Oklahoma Administrative Code › Title 75 - Attorney General › Chapter 25 - Standards and Criteria for Batterers Intervention Programs › Subchapter 5 - Personnel and Volunteers › Part 5 - TRAINING › Section 75:25-5-21 - Personnel training, batterers intervention services

Current through Vol. 41, No. 20, July 1, 2024
(a) Personnel facilitating batterers
				  intervention groups shall minimally have a graduate degree in a behavioral
				  health or criminal justice related field and one-year related work experience,
				  have a Bachelor's degree in a behavioral health or criminal justice related
				  field and two years related work experience, or have been employed as a
				  facilitator in a certified batterers intervention program prior to July 1,
				  2008.
(b) A certified batterers
				  intervention program shall contract with or employ a qualified licensed
				  professional as defined in
				  75:25-1-3 under "Counseling" for
				  purposes of providing case consultation to personnel facilitating batterers
				  intervention groups for client mental health and substance abuse issues. All
				  BIP staff, BIP volunteers, BIP contractors, and BIP program supervisors shall
				  complete batterers intervention facilitator orientation training sponsored by
				  the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General within six months of employment or
				  volunteer service.
(c) Prior to
				  providing any direct services, personnel facilitating batterers intervention
				  services shall observe a minimum of 12 batterers intervention group sessions
				  from an OAG certified program, and must complete 20 hours of training that
				  includes, but is not limited to:
(1) causes
				  and dynamics of domestic violence;
(2) identification of cultural and social
				  influences that contribute to violence;
(3) identification of coercive behavior;
(4) coercive sexual behavior;
(5) impact of domestic violence on
				  children and the dynamics of the batterer as a parent;
(6) basic defense mechanisms of batterers
				  that promote deception, distortion and misrepresentation of the facts of the
				  domestic abuse and the experience of the victim; and
(7) Lethality indicators and assessment
				  procedures such as:
(A) perceived loss of
				  control over the victim through separation, divorce, victim fleeing,
(B) extreme jealousy,
(C) escalation of abuse,
(D) acts of abuse,
(E) suicide/homicide threats, plan to carry
				  out either of above,
(F) use of, or
				  threat to use weapon (especially a gun),
(G) strangulation,
(H) stalking,
(I) history of mental health problems,
				  substance abuse,
(J) history of
				  sexual abuse of victim or children,
(K) kidnapping of partner,
(L) unemployment; and
(M) abuse or cruelty to animals
(8) the effects of alcohol and
				  drug use/abuse and domestic violence;
(9) exploring myths and beliefs about
				  domestic violence, including myths about provocation;
(10) impact of domestic violence on victims;
(11) batterers who re-offend;
(12) group dynamics and group
				  structure;
(13) planning for
				  non-violence and victim and dependent safety;
(14) power and control;
(15) facilitator boundaries and collusion
				  with the batterer;
(16) providing
				  safe victim and/or partner contact; and