National Legal Center on Children and Domestic Violence

This self-paced course introduces learners to the SAFeR Approach (Screen, Assess, Focus on the Effects, Respond). SAFeR guides the family court system in producing safer, more workable outcomes for survivors and their children.

This course covers how practitioners, specifically guardians ad litem, can effectively work with perpetrators of harm.

This course covers age-appropriate and effective rapport building and information gathering when interviewing children.

Secondary and vicarious trauma can happen during GAL work. Engaging in sustainable practice requires an understanding of traumatic stress reactions to exposure to others’ experiences of suffering.

Guardians ad litem will learn implications for their work with clients who present with co-occurring issues.

This course is designed to provide community-based domestic violence advocates with foundational knowledge and tools to support survivors of domestic violence as they navigate the child support system.