October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Domestic Violence Hotline
1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
1-800-787-3224 (TTY)
This is a modified version of a diary originally published October 2005.
This diary is in no way meant to be comprehensive, since there is so much research information available, but may be a place to start a dialog and share experiences. My limited experience and knowledge is with males who commit domestic violence against female partners so that is the perspective of most of the information I have gathered.
I was a co-facilitator for eight years with the Batterers Education Program (BEP). Based on the Duluth Minnesota model of the Domestic Abuse Intervention Project (DAIP) curriculum, the Department of Corrections administers this program in Iowa.
Facilitator training for BEP is an intensive (as are the groups). I had not realized I was a victim of domestic violence until I went through the training.
If someone you know is a victim of domestic violence you are effected by it even if you don't know about the abuse.
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