Digital Technology and Domestic Violence
Course Overview
With the rapid advances in Internet and digital technologies, communication and networking have expanded vastly. E-mail and cell phones, for example, have decreased geographic dispersion. Social networking sites such as Facebook have afforded people the opportunity to share ideas, network, and connect or re-connect with others. Despite the overall benefits of these technologies, domestic violence victims and their family members must be aware of the increased risk these technologies can pose, as abusers may use these mechanisms to control and monitor domestic violence victims' movements. This course will provide practical strategies for educating domestic violence victims and identifying online resources to halt the use of digital technology as a tool of abuse.
Learning Outcomes
Upon the completion of this course, the learner should be able to:
- Define domestic violence, intimate partner violence, dating violence, and the dynamics of abuse.
- Describe the scope of Internet and digital technologies and electronic communications.
- Analyze how Internet and digital technologies have been used to perpetrate intimate partner violence.
- Discuss the role of digital technology in providing services to victims and survivors of intimate partner violence.
- Identify interventions and educational measures targeted to victims of intimate partner violence affected by online abuse.
- Discuss the role of interprofessional collaboration and practice in addressing intimate partner violence.
About the Author/Presenter
Alice Yick Flanagan, PhD, MSW, received her Master’s in Social Work from Columbia University, School of Social Work. She has clinical experience in mental health in correctional settings, psychiatric hospitals, and community health centers. In 1997, she received her PhD from UCLA, School of Public Policy and Social Research. Dr. Yick Flanagan completed a year-long post-doctoral fellowship at Hunter College, School of Social Work in 1999. In that year she taught the course Research Methods and Violence Against Women to Masters degree students, as well as conducting qualitative research studies on death and dying in Chinese American families.
Previously acting as a faculty member at Capella University and Northcentral University, Dr. Yick Flanagan is currently a contributing faculty member at Walden University, School of Social Work, and a dissertation chair at Grand Canyon University, College of Doctoral Studies, working with Industrial Organizational Psychology doctoral students. She also serves as a consultant/subject matter expert for the New York City Board of Education and publishing companies for online curriculum development, developing practice MCAT questions in the area of psychology and sociology. Her research focus is on the area of culture and mental health in ethnic minority communities.
Audience/Accreditations and Approvals
TRC Healthcare/ NetCE
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by TRC Healthcare/ NetCE. TRC Healthcare/NetCE is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is designed for the following healthcare professions (select your profession for details):
Counselor, Nursing, Physician, Psychology, Social Work
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