Alaska Family Services can provide education/training in the following areas:

Domestic Violence:
Victims:

• Introduction to Domestic Violence
• Advocating for Victims of Domestic Violence
• Legal Advocacy
• In Her Shoes/a simulation based on DV victims' expericence (Washington State Coalition against Domestic Violence)
• Finding Angela Shelton, DVD & training guide

Males:

• Tough Guise: Violence, Media, and The Crisis in Masculinity- (Media Education Foundation DVD)
• Manhood and Violence: Fatal Peril/Resolve to Stop the Violence Program (video & guided discussion)
• Reaching Men: Stategies for Preventing Sexist Attitudes, Behaviors, and Violence - (Manual for presentations & action)
• Toolkit on working with men and boys-
  (10 lesson plans on involving men in ending violence)
• Gender Violence/Gender Justice - grades 7-12 (Multidisciplinary teaching guide)

Children:

• The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children
• Family Violence: Consider the Children (Custody Issues) - Power Point
• Breaking the Silence: Children's Stories (video/PBS)
• Helping Children Heal - Power Point on children & abuse

Vulnerable Adults:

These trainings are in collaboration with Mat-Su Services for Children and Adults.

• Alaskans Speak Up/Disabilities and Domestic Violence, (UAA/CHD)
• Prevention of Abuse and Neglect of Vulnerable Adults (UAA/CHD)

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Sexual Assault :

• Introduction to Sexual Assault
• Advocating for Victims of Sexual Assault
• Healthy Relationships
• Sexual Assault Response Team (SART)
• Rape Is/video & discussion guide (Cambridge Documentary Films)
• RAINN online hotline training

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Teens:

• Early Decisions (FASD), video & study guide, State of Alaska, (DHSS)
• Looking for Love/Exploring Teen Adult Relationships, video & study guide (Planned Parenthood)
• Safe Dates/An Adolescent Dating Abuse Prevention Curriculum (Hazelden)
• Teen Dating Violence Awarness and Prevention Toolkit (OJJDP)

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Media Literacy:

• Media Sharp/Analyzing Tobacco and Alcohol Messages, video & study guide (SAMHSA & CDC)
• Media Toolkit for anti-drug Action (Office for National Drug Control Policy)
• The Strength to Resist: The Media's Impact on Women and Girls, video & study guide (Cambridge Documentary Films)

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Crime and Victims:

• Victim Impact - generic crime victim overview
• Working with the Criminal Offender
• Parenting from a Distance

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DV training for professionals in other fields:

• Cut it Out, Salons Against Domestic Abuse, video, power point, guide (A Manual for Educating Salon Professionals on Domestic Violence)
• Prevent Neglect and Abuse, Partnering with Parents, (Zero to Three) videos & study guide (designed for child care providers)

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Other Training Materials Available:

• Getting Safe and Sober: Real Tools You Can Use, curriculum (Alaska Network on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assualt)
• Carved From the Heart: a portrait of grief, healing, & community/video (New Day Films)
• Anger Management for Staff
• Cognative Restructuring
• Motivational Interviewing - this is especially helpful with mandated clients
• Social Skills training
• Problem Solving

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Groups:

Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault:

• Domestic Violence Support Group: free, open to community, may join at any time, women only.
• Safe Kids Group: provided free of charge for children whose mothers are in the DV support group.

Family Violence Intervention:

• Anger Management: co-ed, weekly, youth (ages 7-12), teens (13-17), adults, up to 12 weeks, sliding scale available.
• Women's Alternative to Violence Group: weekly, open to community & court-mandated clients, 36 weeks, nominal fee or community work service in lieu of payment.
• Batterers' Intervention Program: adult males only, weekly, open to community & court-mandated clients, 36 weeks, nominal fee or community work service in lieu of payment.

Family Support and Preservation/Parenting:

• Parenting: Love and Logic Model, free, open to community, meets weekly.

The Family Center

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