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Policies and content IN ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMS FOR MEN WHO ABUSE WOMEN

Lundy Bancroft. Policies and content IN ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMS FOR MEN WHO ABUSE WOMEN. ASSESSMENT. His complete history toward intimate partners of violence, sexual assault, threats, and psychological abuse His substance abuse history His mental health history. ASSESSMENT.

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Policies and content IN ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMS FOR MEN WHO ABUSE WOMEN

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  1. Lundy Bancroft Policies and content IN ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMS FOR MEN WHO ABUSE WOMEN

  2. ASSESSMENT • His complete history toward intimate partners of violence, sexual assault, threats, and psychological abuse • His substance abuse history • His mental health history

  3. ASSESSMENT • His self-report from detailed personal interview • Arrest report • Criminal record • Confidential victim interview • Other collateral sources

  4. VICTIM/PARTNER INTERVIEWS • What client should be told • Where records are kept • How the skill of the interviewer is assessed and monitored • Giving the victim appropriate information and guidance

  5. CURRICULUM • Range of controlling behaviors • Entitlement • Attitudes that drive abuse • Jealousy/Possessiveness

  6. CURRICULUM • Respectful behaviors • Mindfulness techniques • Definitions of manhood • Attitudes towards females • Women’s rights

  7. CURRICULUM • Feelings vs. behavior • Excuses • Accepting full responsibility • Appropriate parenting and co-parenting

  8. CURRICULUM • Appropriate handling of the end of the relationship • Taking responsibility for meeting your own needs • Changing your peer group / ways of interacting with other men • Sexual safety and fidelity

  9. CURRICULUM • Respectful, non-abusive sexuality • Making amends • Change as a life-long process • Pretend change vs. real change

  10. CONSTRUCTIVE CONFRONTATION • Structure of group meeting • Length and frequency of counseling turns • Critical feedback by group and counselors • Dealing with disruptive clients • Goal-setting

  11. TERMINATION AND COMPLETION • Program standards for clients • Conditions for re-entry after termination • Policies regarding completion (e.g. “success”, certificates) • Informing victim and partner of termination/completion

  12. PROGRAM POLICIES • Nature of assessment s for courts • Alcohol and drug conditions • Mental health conditions • Length of program

  13. PROGRAM POLICIES • Clients who deny the offense / deny being abusive • Behavior requirements at group • Participation requirements • Behavior requirements at home

  14. PROGRAM POLICIES • Client confidentiality • Victim / partner confidentiality • Record-keeping • Court appearances

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