Safety Planning for Domestic Violence Survivors

Lincoln Families is hosting "Safety Planning for Domestic Violence Survivors." Given the prevalence of domestic violence with transitional age youth as well as teens, it's crucial social service provider, foster parents and other natural supports know how to create safety plans with survivors. This training will provide an overview of safety planning within the framework of harm reduction. Participants will learn how to safety plan for clients still in violent relationships as well as individuals you are ready to leave them or have left them.

Please note that in order to register for these free trainings you must be staff, caregiver or volunteer working directly with foster, adoptive or probation involved children, youth and their families in Alameda, Solano, Mendocino, Lake, Contra Costa, Humboldt, Tuolumne and Calaveras only. Participants outside of these areas aren't eligible.

The learning objectives are:

• Participants will be able to identify at least barrier to safety planning for survivors of domestic violence
• Participants will be able to identify at least one safety strategy for individuals in a domestic violence relationship
• Participants will be able to identify at least one safety strategy for individuals leaving a domestic violence relationship

The training will be provided by Dr. Acosta of Klasey Consulting LLC. You can learn more about Klasey Consulting LLC at www.klaseyconsulting.com

You can also find us on Instagram @klaseyconsulting for more information about upcoming trainings and resources.

Nancy Acosta is a bilingual therapist who has 7 years of experience working with trauma at a sexual assault center. She has provided services to children and adults in various settings including outpatient community mental health centers, college counseling centers, crisis centers, and in an integrated behavioral health setting. She has completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing Therapy as well as Cognitive Processing Therapy. She has experience providing training and supervision to doctoral level graduate students in trauma related topics including crisis intervention, vicarious trauma, and grounding techniques. In addition to developing a training manual for a student training program at a rape and crisis center, she also has experience supervising practicum students and providing support to staff and advocates. Nancy has experience working as a behavioral health consultant with multidisciplinary staff to improve recognition, treatment and management of behavioral problems and conditions.