Why The DVU Was Created Carl W. Mangold began to lead domestic violence groups in 1996 after 23 After several years of leading these intervention groups for court In 2002 Carl was invited by The School of Social Work at the He was intrigued & excited but a bit intimidated to discover the class So in 2009 when Stephanie Angelo contacted Carl about abuser dynamics The catalog of courses will expand over time & other experienced
years of counseling victims of abuse, both women & their children. It
was the journey upstream to see how, why & by whom these folks were
being abused.
mandated male misdemeanor offenders, Carl began to offer seminars for
his colleagues & other providers. It was the beginning of a dream to
create courses that would become a domestic violence university.
University of Utah to teach a weeklong class in domestic violence as
part of their summer school. He expected that the class participants
would be a combination of undergraduate & graduate social work
students.
contained students & also Utah child welfare staff, victims of abuse,
offender treatment staff, victim advocates & interested community
members. All voices were heard. The synergy was fantastic!
a conversation was begun which led to her suggestion that together we
produce DV webinars. TheDVU was born!
presenters will be recruited.
Our goal is to educate counselors & interested persons about domestic abuse
dynamics so that proper assessments & interventions designed.