Bay Shore, NY 11706
13 CASAC, SW and MHC Credit Continuing Education Course
Evidence based training on working with perpetrators of violence
- This course will address treatment of domestic violence perpetrators in mental health and substance abuse as well as parenting education programs.
- Students will learn techniques working with perpetrators from underserved populations, community response and risk management.
- All attendees completing the course will receive a certificate of completion from EMERGE
Presenter: David Adams, Ed.D., Co-founder and Co-Director of EMERGE
Established in 1977, EMERGE was the first counseling program in the nation for men who abuse women. For 40 years David has led groups for men who batter and conducted outreach to victims of abuse. He has led parenting education classes for fathers for 16 years. He is one of the nation's leading experts on men who batter and has conducted trainings for social service and criminal justice professionals in 45 states and 16 nations. He has published numerous articles and book chapters, and writes a featured blog on The Huffington Post. David is a Commissioner on the Massachusetts Governor's Council on Sexual and Domestic Violence and Director of the National Domestic Violence Risk Assessment and Management Training Project. His book, “Why Do They Kill? Men Who Murder Their Intimate Partners," was published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2007.
Family Service League is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (0360), Mental Health Counselors (MH-0030), and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse for CASAC (0921) credits.
Family Service League, founded in 1926, is a Long Island non-profit human service organization providing a safety net for people in need. FSL addresses some of the most prevalent and pressing human needs challenges facing our communities. FSL delivers tangible help and crisis intervention across a spectrum of service areas including mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness, early education, job training, computer literacy, trauma counseling, at-risk youth, family counseling, and senior support services.
13 CASAC, SW and MHC Credit Continuing Education Course
Evidence based training on working with perpetrators of violence
- This course will address treatment of domestic violence perpetrators in mental health and substance abuse as well as parenting education programs.
- Students will learn techniques working with perpetrators from underserved populations, community response and risk management.
- All attendees completing the course will receive a certificate of completion from EMERGE
Presenter: David Adams, Ed.D., Co-founder and Co-Director of EMERGE
Established in 1977, EMERGE was the first counseling program in the nation for men who abuse women. For 40 years David has led groups for men who batter and conducted outreach to victims of abuse. He has led parenting education classes for fathers for 16 years. He is one of the nation's leading experts on men who batter and has conducted trainings for social service and criminal justice professionals in 45 states and 16 nations. He has published numerous articles and book chapters, and writes a featured blog on The Huffington Post. David is a Commissioner on the Massachusetts Governor's Council on Sexual and Domestic Violence and Director of the National Domestic Violence Risk Assessment and Management Training Project. His book, “Why Do They Kill? Men Who Murder Their Intimate Partners," was published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2007.