Healthy Relationships

Description

This curriculum teaches home visitors and supervisors how to support safe and healthy partner and family relationships. Home visitors and supervisors will first learn to assess partner and family communication and conflict management patterns to identify signs of family distress including domestic violence. Home visitors and supervisors will then learn how to have sensitive conversations with clients about partner and family violence, communication, and conflict management patterns. Skills taught will include domestic violence safety planning, identifying community referral resources to support clients, and modeling healthy communication and emotion regulation. Various interactive activities will allow home visitors and supervisors to practice their skills in communicating with families about healthy relationships and referring to appropriate resources in the community.

ScreeningSteps and considerations for sensitively screening for violence.
Recognizing Signs of Family ConflictRisk factors for violence and different types of power and control.
Responding to Family ConflictQuestions to consider when faced with conflict or violence in the home
Intimate Partner Violence ResourcesLinks and phone numbers for national organizations and hotlines