Understanding Coercive Control

A collaborative partnership with the Department of Education, has enabled Women’s Aid Federation Northern Ireland to implement a two-day capacity building training programme for teachers. This programme aims to assist teachers to understand the context and impact of domestic abuse on the lives of children and their families. It supports teachers to develop preventative and early intervention strategies in relation to children who do not feel safe, especially children affected by domestic abuse. Furthermore, it enables teachers to deliver the Helping Hands programme linked to the curriculum.

This course has been designed to enable learners to gain more understanding of Domestic Abuse and the impact it has on victims and survivors This course will explore how Domestic Abuse is a workplace issue and the context of Domestic Abuse in Northern Ireland. By completing this course you will gain an understanding of what Safe Leave is and how you can implement this in the workplace to safeguard all employers and employees.

This course has been designed to enable learners to gain more understanding of Domestic Abuse and the impact it has on victims and survivors This course will explore the impact of Domestic Abuse on children and young people. By completing this course, you will gain an understanding of Domestic Abuse in relation to your role with children and young people in the education sector in Northern Ireland.

This course, has been designed to enable learners to find out more about the new non-fatal strangulation legislation, the effects of non-fatal strangulation and how to use this knowledge to inform their practice. Throughout this course you will learn, What non-fatal strangulation is, The signs of non-fatal strangulation, Non-fatal strangulation and domestic abuse, Non-fatal strangulation and the law in N. Ireland.