August
28, 2007
Oakton Hosts Domestic Violence Symposium
Researcher and international lecturer Stuart W. Twemlow, M.D., will present the domestic violence workshop, "Streets, Schools, and Family War Zones," 8 a.m. - 4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des Plaines. The symposium is part of a continuing series on domestic violence presented by Oakton's Alliance for Lifelong Learning and the Circuit Court of Cook County's Second Municipal District Family Violence Coordinating Council. The presentation will address the complex issues involved in family violence.
Open to community advocates and professionals working in the field of domestic violence, symposium participants will gain a better understanding of: the correlation between power dynamics and violence in the family; what it means to be stuck in a "victim's mindset"; the roles of victim, bully, bystander, and ally; the appropriate levels of intervention; and helpful actions in counteracting the culture of violence.
Twemlow is the co-author of Creating a Peaceful School Learning Environment: A Program for Elementary Schools and is a professor of psychiatry at Baylor School of Medicine. He served on the Academic Advisory Council of the U.S. Presidential Campaign Against Youth Violence and is a former FBI consultant on threat assessment and school violence.
Registration fee of $30 includes lunch and continuing education credits for eligible social workers, professional counselors, addiction counselors, and other professionals. For more information, call Oakton's Alliance for Lifelong Learning at 847-635-1808.
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