The MEND Project/MEND: Self-Paced Course for Anyone Responding to Abuse

  • $150

A Self-Paced Course for Those Responding to Abuse


  • 7-Session Written Curriculum

  • 7.5 hours of video teaching

  • Tools and Resources equipping responders to interface with victims of abuse and confront those who cause harm

  • Participants will learn to understand and identify psychological abuse, protocols for responding to victims in practical ways, and how to prevent secondary harm through their responses.

  • Certificate of Completion 


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Contents

WELCOME FROM MEND!

Why You Matter and How This Curriculum Makes a Difference
Note from MEND's Founder

TOOLS + RESOURCES YOU MAY DOWNLOAD

Throughout these lessons, you will see references to various tools and resources we have created to help you. Feel free to download these resources for use with those in your care.

Terms and Definitions
Maze of Confusion + Map of Clarity
Iceberg
Pillars of Abuse
Healing Model of Compassion
Accountability Model of Courage
Power and Control Wheel
Post-Separation Wheel
Equality Wheel

CULTURAL BIASES AND PERSONAL BLINDSPOTS

Video Message from MEND's Founder
The Importance of Identifying Abuse
Every Culture Has Unconscious Biases
Personal Blind Spots
The MEND Project Curriculum Educational Objectives
The MEND Project Mission: Educate. Equip. Restore.
Our Hope for You

CLARIFY

Video Message From MEND's Founder
Identifying and Understanding the Nature of Abuse
To Clarify Is to Lay the Foundation of Healing
A Glossary of Terms
Quiz: Identify the term that correctly fits each definition.
Answers to the Quiz
Clarifying the Signs of Abuse
Power and Control
Power and Control Wheel
Male Victims of Abuse
MEND Research
Separate Realities
Two Reasons Victims Remain Silent
Developmental Effects of Abusive Behaviors
Quiz: True or False
Answers to the Quiz

Live Recording with Annette Oltmans + Dr. Hawkins

Pre-recorded Session with Annette Oltmans and Dr. David Hawkins

EDUCATE

Video Message from MEND's Founder
How Do We Stop What Doesn’t Have a Name?
The Statistics of Abuse
The Iceberg Analogy of Abuse
Quiz: Determine whether the following forms of abuse qualify as Original Abuse or Double Abuse.
Answers to the Quiz
The Incidence of Abuse
A Deeper Look Into Defining Covert Emotional Abuse (CEA):
Healthy Communication
The Pillars of Abuse
Quiz: Identify which of the four pillars of abuse are present in each scenario (more than one option can be selected).
Answers to the Quiz
Quiz: True or False
Answers to the Quiz

Live Recording with Annette Oltmans + Dr. Hawkins

Pre-recorded Session with Annette Oltmans and Dr. David Hawkins

EQUIP

Video Message from MEND's Founder
Helping a Victim Find Their Voice to Contribute to Change
Finding Their Voice: Why Your Help Is So Important
Voice and Vulnerability
Quiz: Identify which mishandling of vulnerabilities applies best to each example
Answers to the Quiz
Obstacles Victims Face to Finding Their Voice
Quiz: True or False
Answers to the Quiz
Questions a Victim Must Ask: Should I Stay? Should I Go? Or, Should I Reunite?
Closing the Gap
Quiz: True or False
Answers to the Quiz
The Faith-Based Institutional Response

RESTORE

Video Message from MEND's Founder
What Victims and Abusers Need
Restoration Tools
Practice Empathy in Connection
Confronting the Abuser
Quiz: True or False
Answers to the Quiz
What to Do When the Victim is Not Ready to Speak Up About Abuse
What to Do When an Abuser Is Not Ready to Be Accountable
Quiz: True or False
Answers to the Quiz

Live Recording with Annette Oltmans + Dr. Hawkins

Pre-recorded Session with Annette Oltmans and Dr. David Hawkins

THE REASON

Video Message from MEND's Founder
The Relationship Between Abuse & Trauma
The Reason WHY We Do the Work of M3ND
How Abuse Conditions the Brain
The Effects of Trauma on the Brain
Definitions of Trauma
Disorders of Trauma
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Quiz: Match each definition to the correct term.
Answers to the Quiz
Presentations of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Physical Consequences of PTSD
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD)
Responding to a Victim Who Suffers From PTSD or C-PTSD as a Result of Trauma
Trauma and Covert Emotional Abuse
Trauma and Shame
Trauma and Loss
Trauma and Attachment
Developmental Trauma Disorder
The Cost of Institutional Abuse to a Child
Children in the Foster System
The Economic Cost of Abuse
Quiz: True or False
Answers to the Quiz

NEXT STEPS

Video Message from MEND's Founder
The Importance of Your Role
Your Responsibility as a Responder
We Are All Responders
Anyone Can Help Victims Become Survivors
Practical Next Steps as Responders
Roles and Goals for Responders
The Role of Family and Community
Controlled Reconciliation
Reconciliation Outside Couple Relationships
Institutional Abuse
Institutional Abuse in the Church
Next Steps for Faith-Based Communities
Quiz: True or False
Answers to the Quiz

Live Recording with Annette Oltmans + Dr. Hawkins

Pre-recorded Session with Annette Oltmans and Dr. David Hawkins