, with a focus on disproportionately impacted communities including BIPOC LGBTQ+ survivors and transgender survivors