Partnering with Healthcare Professionals in Representing Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse & Neglect

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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a serious preventable public health problem that affects millions of Americans and occurs across the lifespan. IPV (also commonly referred to as domestic violence) includes physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, and psychological aggression (including coercive tactics) by a current or former intimate partner (i.e., spouse, boyfriend/ girlfriend, dating partner, or ongoing sexual partner). The term family violence is broader and refers to a range of violence that can occur in families, including IPV, child abuse, and elder abuse by caregivers and others.

This continuing legal education course will assist you in representing a client that is a victim of intimate partner and provide guidance if children are involved. Provided in this course are the common signs of intimate partner violence coupled with screening tools that may be utilized to determine the pattern and extent of the violence the victim has endured. Moreover, this course provides how healthcare professionals can aid an IPV victim in documenting the abuse the victim sustained and how the victim’s medical record can serve as evidence. Healthcare professionals are considered mandatory reporters, this course will identify what circumstances the healthcare professional is required to report to children’s and adult protective services and law enforcement. 

Learning Objectives - After completing this continuing legal education course, participants should be able to: 

• Recognize all types of intimate partner violence and all forms of child abuse.

• Describe the protections in the federal Violence Against Women Act and locating your state’s law and resources.

• Define nationally recognized screening tools to document the pattern and types of abuse an intimate partner has encountered and if a child is involved if the child has experienced abuse by the perpetrator.

• Prepare to file a protection order for a client and identify the various requests to incorporate into the protection order.

• Identify what circumstances a healthcare professional as a mandatory reporter is required to report to children’s and adult protective services and describe the role of Children’s Protective Services.

 

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