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Pregnant
Battered Women: With Core Content on PTSD
Course
Description: There is evidence of an
association between battering and pregnancy. Battering of women is an
underreported crime with major health consequences. Domestic Violence
is the leading cause of maternal mortality. Battering frequently begins
or escalates during pregnancy or the postpartum period.
Many
pregnant battered women are unaware of resources available to them.
After September 11th, our country turned its attention towards a mental
condition that has afflicted more than 20,000,000 million Americans:
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
Over
half of these individuals are women and many are mothers or are pregnant.
Our
society now expects human service providers to possess a basic knowledge
and expertise regarding PTSD. Many women, as well as mothers or those
that are pregnant, are predisposed to PTSD through rape, domestic violence,
and cultural learned helplessness. Mothers who have PTSD can affect
parenting dynamics leading to risk factors for their children's developmental
stages.
This
course is designed to give students the skills to work "proactively"
with pregnant battered women and to understand inherent PTSD.
| Course
Objectives: |
| 1. |
To
assure that professional human service providers acquire core knowledge
pertaining to pregnancy and domestic violence. |
| 2. |
To
teach participants an understanding and be able to define and recognized
PTSD. |
| 3. |
To
give students an overview of how the parenting/bonding is affected
by the mother who was involved in the cycle of domestic violence
during pregnancy. |
| 4. |
To share drug/ alcohol usage patterns of pregnant battered women. |
| 5. |
To
share helpful communication strategies for utilization with pregnanct
battered women who emit the symptoms of domestic violence. |
| 6.
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To
share strategies of self care & therapy options for pregnant battered
women. |
| 7. |
To
explore public resources/ policies to implement heightened awareness
for pregnant women. |
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| Educational
Format: |
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This well organized workshop fills the information gap that
currently exists about pregnant battered women. This workshop
has been researched to be an informative and an interesting
educational tool for targeted participants. It draws upon the
latest research in the field of traumatology and builds on a
"general" framework of psychology. This framework can be augmented
for professional audience concentrations of social workers,
chaplains, ministers and counselors. It can also be tailored
for actual mother audiences.
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Participants will acquire "proactive" knowledge through lecture,
power point presentation, helpful videos, and overhead transparencies.
These learning components will provide an effective and interesting
format. Additionally, focus will be placed on active and "interactive"
learning approaches that can be applied through sessions that
will be structured with large group activities and small group
breakouts. This process will enable participants to individualize
and receive information within the learning session.
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Within the training, participants receive beneficial, "user-friendly"
handouts and workbooks. Written information is designed for
future reference and can be incorporated in office memos, bulletin
boards, and newsletters. It can also be utilized for future
worksite, workshop, or conference trainings.
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| Topic
1 |
Overview
of and Battering During Pregnancy- Offers a personalization and
general account of battering during pregnancy and examines research
pertaining towards this issue. |
| Topic
2 |
Understanding
and Recognition of PTSD in Pregnant Battered Women-Offers a definition
of PTSD, detailed listing of symptomology, stages of PTSD/ Integration,
and various types of anxiety/ PTSD: normal stress response, acute
stress, Uncomplicated PTSD, Comorbid PTSD, and Complex PTSD. Offers
heightened awareness pertaining to diagnosis and problematic/exacerbated
treatment. |
| Topic
3 |
Battering
and How It Affects The Parenting/bonding Dynamic- Offers a comprehensive
overview of how mothers are impacted by domestic violence and correlation
of Post Traumatic Stress. |
| Topic
4 |
Drug
and Alcohol Concerns in Pregnant Battered women- Examines how private
drug/alcohol usage is often implemented in pregnancy for utilization
of coping strategies to remedy agitation associated with domestic
violence. Focus on with Comorbid & Complex PTSD. |
| Topic
5 |
Effective
Communication Tactics-Offers unique and insightful communication
strategies pertaining to Pregnant Battered women. |
| Topic
6 |
Strategies
For Pregnant Battered women- Offers an examination of current treatment
strategies and various coping tactics to relay to women. Offers
a general account of trauma therapies with inclusion of researched-based
results pertaining to Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
(EMDR). |
| Topic
7 |
Helpful
Resources/ Future Issues & Policies- Offers an overview of a listing
of resources toward implementation of policy for Pregnant Battered
women. |
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