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Looking for training on domestic violence and related issues?  DCADV's Online Training Center is here to help! 

DCADV has two options for online training.

  • Self-paced courses:  Through these online training modules, you can learn at your own pace and gain some of the foundational skills needed for service response.
  • Webinars: These trainings are longer, typically running between 60-90 minutes.  Webinars are often presented to a live audience, and recorded for future viewing.

Foundations of Domestic Violence

This self-paced training consists of five lessons and serves as an introduction to the dynamics of domestic violence.  Each lesson includes a video recording and downloadable handouts.  You must complete a short quiz before moving on to the next lesson.  To receive a certificate of completion, you must complete all lessons and the course evaluation quiz.

  • Lesson 1: History & Prevalence (12 minutes)
  • Lesson 2: Power & Control (11 minutes)
  • Lesson 3: Coercive Control & Other Tactics (11 minutes)
  • Lesson 4: Why Do They Stay? (12 minutes)
  • Lesson 5: How to Help & Other Resources (19 minutes)

 

Foundations of Trauma-Informed Care

This self-paced training module consists of four lessons and serves as an introduction to trauma/trauma-informed care.  Each lesson includes a video recording and downloadable handouts.  You must complete a short quiz before moving on to the next lesson.  To receive a certificate of completion, you must complete all lessons and the course evaluation quiz.

  • Lesson 1: What is trauma? (16 minutes)
  • Lesson 2: Trauma and the brain (15 minutes)
  • Lesson 3: Trauma and service engagement (18 minutes)
  • Lesson 4: A trauma-informed approach to intervention (15 minutes)

 

Foundations of Prevention

Foundations of Prevention consists of five lessons and serves as an introduction to gender-based violence prevention strategies.  Each lesson includes a video recording and some include downloadable handouts.  You must complete a short quiz before moving on to the next lesson.  To receive a certificate of completion, you must complete all lessons and the course evaluation quiz.

  • Lesson 1: From Theory to Practice (9 minutes)
  • Lesson 2: Going Upstream (13 minutes)
  • Lesson 3: The Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention (11 minutes)
  • Lesson 4: Risk and Protective Factors (18 minutes)
  • Lesson 5: Prevention Strategies (14 minutes)

Making the Connection: Responding and Referring to Domestic Violence Services

Health care providers and community health workers have a unique connection with service recipients, and can play a big role in identifying, addressing, and preventing domestic and intimate partner violence. Making the Connection consists of six lessons that provide an overview of the dynamics and prevalence of domestic violence, and teach effective advocacy skills that support safety and empowerment with their service recipients.  Each lesson includes a video recording and some include downloadable handouts.  You must complete a short quiz before moving on to the next lesson.  To receive a certificate of completion, you must complete all lessons and the course evaluation quiz.

  • Lesson 1: Dynamics of Domestic Violence (18 minutes)
  • Lesson 2: Health-Related Coercion and Impacts (11 minutes)
  • Lesson 3: Maternal and Child Health (10 minutes)
  • Lesson 4: Benefits and Challenges of Screening (11 minutes)
  • Lesson 5: CUES Screening Tool (18 minutes)
  • Lesson 6: Referrals and Resources (22 minutes)

This course, Making the Connection: Responding and Referring to Domestic Violence Services, Approval #062725-02, provided by Delaware Coalition Against Domestic Violence is approved for continuing education by the NASW-DE Continuing Education Approval Collaborative. CE Approval Collaborative Approval Period: Friday, June 27, 2025 through January 31, 2027. Delaware social workers will receive 2.5 CE credits for participating in this course.

Webinar Archive

DCADV has presented a number of webinars in conjunction with local and national speakers.  You may listen to recordings of these webinars at any time. 

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  • Alert! Computer use can be monitored.

    Computer Safety

    WARNING!

    If you are being stalked or abused, take steps to keep your abuser from knowing you are looking for help. Please use a safer computer, or call 911, one of Delaware's local hotlines at 302-762-6110 for New Castle County or 302-422-8058 for Kent & Sussex Counties , or the U.S. National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 and TTY 1-800-787-3224.

    EMERGENCY "QUICK ESCAPE" BUTTON

    There is a red Quick Escape button in the lower right-hand corner of every page on this website.
    Click this button if your abuser enters the room while you are viewing this website. It will close this website and redirect your browser to a neutral page.

    Clean up Your Online Path

    Internet Safety

    Everything you do online is recorded. It is IMPOSSIBLE to clear your tracks completely. Your computer stores hundreds of bits of information about everything you do with your computer, including information about which websites you've visited, your passwords, and what your emails say. An abuser can easily track the websites you visit or read your email messages.

    If you suspect your activities are being monitored, they probably are. Abusers are often controlling and want to know your every move. You don’t need to be a computer programmer or have special skills to monitor someone’s computer activities – anyone can do it and there are many ways to monitor your activities - even without having direct access to your computer. Using a separate computer is best, but you can protect yourself at home by familiarizing yourself with processes like private browsing, deleting your browser history, clearing your cache and deleting cookies.

    You can be tracked

    Your abuser can track your online actions – there is nothing you can do to remove your tracks completely. If you try to erase your tracks, your abuser might become suspicious.
    If you think you might be in danger, use a computer at a public library, internet cafe or a trusted friend’s house. If your abuser sends you email, do not open it on those computers.

    If you need help now, call 911 or the
    New Castle County Domestic Violence Hotline: 302-762-6110
    Kent & Sussex County Domestic Violence Hotline: 302-422-8058
    Kent & Sussex County Bi-lingual Domestic Violence Hotline: 302-745-9874
    US National Domestic Violence Hotline 1-800-799-7233
    US National Sexual Assault Hotline 1-800-656-4673
    US National Teen Dating Violence Helpline 1-866-331-9474

    Email Safety

    Email is not a safe or confidential way to communicate.

    Sending email is like sending a postcard through the mail. Anyone along the path can read what it says. If you need to talk to someone about the danger or abuse in your life, if possible, please call a hotline instead.

    If you must use email to discuss your situation we suggest you use an account that your abuser doesn't know about. Set up a new account with a free email service like hotmail, yahoo, or gmail.

    Password Safety

    Be smart about passwords to keep your abuser out of your accounts.

    DO NOT use a name or password that contains any identifying information (no names, nicknames, initials, birthdates, zipcodes, etc.) Instead use a name and password that contains a random mix of letters, CAPITAL letters and numbers (for example, HJ3v67Tn) -

    Make sure you can remember the user name and password. If you must write it down somewhere, put it in a place your abuser is unlikely to find it.

    If the computer asks if you would like it to save your password or login information tell it NO.

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