Helping Skills / Trauma - And Violence-Informed Care

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Courses

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The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children based at Western University in London, Ontario, offers skills training to recognize and respond to gender-based violence. It offers the online courses listed below. https://training.learningtoendabuse.ca/course/index.php?categoryid=7.

 

Courses include: Understanding and Responding to Young People with Childhood Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence. Three-hour course taught online at specific times.  https://www.learningtoendabuse.ca/events/2025/05-13-understanding-responding-to-young-ppl-with-ipv-exp.html

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Engaging Men in Conversation about Family Violence to Manage Risk and Promote Safety. Fee and registration required, 4 sessions. https://training.learningtoendabuse.ca/enrol/index.php?id=31

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Supporting and Advocating for Survivors Who are Navigating the Criminal Justice System. Free, 3 hours, specific times. Focus may be on Ontario. https://www.learningtoendabuse.ca/events/2025/04-10-supporting-surviors-nav-justice.html

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Domestic Violence Risk Assessment & Management. Free course in 12 modules: https://rise.articulate.com/share/IqQaO7T9LYt-N4gLC0l5oQ2Gurwg68Nh#/

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Document, Monitor, Collaborate: A Primer on Domestic Violence Risk Assessment & Management. Shorter version of the above (free one hour course) for  social services professionals about warning signs and risk factors for IPV, and how to have a conversation with the person: https://www.learningtoendabuse.ca/online-training/doc_mon_collab/index.html

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Neighbours, Friends and Families. Free 1 hour online course in four parts for people who are concerned that someone in their life may be experiencing intimate partner violence: 1) Understanding Intimate Partner Violence; 2) Recognizing Warning Signs and Risk Factors; 3) Coercive Control; 4) Respond: What can I do? https://rise.articulate.com/share/8a7EXdL7ac1Mn0uol6yj9jXWKMV63-2l#/

 

Capability-based courses: Developing Skills to Recognize and Respond to Gender-based Violence, Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, London, ON. https://training.learningtoendabuse.ca/mod/page/view.php

Each course ($50) offers six hours of instruction (online or in-person) and application of skills learned. A certificate is granted upon completion. Courses include:

• Supporting and Advocating for Survivors who are Navigating the Criminal Justice System

• Engaging Men in Conversations about Family Violence

• Managing Risk and Promoting Safety with Men who have Behaved Abusively

• Family Violence and Coercive Control Dynamics

• Multi-Agency Case Review

 

Manitoba Association of Women’s Shelters free course – Understanding Mental Health and Substance Use: Training for Professionals Working with Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence: https://maws.mb.ca/courses/mental-health-and-substance-use/

 

BC Society of Transition Houses. Online training, password protected, fees. A number of shelters in the territories are members and the fees may be reduced for members. Post-secondary education may be assumed. https://bcsth.ca/online-training/ A library of webinars is also available. Some of the courses are available in French. Courses include:

• All Ages Welcome: Supporting older women in transition housing programs

• Building supports for immigrant and refugee women in transition house programs

• Emergency management and service continuity program planning.

• Foundations in Violence Against Women v2.0

• Foundations in women-centred housing

• Increasing access for Indigenous women v2.0

• Introduction to working with children and youth experiencing violence (PEACE I)

• Supporting children and youth experiencing Violence Against Women (PEACE II)

• Legal issues supporting women and children experiencing violence v2.0

• Supporting women with mental wellness and substance use needs in safe homes, transition & second-stage housing

• Violence is preventable

• Working in transition housing programs

 

Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses. Online courses, fees and password needed. Some are available in French. Post-secondary education may be assumed. Some courses have prerequisites (must take a certain other course before the one you want to enroll in.) Certificate of completion offered. https://training.oaith.ca/login/index.php

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Core courses include:

• Foundations of VAW practice (Intersectional feminism, VAW practice ethics, self-reflective practice, portfolio building, survivor inclusion and record keeping)

• Intermediate foundations of VAW practice (primary prevention, sexual violence, meaningful work with Indigenous women, Trans inclusion, rights based approaches for all sex workers)

• Risk assessment and safety planning

• Gender-based violence, technology and safety

• The neurobiology of gender-based violence across the lifespan

Courses related to reducing barriers to service:

• Improving access to gender-based violence services: Communicating with survivors with disabilities or who are Deaf

• Harm reduction in VAW organizations

• Understanding & applying harm reduction approaches within gender-based violence work

• Moving toward Trans inclusive shelter and housing

• Working with Aboriginal women from an Indigenous lens

• Taking action in our spheres of influence: Intersectional anti-racism/anti-oppression Gender-based Violence

Courses relating to supporting survivors:

• Sexual violence, the law and legal obligations

• Intimate Partner Sexual Violence

• Responding to survivors of sexual violence from immigrant and refugee communities

• Preventing and responding to violence against older women

• Risk assessment and safety planning with older women

• Risk assessment & safety planning with infants, children and youth

 

Canadian Mental Health Association free 1-hour online courses:

• Strong Families: Building Boundaries. https://cmhasaskatoon.ca/course/strong-families-building-boundaries/

• Strong Families: Assertive Communication. https://cmhasaskatoon.ca/course/strong-families-assertive-communication/

• Healthy Relationships: Dating Violence. https://cmhasaskatoon.ca/course/healthy-relationships-dating-violence/

 

Racialized Trauma – Cultural Somatics. Free online 5-session course, more advanced courses for $. Certificate available for the completion of some courses. https://www.culturalsomaticsinstitute.com/courses

 

JRI: Leader in Social Justice virtual workshops/training. 2 hour sessions, $1,000 per person. https://jri.org/training/virtual-workshops-trainings-and-consultation-series Workshops available:

• Trauma 101 and Introduction to Core Actions of PFA Training

• Vicarious Trauma and Self-Care Planning

• Cultural Responsiveness Training

• Introduction to Suicide Prevention

• Diagnostic Series Trainings

• Professional Boundaries During Times of Crisis