Training
One of the main reasons the Montana Coalition formed in the 1980s was to provide Montana advocates with regular opportunities to attend training and network with each other so that member organizations, their staff and volunteers can provide the best services possible to people who are victims of domestic or sexual violence.In addition, MCADSV staff members also provide training and technical assistance to a wide variety of organizations and individuals whose work, profession, or community activism could benefit. These trainings vary and range from basic introduction and awareness to a workshop narrowly targeted to provide participants specific knowledge they need to better serve victims of domestic and sexual violence and, hopefully, reduce violence in our society. Some of the groups that MCADSV staff have trained in the past year are nurses, judges, law enforcement officers, social workers, Helena soroptimists, the Montana Business and Professional Women, child protective service employees, and educators.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
Coalition members meet three times each year with a training component scheduled into each meeting. MCADSV also sponsors trainings on various topics throughout the year. Click here to see the current MCADSV Training Schedule.
Annual Training Events for Advocates
Each year, MCADSV either sponsors or collaborates on four institutes designed specifically for people who are providing direct service to victims of domestic and sexual violence. Those institutes are the Victim Witness Academy: Basic and Advanced and the Advocate Institute: Basic, Intermediate, or Advanced.
Training Scholarships for Members
Contact MCADSV for more information.