Managers & HR Professionals
Basic Training
(2 ½ Hours)
Topics addressed in this training include:
How domestic violence impacts the workplace
Recognizing the signs that an employee is being abused
Potential impact of domestic violence on employee performance and behavior
How to talk to an employee who is being abused
Creating a workplace safety plan
Advanced Managers &
HR Professionals Training
1-3 Hours
This training is tailored to the particular needs of management staff, including examples of policies and procedures to be used in addressing domestic violence in the workplace.
Other topics that can be addressed:
Potential losses and liabilities a business might suffer due to domestic violence
National models for addressing domestic violence in the workplace
Training for Managerial and
Non-Managerial Staff
4 hours

This training includes topics from the Basic Training and the Advanced Managers & HR Professionals Training.

Basic Training
(Geared for Non-managerial Staff)
2 ½ Hours
Topics addressed in this training include:
How domestic violence impacts the workplace
The cycle of violence in an abusive relationship
The impact of domestic violence on survivors
How to talk to a co-worker who is being abused
Creating a workplace safety plan
Advanced Training
(Geared for Non-managerial Staff)
This training is tailored to the particular needs of staff. Topics addressed in this training may include:
Advanced safety planning
The impact of domestic violence on children
Healthy relationships
Empowerment counseling
Stages of behavioral change
Ana Lisa Yoder, MSS, LSW
Ana Lisa is the Director of Lutheran Settlement House’s Bilingual Domestic Violence Program. Ms. Yoder is a Licensed Social Worker with more than thirteen years of experience in counseling, advocacy, and professional training related to gender-based violence. She has also served on numerous boards and coalitions committed to ending intimate partner violence and creating peaceful communities.
Susanna Gilbertson, MSW
Susanna is the Training and Education Supervisor at Lutheran Settlement House’s Bilingual Domestic Violence Program. Ms. Gilbertson has created and facilitated educational workshops on various topics for high school and college-aged groups, as well as professionals and community groups. Ms. Gilbertson’s experience includes work in an emergency domestic violence shelter, supervision of a peer help line for teenagers, and coordination of a suicide prevention training program in schools.
Intimate partner violence has a wide and far-reaching effect on American's working lives - whether in terms of economic productivity, personal safety, office culture or other issues. (CAEPV National Benchmark Telephone Survey)
Nearly one-third of American women report being physically or sexually abused by a husband or boyfriend at some point in their lives. (Commonwealth Fund Survey, 1998)
The Bureau of National Affairs estimates that domestic violence costs businesses between $3 and 5 billion dollars annually. These losses include increased health care costs, lost productivity, increased absenteeism, and increased employee turnover. (Domestic Violence, It is your business. Employer Handbook & Resource Guide, New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence)
74 percent of employed abused women are harassed at work by their abusive partners. (Friedman, Lucy, and Cooper, Sarah, The cost of Domestic Violence, New York, Victim Services Research Department, 1987)
 
For pricing information,
please contact Suzette Belz
215-426-8610 x 208
sbelz@lutheransettlement.org
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