CONNECT Training Institute
THE CONNECT TRAINING INSTITUTE (CTI) transforms the understanding of community leaders, social service professionals, advocates, teachers and activists about the causes, consequences and complex dynamics of intimate and gender violence. Intensive and specialized training sessions equip participants to develop prevention and intervention strategies in their communities, workplaces, schools, health care centers and faith-based communities.
Transformative Education
Through transformative education, participants critically examine beliefs and behaviors, shifting their perceptions of violence and illuminating its many dimensions. Graduates develop skills to help individuals and communities keep women and children safe, explore ways to hold abusive people accountable and cultivate relationships based on mutual respect.
Connect Training Institute offers
Understanding Domestic Violence: Essentials and Intersections
A 36-hour course that is a prerequisite for most CTI courses.
Children Exposed to Violence
A 36-hour course on the techniques of working with children.
Women’s Empowerment Training
A 36-hour course on the techniques for empowering and healing victims, cultivating advocacy skills and creating a self-care plan to manage the stress of working with victims.
Vicarious Trauma for People who Help People
A workshop focusing on identifying and managing vicarious and secondary trauma for individuals who provide assistance to others.
Understanding Men Who Batter and Abuse/ Batterers Intervention
A 36-hour course on understanding male batterers and cultivating skills to effectively facilitate and counsel a male batterer’s group.
Girls Empowerment
A 24-hour course in the techniques of empowering girls in their community.
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Trainees receive a certificate upon completion of all the necessary hours and requirements.