Provider Training

The NW Network offers dynamic trainings on a range of topics. Our trainers work from a strengths perspective to build bridges between existing skills and innovative, emerging practices. Our interactive trainings help mainstream health and human services providers in Seattle and King County to assess their awareness of issues relevant to the health and wellness of the LGBT community and to build skills and service environments that are inclusive to a wide diversity of needs, as well as support LGBT organizations increase their capacity to support survivors of violence.

Some training topics include:

• Assessing Coercive Control in LGBT Abusive Relationships

• Setting the Frame: Self-Determination, Resisting Abuse and a Survivor-Centered Understanding of Domestic Abuse

• The Five Lessons of LGBT Survivors

• Support and Safety Planning for LGBT Survivors

• Community Engagement

• Working with Friends and Family

• Advocating for Survivors Who Have Used Force

• Domestic Violence Through a Trans Lens

• Legal Issues for LGBT Survivors

• Praxis and Service Development

• Movement Building

• Community Responses to Violence

Technical Assistance

Committed to providing excellent services to LGBT survivors? Have a question? Give us a call at (206) 568-7777. The NW Network offers real-time consultation for advocates who are facing a challenge in their work with an LGBT survivor. Whether it’s a question about safety planning, figuring out if a caller is experiencing coercive control, starting an all-gender support group, ensuring that people of all genders have access to confidential shelter, changing attitudes in your board or staff, getting a handle on your region’s LGBT family law status, we can help. We are committed to building relationships with programs across the country to foster a national movement to support the safety and self-determination of LGBT survivors.

We understand the challenges involved in changing organizational practices to respond to the diverse needs of LGBT survivors of abuse. But we also know that by paying attention to survivors at the margins, we can move the entire movement to end violence forward.

Our technical assistance program is available to advocates, managers, systems workers, directors, community groups, funders and policy makers. Whether it’s a 30-minute phone call, developing a step-by-step plan to create inclusive policies, or a visit to your program, we look forward to building a partnership with you.