All events listed below are free, unless otherwise noted. Each year, ICCR offers several trainings, led by national domestic violence experts, within the communities currently participating in our training program. These trainings are an opportunity for the entire community to come together for learning and networking. Anyone with a vested interest in improving systemic responses to domestic violence is welcome to attend.
Community Trainings
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december 2021
Event Details
Location: Community Life Center, 125 N. 5th Street, Kingsville, TX 78363 Lunch will be provided at this free training This training, presented by a seasoned law
Event Details
Location: Community Life Center, 125 N. 5th Street, Kingsville, TX 78363
Lunch will be provided at this free training
This training, presented by a seasoned law enforcement officer and survivor of domestic violence, will illustrate how to arrive at a successful investigation and get closer to the ultimate goal of victim justice, public safety, and offender accountability. Attendees will understand victim behavior and offender manipulation through the eyes of a survivor, as well as the devastating consequences when the criminal justice system misses abusive tactics used against not only the victim, but also service providers and system stakeholders. The presenters will teach six objectives of an on-scene investigation, victim-centered trauma-informed interviewing techniques, power and control dynamics, and practices for determining probable cause, self-defense, and predominant aggressor.
Presenters:
Vernetta Cockerham is a survivor. In November 2002, Vernetta’s husband brutally murder her seventeen-year-old daughter. He continued his reign of terror by stabbing Vernetta and left her for dead, bleeding in their own home – which stood a mere 150 feet away from the local police department. Having survived, Vernetta has become a domestic violence advocate. She is the Founder of Candice’s Heart and Shelter for Social Change and is a member of SOAR (Sisters Overcoming Abusive Relationships) with the North Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence, as well as a number of other statewide and national agencies. Vernetta worked to help pass North Carolina House Bill 1464, clarifying Domestic Violence Protective Orders. The Bill was passed July 31, 2009 and named “Candice’s Law,” after Vernetta’s daughter. Her story has been featured in the Oprah Magazine, ID Discovery, and Nightline.
Mark Wynn is a national trainer to police executives, patrol officers, training officers, prosecutors, judges, legislators, social service providers, healthcare professionals and victim advocates in all fifty states for over thirty years. An international lecturer at police academies in Australia, Canada, Germany, England, Northern Ireland, Russia, the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of Georgia, the Federated States of Micronesia, Aruba, China, the Islands of the Bahamas, Brazil, Turkey, Cyprus, Singapore, the Republic of Namibia, the Republic of Ghana and the Republic of Moldova. He is a Fulbright Specialist for the Department of State and is a survivor, enabling him to teach both effectively and passionately. In short, he is devoted to ending domestic/sexual, elder and child abuse as a police officer, detective, educator, program supervisor and now consultant and advisor.
3.75 credit hours have been applied for on behalf of MCLE. This training has been approved for 3.75 CJAD-FV hours. All attendees seeking LMFT, LPC, MSW, and TCOLE credit, must self-report through their own Department and/or Licensing Board.
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Time
(Wednesday) 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Event Details
Location: Karnes City Columbus Club, 517 E. Calvert, Karnes City, TX 78118 Lunch will be provided at this free training
Event Details
Location: Karnes City Columbus Club, 517 E. Calvert, Karnes City, TX 78118
Lunch will be provided at this free training
This training will focus on the agenda, strategy, and tactics employed by domestic abusers. The presenter will explore the what, why, and how of abusive actions, not just through the viewpoint of the offender, but also as experienced by victims/survivors and as observed by those of us who are charged with ensuring that the home is a safe place, rather than a place from which one must flee to simply be safe. An interactive discussion will include the examination of numerous case examples, including a videotaped interview of a domestic abuser turned killer.
