Domestic violence is a behavior that affects everyone in the family. Studies show that 50 – 70% of the men who physically or psychologically assault their wives also assault their children. The results of this violence are usually severe and long-term. Some signs of an abusive relationship are physical injuries and bruises that cannot be explained, headaches, stomach problems, eating disorders and frequent urinary tract infections. These individuals live in uncertainty and fear of the abuser and struggle each day to protect themselves and their children while often putting on a front to the rest of the world that everything is all right.
Would you categorize yourself as a perpetrator of domestic violence? Think about your answers to the following questions:
1) Have you physically hurt or threatened your partner?
2) Have you abused your children?
3) Are your children or intimate partner afraid of you?
4) Have you ever prevented your family from seeing other family members or friends?
5) Do you isolate your partner from society?
6) Do you criticize, berate, or demean your partner in private or public?
7) Have you ever monitored your spouse’s schedule, email, texts, phone calls or written correspondence?
8) Do you ever control the finances so your partner can’t access funds?
If you answered yes to any of these questions and are ready to stop your behavior, try taking an online domestic violence class today. Classes are available for personal growth as a proactive approach before the situation escalates. By taking a domestic violence class you will learn what domestic violence entails, how the behavior affects your family and how to develop a plan for change. The curriculum includes new skills for stress and anger management and how to communicate and listen to your partner or children without becoming abusive.
For your convenience, high quality domestic violence classes are available to take right on your web-based computer. You don’t need to drive across town to make a certain classroom time, but can just enroll and login to a class from the comfort of your very own home. Classes are available online 24/7 so once you register; you can login and out whenever you have time. There is nothing to download or printout, the information is right on the computer screen in front of you.
Batterer’s Intervention or DV programs are also available to fulfill court-mandated requirements. If you need to take a class as part of a legal stipulation, be sure to get prior approval from the court to take the class online. Rules differ in each jurisdiction regarding distance-learning classes. Once you are approved to take it online, just choose the length of course you need (8, 12, 16, 26, 36 or 52 hours) and you are on your way. Taking the class online is also beneficial because if you are under an upcoming deadline from the court, you can sit down and take the class over a few days in a row instead of having to wait to take one hour a week in a traditional classroom. Fulfill your New Years resolution to break the cycle today with an online domestic violence class.
