Description
Addressing Women’s Use of Violence
A virtual training on effective interventions and programs that address women’s use of violence
May 5-7, 2026
9 am – 4 pm Central time each day
Training Description
Since the implementation of mandatory arrest policies, communities and advocacy programs across the country have been working to refine interventions and programming to address women’s use of force – especially when they have also been victims of ongoing coercive controlling violence. These questions include:
- Are the women who are being arrested and/or court-ordered to nonviolence programs battering their partners, using resistive violence, or using legal self-defense?
- Do our local criminal legal system agencies have a differentiated response or are all cases of domestic violence treated the same?
- What are most effective interventions that address the violence women experience and the violence they use?
This 3-day training provides an overview of The Duluth Model’s approach to addressing women’s use of violence, including programming that addresses women’s use of violence within a Coordinated Community Response (CCR).
- Days 1 & 2 will explore the underlying assumptions of Turning Points: A Nonviolence Curriculum for Women and how the curriculum helps women understand the connections between the violence they experience and the violence they use.
- Day 3 will focus on how to leverage your CCR to reduce the arrest rates of domestic violence survivors and minimize the consequences of arrest that can embolden the abuser.
Who will benefit from this training?
Anyone who works with women who use violence against their intimate partners will benefit from this training, particularly nonviolence group facilitators, probation officers, therapists, and community-based advocates.
Meet the Trainers
- Days 1-3: Melissa Petrangelo Scaia, M.P.A., trainer and co-author of Turning Points: A Nonviolence Curriculum for Women
- Day 3: Scott Miller, trainer, Duluth Model CCR Coordinator, and co-author of Creating a Process of Change for Men Who Batter
Registration
Space is limited to 50 participants to allow for the best learning environment through our virtual training lab. Held through Zoom, the three days are highly interactive and include presentations, large and small group discussion, and regular breaks.
Online registration: Add this item to your cart.
Phone registration: Call us toll-free at 1-866-417-6111, option 1.
Fax or mail registration: registration and order form
Fax number: 218-722-0779
Cost
There are two options to participate in this training:
- Attend all 3 days – $475
- Attend day 3 only – $175
Curricula purchased separately:
- Turning Points: A Nonviolence Curriculum for Women: dvturningpoints.com
- Building a Coordinated Community Response to Domestic Violence Curriculum Package: theduluthmodel.org
Cancellation policy
Refunds (minus a $75 service charge) will be granted for cancellations at least two weeks before the event.
QUESTIONS?
Contact us at 1-866-417-6111, option 1 or training@theduluthmodel.org.
NOTE: This training is organized and provided by Domestic Violence Turning Points in partnership with DAIP.
