Welcome to Domestic Violence Training

NASW Committee c/o Ann Fleck-Henderson
Phone: 617.521.3913
E-mail: AFleck@Simmons.edu

This is a self-paced domestic violence training program.

We created it because domestic violence, like substance abuse, is an issue every social worker will encounter in her or his work. Although few students will take a special course on domestic violence, all social work students should have basic knowledge about domestic violence.

The training program has eight units.

The first seven units consist of text, broken down into short topics, and a quiz. You can move through the topics in each unit by clicking on "Next" or by going to the table of contents for that unit and selecting the next topic.

At the end of each of the first seven units, there is a quiz.

The "Take the quiz" link will take you to ten multiple choice questions. The quizzes are not timed.

When you finish each quiz, you can view the results, which consist of our preferred answers and your score. You can retake quizzes if you wish. They are for your learning only, so use them in any way you find useful.

The eighth unit consists of short vignettes to which you are asked to respond, followed by our thoughts about the vignettes.

Start by clicking on "Training Materials," then click on "unit 1".

Read through each topic, clicking on "Next" or going to the table of contents to move through the unit. At the end of the unit, take the quiz and view the results. Return to "Training Materials" for Unit 2, and so on.

We suggest doing 2-4 units at one sitting.

Since completion of all eight units will take up to two hours, we recommend that you do not take on the entire curriculum at one time.

Text of the seven units can be downloaded and printed as a resource manual for you to keep. Click on "Resources" to find the manual to download. To print these instructions, right click on the page and choose print or use your browser's print feature. Take the pre-test to get started. After you complete the pre-test, the training materials will appear.