Content Areas
Training LevelAppropriate for all levels
Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, and StalkingDating violence dynamics and services, Domestic/intimate partner violence dynamics and services, Economic empowerment, Emerging issues and practices in DV, Evidence-informed practices promotion, Housing, Intervention services, Legal issues, Psychosocial issues, Reproductive health and coercion, Resources for victims and survivors, Safety planning, Sexual violence dynamics and services, Stalking dynamics and services, Trauma-informed response and practices
Underserved/Culturally-Specific PopulationsFaith-based communities, Homeless/housing insecurity, LGBTQ+, Living in poverty/low income, Mental health condition
Organizational/Community ResponseAccess to services (ADA, language, programming, etc.), Anti-oppression/anti-racism, Challenges in victim advocacy (ethics, boundaries, values clarification, etc.), Collaboration, Coordinated community response (CCR), Secondary traumatic stress/vicarious trauma
PreventionEconomic justice, Evidence-based models and prevention strategies, Foundations of prevention work, Primary prevention, Privilege and oppression
Justice SystemCivil court procedures, Criminal court procedures, Firearms and DV, Law enforcement response, Protection orders
DVS CertificationBasic DV Knowledge (I), Underserved/Culturally-Specific Populations (II), Emerging Issues and Practices in DV (III), Intervention Services (V), Psychosocial Issues (VI), Legal Issues (VII), Challenges in Victim Advocacy (IX), Foundations of Prevention (X), Privilege and Oppression (XII), Evidence-Based Models and Prevention Strategies (XIII)