Presenter:
Scott Hampton, PsyD has been working with batterers, sex offenders, victims and children exposed to violence for over 30 years. Currently, he is the Executive Director of Ending the Violence, a Dover New Hampshire-based organization that provides educational classes to perpetrators both in the community and in the county jail. He is also the Project Coordinator of Strafford County’s Supervised Visitation Center. He is a past president of the National Supervised Visitation Network, a peer reviewer for the US Department of Justice and has been serving on New Hampshire’s Domestic Violence Fatality Review Committee since its inception in the late 1990s. Dr. Hampton is frequently called upon to provide expert witness testimony in court and writes and speaks frequently on issues related to interpersonal violence having provided over 500 trainings in North America, Asia and Europe. His 2010 book, “Tolerant oppression: How tolerance undermines our quest for equality and what we should do instead” addresses the intersection of domestic violence, sexual assault, racism and other forms of oppression.
3.75 credit hours have been applied for on behalf of MCLE. This training has been approved for 3.75 CJAD-BIPP hours. All attendees seeking LMFT, LPC, MSW, and TCOLE credit, must self-report through their own Department and/or Licensing Board.
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Time
(Friday) 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Event Details
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been considered a public health issue since the 1960s. However, research shows that only 10-25% of victims seek any
Event Details
Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been considered a public health issue since the 1960s. However, research shows that only 10-25% of victims seek any type of traditional victim services; but almost everyone visits the doctor. As a result, healthcare professionals are often the only potential point of intervention for victims and must have the tools in place to address IPV in their clinics and offices. In this webinar, attendees will learn about the prevalence of intimate partner violence, ways to implement effective screening, and trauma-informed practices for addressing these health-harming legal needs. The presenters will share how the Texas Advocacy Project can provide free legal help for patients in need.
PRESENTERS:
Amanda Elkanick Oder is currently the Vice President of Advocacy and Outreach with Texas Advocacy Project, a non-profit law firm offering free legal services to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. Ms. Elkanick has been working with survivors for the past 15 years in varying roles; such as shelter advocate, program director, and policy analyst. These varying positions have brought an invaluable perspective to her statewide work. She has served on statewide task forces’, community planning groups, and committees that are centered on ending intimate partner violence and sexual assault. Ms. Oder graduated from Sam Houston State University with a B.S. in Psychology and Criminal Justice in 2010.
Bronwyn Blake, UT Law ’05, is the Chief Legal Officer of the TexasAdvocacy Project and the Founder of their Teen Justice Initiative, a program that advocates for teen victims of dating violence. Blake was awarded the first UT Faculty Fellowship in Public Interest Law from the William Wayne Justice Center to start this valuable work. In 2016, Blake was awarded the Texas Access to Justice Commission’s James B. SalesBoots on the Ground Award for her legal services work. Ms. Blake has been featured on America’s Most Wanted and Court TV as an expert on this issue and has previously clerked at the Family Justice Division of the Travis County DA’s Office and at Break the Cycle, a nonprofit in D.C. She is also a graduate of Leadership Austin’s Emerge Program for young leaders and the former President of the Young Women’s Alliance, a professional organization in Austin, Texas. She has served as an officer on the board of Girl start, an organization that empowers girls in science, technology, engineering, and math, and as the President of the Balcones Hills Women’s Club, the oldest neighborhood association in Austin
Accreditation information: 1.50 credit hours have been applied for on behalf of MCLE. This training has been approved for 1.50 CJAD-FV hours. All attendees seeking LMFT, LPC, MSW, and TCOLE credit, must self-report through their own Department and/or Licensing Board
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Time
(Thursday) 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
january 2022
2022wed26jan2:00 pm3:30 pmRural Texas Advocates Call2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Presenter(s): TCFV
Event Details
Join us for ICCR’s statewide rural advocates call! Held every other month, these calls will include a brief educational component and provide a space for networking, idea
Event Details
Join us for ICCR’s statewide rural advocates call! Held every other month, these calls will include a brief educational component and provide a space for networking, idea sharing, and support among advocates across rural Texas.
Educational Component: TBA
Time
(Wednesday) 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Presenter(s)
TCFV
