Training and Professional Education

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Overview Training and Professional Education

New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence's Professional Education Unit is a part of the Bureau of External Affairs and uses the following guiding principles:

  • We create curricula that consistently incorporate the values of OPDV's three pillars and are born out of policy proposals that realize our mission as an agency.
    • We seek to train and engage new audiences that interact with survivors of gender-based violence so that they prioritize the three pillars and best practices in the services they provide.
  • Our professional education aims to remove barriers to disclosure for people who have experienced domestic and gender-based violence and to make resources more readily available to them in a way that is trauma-informed and survivor-centered.
  • The Professional Education Unit trains and presents to audiences that intersect with people who have been impacted by domestic and gender-based violence to empower them to respond to these issues within their systems in a domestic violence proficient manner that is survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. We create curricula born out of policy proposals and identified needs within the field.

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Open Trainings

OPDV regularly rotates through a variety of free open registration trainings for professionals and the general public to help them understand domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence in a way that is survivor-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. These trainings may be offered live in-person, live virtually, or recorded online. See what scheduled opportunities are available and open for registration!

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Training Catalogue

OPDV has an extensive catalogue of trainings that cover a variety of specific topics within gender-based violence. These trainings may be helpful for specific audiences or to understand a specific aspect of gender-based violence.

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New Dates Available
Forensic Custody Evaluation Certification Course

New York State law requires that court-ordered forensic evaluations involving child custody and visitation be performed by a New York-licensed psychologist, social worker, or psychiatrist and must complete a training program administered by the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence and the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Licensees must periodically complete required training to perform such services.

New Dates for certification and recertification are available!
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