Time is running out to register for an excellent one-day workshop on
2/24 in Martinsburg, WV.  "The Parent as Batterer" presented by Chatman
Neely, LICSW, will be held at the Dorothy McCormack Center on the campus
of City Hospital, Suite 2500 from 9am-5pm.  7 SW CEUs will be given.
Cost is $75.  Registration is required by 2/21/06 - please call
293-3501, ext. 3109 or email [log in to unmask] for more information.

More details:

"The Parent as Batterer:  Understanding its Effects from a
Developmental Perspective". Chatman Neely, LICSW, Senior Lecturer, WVU
Division of Social Work

Children who experience domestic violence often have an increased risk
of emotional and behavioral conditions such as suicidality, substance
abuse, depression, developmental and educational delays, attention
problems, and involvement in violence.  When children see a parent being
battered they themselves are being traumatized along with the parent who
is being battered. This workshop will address how characteristics of
batterers impact child development. Participants will be introduced to
specific developmentally appropriate interventions for use with children
who experience domestic violence.  Interventions are based on current
research findings, clinical case material, and therapist practice
wisdom.

Learning Objectives:  Upon completion of the workshop, participants
will have an understanding of the batterer's impact on family
functioning and child belief systems and values; the effects of exposure
to violence on young children; how children make sense of a violent
experience; effective interventions regarding children who have
witnessed violence; effects violence has on mother-child relationships;
and, how to create a context for children's healing.


To see additional workshops offered this winter/spring by WVU Division
of Social Work, please go to our website,
http://sw.as.wvu.edu/continuing/index.php OR contact Jacki Englehardt,
Coordinator of Professional and Community Education at 304-293-3501,
ext. 3109, email at [log in to unmask]

Jacki Englehardt, MSW, ACSW
Coordinator of Professional and Community Education
Division of Social Work
West Virginia University
PO Box 6830
Morgantown, WV 26506
304-293-3501, ext. 3109
fax:  304-293-5936
cell: 304-282-0321