SWK X025 - Hidden in Plain Sight: Social Work with Clients Experiencing Domestic Violence, Traumatic Brain Injury and Strangulation

Domestic violence victims can experience physical violence targeted at the head, neck and face through blows to the head or strangulation, causing concussions and brain injuries. These brain injuries are rarely identified and almost never immediately treated. They can result in short and long-term physical, emotional and cognitive consequences that can impact every area of a survivor’s life — including their ability to successfully access and participate in agency services.

Social workers serve clients experiencing domestic violence every day. This training provides the opportunity to address an invisible barrier to services, safety and well-being. Participants will learn about Ohio’s groundbreaking research on CARE, an evidence-based framework developed by the Ohio Domestic Violence Network and The Ohio State University. CARE includes a focus on accommodations and practical, hands-on, free tools available to raise awareness and address brain injury with survivors, as well as within community partnerships.

What You’ll Learn

After completing this training, participants will be able to:

• Identify common causes of brain injury resulting from violence.
• Recognize how strangulation and oxygen deprivation impact the brain and contribute to long-term physical, emotional, and cognitive consequences.
• Discover how the CARE framework can help community providers educate survivors and their community on brain injury while assessing for and providing accommodations for potential brain injury.

What You’ll Earn

• This training is approved for 3 CE clock hours for counselors and social workers, as well as substance use counselors in domain TR1 - treatment field related (renewals only) in the state of Ohio.

Additional Information

Development Date: March 2024

Target Audience: 988 crisis call line staff and other human services professionals

Content Level: Beginner

Training Outline:

• Domestic violence and coercive control
• Trauma, traumatic stress and trauma-informed approaches
• The brain and its functions
• Brain injury caused by violence
• Signs, symptoms and impact
• Providing brain injury aware, trauma-informed care in services using the CARE Framework
• Unique considerations with marginalized communities

Presenter: Rachael Ramirez, MA, MSW, LISW-S, RASS
Director of Health and Disability Programs and Founder of The Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury at The Ohio Domestic Violence Network

Rachael Ramirez, MA, MSW, LISW-S, RASS is the Director of Health and Disability Programs and the Founder of The Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury at The Ohio Domestic Violence Network (ODVN). Her focus is on supporting professionals and systems to better understand traumatic stress and the impact of brain injury, which translates into more accessible and effective services. She provides extensive statewide, national, and international training, technical assistance, consultation, and program support. Rachel has co-authored several peer reviewed journal articles and has been featured on National Public Radio as well as in The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Post. She is a licensed independent social worker and a registered advocate with senior standing and has been with ODVN for 16 years.

Continuing Education Approvals
The Ohio State University College of Social Work provides approvals for continuing education for counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists that are accepted by the state of Ohio Counselor, Social Work, and Marriage and Family Therapist (CSWMFT) Board.

The Ohio State University College of Social Work has been approved by the Ohio Chemical Dependency Professionals (CDP) Board as a provider of Continuing Education, approval number: 50-24068.

Certificates & CE Reporting
CE certificates will be available for download in your learner portal within 1 business day after submitting the evaluation survey.

Hours for those with Ohio licenses that are submitted with the evaluation survey will be reported to CE Broker every 14 days (twice per month).

⚠️ Note: You may only complete this training once for CE credit. You may revisit the content, but only one certificate will be issued and credit will only be reported to CE Broker one time.

Cancellations, Refunds, Grievances, Accessibility Requests & Learning
Please visit the Policies section of our website for more information on our processes for cancellations, refunds, grievances, training completions & certificates, participant conduct, and accessibility requests and learning accommodations.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. If you require an accommodation to participate in this training, please contact CSW Accessibility as early as possible and in advance of the training start date by email at csw-accessibility@osu.edu or call 614-688-1657. Requests received at least 14-days prior to the date you plan to begin a training will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the College will make every effort to meet requests that we receive regardless of lead time.

Contact Us

For questions about the enrollment process, payment options, technology, or training records, please submit an inquiry and our Enrollment Support team will assist you within 24 hours during business days.

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If you have any questions, concerns or feedback about the training content or delivery format, please contact the 988 training team at 988trainings@osu.edu. For questions related to the training content, our office will facilitate communication with the training instructor on your behalf and connect you, if applicable. Presenter contact information will be provided within the training for questions, feedback, or comments.

Email: 988trainings@osu.edu
Website: csw.osu.edu/continuing-education/988-lifeline-series