Training
The Texas Council on Family Violence educates victim advocates, criminal justice personnel, health care providers, faith communities, businesses, advocacy organizations, service providers and allied professionals in communities throughout Texas and the nation.
TCFV schedules statewide trainings that are designed to help organizations and communities work to end violence against women. Workshop topics cover a variety of issues including: battering intervention and prevention, community organizing, legal issues, working with communities of faith and assisting law enforcement.
In addition, TCFV provides training on request to meet the specific needs of your organization or agency. Use the enclosed registration form to sign up for these trainings, and for more information on scheduled trainings or to request a training, call the Texas Council on Family Violence at 512.794.1133.
Upcoming Trainings
September 1 -2, 2009
The Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) Annual New Workers’ Institute (NWI) is a training opportunity for professionals working with victims of family violence to gather information about current trends and methods of working with victims and new initiatives; share ideas and network with victim advocates, program coordinators and other professionals working in closely related systems for the purpose of increasing victim safety. The conference convenes professionals from across Texas and is the only conference in the state with this focus.
NWI is a two-day training for professionals new to the family violence field across Texas including victim advocates, program coordinators and other professionals working in closely related systems for the purpose of increasing victim safety.
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Events, Training
The Prevention Team has prepared a new webinar focused on Evaluating Prevention. It will be conducted by speaker Pippin Whitaker, MSW, a DELTA Empowerment Evaluator from the College of Social Work at the University of South Florida.
The webinar will strive to address the unique challenges of evaluating prevention efforts. Topics will include setting short-term and long-term goals for change at individual and community levels, how to plan both outcome evaluation and process evaluation for your prevention work, identifying what to measure and how to measure the processes and outcomes of prevention work, as well as how to involve community members in the evaluation process.
The webinar is scheduled for Wednesday, February 25, from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. CST. Because participation is limited to 30 individuals, participants are encouraged to register early by sending an email to Lisa Woodcock.
News & Resources, Training
