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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Gender-Based Violence: Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse
This course covered the fundamentals of Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse (IPVA) to help learners recognise and respond to IPVA. The course also explored the origins of IPVA through historical and legal analysis and identified some of the myths and misconceptions that surround abusive behaviours.
4 weeks, 4 hours per week
Dr Christine Goodall
Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Oral Surgery at the University of Glasgow/NHSGGC
The University of Glasgow
Dr Hannah Telling
Economic History Society Power Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research, affiliated with the University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe the spectrum of gender-based violence and understand IPVA through the lens of gender
- Explore and discuss myths surrounding IPVA
- Explore the historical and legal context of IPVA
- Identify the signs of IPVA and respond appropriately
- Identify the basics of safety planning for IPVA
Syllabus
Week One - An introduction to gender-based violence, intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA)
- Gender Based Violence
- Intimate partner violence and abuse (IPVA)
- Myths and misconceptions about IPVA
- The typology of IPVA
- Coercive control
- Gaslighting
- The role of technology in IPVA
Week 2 - The origins of Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse
- Historical timeline of IPVA
- Perpetrators in historical context
- Victims in historical context
- Intervention in historical context
Week 3 - Recognising IPVA-Hiding in plain sight
- Physical signs of IPVA
- Behavioural signs of IPVA
- Intersectionality and IPVA
- Consequences of IPVA
- Men as victims of IPVA
Week 4-Responding to IPVA
- Taking action-how to support someone experiencing IPVA
- Trauma informed care
- IPVA in the workplace
- IPVA and younger people
- Safety planning
- Becoming an active bystander
- Advocacy and awareness raising
- Course reflections
Issued on 13th May 2022
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