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Register Now!

Why Do Men Batter?

A teleconference hosted by Jewish Women International.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

12 - 1 p.m. Eastern Time

Presenters:

Charlie Stoops, PhD, LCSW, Assistant Professor Dominican University
Graduate School of Social Work and Co-founder, West Side Domestic Abuse
Project.

David J. H. Garvin MSW, LMSW Founder and Director of the Alternatives to
Domestic Aggression Program at Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw
County www.csswashtenaw.org/ada and founding member of Batterer
Intervention Services Coalition of Michigan (BISC-MI) www.bismi.org. 

Agenda:

*       Conceptual Clarity - What does and doesn't cause battering? 
*       Personal & Social influences that lead to men's choice to use
Violence. 
*       Characteristics of men who batter. 
*       Who gets into & completes Batterer Intervention Programs? 
*       Challenges to working with men who batter. 
*       Treatment versus intervention. 
*       What are the goals of Batterer Intervention Programs? 
*       What additional efforts are needed to end men's violence towards
their partners? 

 
 Pre-registration is necessary to participate on the call.

To Register: E-mail your name, organization, title, profession, address
and phone number to Caroline at 

 or call 800.343.2823.
You will then be provided with the call-in number. Kindly forward this
e-mail to interested parties or listserves. Phone lines are limited -
please register early.


One CE contact hour is available for social workers for $10.
Instructions will be given on the call.

Jewish Women International (JWI) is pleased that the National
Association of Social Workers (NASW), the largest membership
organization of professional social workers in the world with 152,000
members and 56 chapters in the United States and abroad, has joined with
JWI's National Training Institute and National Alliance to End Domestic
Abuse in the Jewish Community to provide training and education to
social workers who work with abused Jewish women and children.  

This call will be recorded. You may purchase a CD for $12.95. Please
send payment to Geri Elias, Jewish Women International, 2000 M Street,
NW, Suite 720, Washington, DC 20036, OR call Geri at (800) 343-2823 to
pay by credit card.