The BIPP Educational Series is a combination of in-person and web-based training opportunities.  Texas Council on Family Violence is pleased to present a preconference and host full day session presented by Men Can Stop Rape for the BIPP Educational Series Training 2013.

Conference Logistics

January 15-16, 2013
SafePlace, Austin, TX
Total CJAD Approved Hours 12.50

Registration: $75

BIPP Educational Series Preconference – SOLD OUT
January 15, 2013
12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Austin, TX
CJAD Approved Hours – 5.5

Who’s the Real Man: Masculinity and Violence Against Women – SOLD OUT
January 16, 2013
8:30 am – 5:00 pm, registration begins at 8:00 am
Austin, TX
CJAD Approved Hours – 7

BIPP Educational Series Pre-Conference

TCFV presents three preconference educational modules that are included in your registration fee.

Ethics and Boundaries for BIPPs 

This workshop provides BIPP staff with a framework on boundary violations and ethical responsibilities when working with offenders. This session approaches ethics and boundaries through critical thinking and is based on Marilyn Armour’s At Personal Risk:  Boundary Violations in Professional-Client Relationships.

Violence as Oppression

This workshop session will explore how oppression and family violence intersect. This session will give attendees a short history on oppression, its effects on marginalized communities and how oppression may affect beliefs and ideals relating to family violence. Attendees will begin to engage in discussion about how effects of oppression, a macrocosm, affect their work with batterers.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer (LGBTQ) Communities  & Intimate Partner Violence 

This interactive training examines the obstacles that LGBTQ survivors of Intimate Partner Violence face when seeking help and/or services.  This training asks participants to consider the special concerns associated with LGBTQ individuals facing intimate partner violence, and how that violence manifests in similar and different ways than it does in heterosexual partner relationships. The training also supports participants to explore potential barriers to services, such as structural and institutional oppression, lack of legal and economic protections conveyed via marriage, increased poverty, and historical exclusion. A special focus on understanding the language, vocabulary, and various presentations of LGBTQ identities allows participants to more competently understand participant needs.

Who’s the Real Man: Masculinity and Violence Against Women

Everyone has a different idea of what it means to be a man and we learn a great deal about masculinity from the men in our lives. Some are men we know, others we just see on TV. Some of them teach us positive lessons; others show us what not to do. Just about everyone receives mixed messages about violence against women and what role it plays in men’s lives.

This session will helps us critically examine messages we receive about masculinity and violence against women in order to create a social change in our communities.

Participants will learn:

  • The connections between masculinity a culture of violence against women
  • How masculinity can help all men work toward preventing violence against women
  • How to overcome personal resistance and social messages to not be involved
  • The ways other men have integrated violence prevention efforts into their lives
  • What men can do on a day-to-day basis to prevent violence against women in their    communities

Rhett Walker conducts trainings across the country for university faculty, staff, and students, as well as other youth and college-serving professionals. He facilitates the Men of Strength (MOST) Club at middle-high schools and at the college level.  He also coordinates Men Can Stop Rape’s Speakers Bureau and the volunteers at the Allies Network.

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Hotel Details

A group rate is available at the Omni Southpark Hotel.  Book before December 18, 2012 and indicate that you are participating in the BIPP Educational Series to take advantage of the rate.
Omni Southpark Hotel

4140 Governor’s Row
Austin, TX 78744
512.383.2608

Single Rate: $108.00
Double Rate: $128.00

Conference Registration Cancellations

To receive a full refund you must cancel your conference registration by January 5, 2013. There will be a cancellation fee of $25 if you cancel after January 5, 2013.