Navigating the Complexities of Abuse, Healing, and Resilience.
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Providing a Path to Healing
Millions of people in the United States are affected by Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) each year. It is a form of abuse or aggression that can occur in any type of romantic relationship, including marriages and serious and casual dating partnerships. IPV can include physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, and financial abuse and can seriously impact a person’s daily living and health and well-being. More than bruises and scars, the signs of IPV are not always visible. Many people are suffering from conditions such as depression, anxiety, isolation, low self-esteem, and alcoholism as a result of IPV. The short and long-term damaging effects can affect anyone exposed to IPV.
Children who witness intimate partner violence in their homes are at risk of developing emotional, physical, and behavioral problems later in life. Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are harmful experiences in a child’s life. Being exposed to IPV as a child is an adverse childhood experience (ACE). This course will examine the impact on individuals who were exposed to IPV and ACEs.Â
This course should particularly benefit social workers and other mental health professionals supporting children and adults who have been exposed to IPV and ACEs. It will provide strategies for social workers to provide trauma-informed and culturally responsive support for clients who are affected by IPV and ACEs. Receiving concrete support from helping professionals can assist those affected by IPV and ACEs in positive and uplifting ways. By providing education and support, social workers and other mental health professionals can help clients affected by IPV and ACEs to heal and flourish beyond the experience.
This is an intermediate-level course, and there are no specific prerequisites. The course is open to social workers and other mental health professionals, students, and individuals interested in gaining knowledge and skills related to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs): Providing a Path to Healing.
At Radiant Sunshine, our goal is to offer a special blend of expertise and client-centered care that encourages emotional, spiritual, physical, social, and intellectual wellness. Radiant Sunshine’s core values incorporate our beliefs as a center of excellence in human service and social work. Our overarching principles of empowerment, enrichment, and education combine to offer a lifelong impact to those we serve. Radiant Sunshine, #1403, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. Radiant Sunshine maintains responsibility for this course. ACE provider approval period: 2/28/23 to 2/28/2026. Radiant Sunshine has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7371. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.
CEO
Sharea Farmer is the Founder and CEO of RS Counseling & Wellness with over 20 years of experience as a licensed clinical social worker. Her training includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narrative Theory, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Racial Trauma. Her expertise in both clinical and administration has allowed her to work in the private and public sectors as an advocate for employee wellness, Diversity & Inclusion, Race Equity, and Trauma-Informed Practices. Her unique practice that focuses on empowerment and education creates transformative wellness for her clients that range from executive leadership teams to supervisors to staff. RS Wellness has developed employee resilience plans and trauma-informed care programs for state and public health agencies, as well as educational groups, both locally and nationally. The workshops and courses created by RS Wellness are the keys to a healthy trauma-informed workplace where everyone can thrive. Courses fall under four categories: DEI, Social Work Continuing Education, Trauma-Focused, and Wellness. Although each course is tailored to its specific subject matter, the courses provide curriculum, assignments, video, and affirming activities. In recent projects, Sharea led the development of Racial Equity training, committees, DEI, and trauma-informed supervision in both Philadelphia and New Jersey-based government, public health, and nonprofit agencies including the City of Philadelphia Division of Substance Use Prevention and Harm Reduction, Access Matters, Philadelphia Futures, The Ladipo Group, National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation, NJ National Association of Social Work and more. This led to assisting those agencies with the development of their trauma-informed and diversity and inclusion strategies. Sharea lives in New Jersey with her husband. She enjoys all things basketball, live NBA games, traveling, coloring, and spending time with family and friends.
