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The Domestic Violence University

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Why The DVU Was Created

Carl W. Mangold began to lead domestic violence groups in 1996 after 23
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.

After several years of leading these intervention groups for court
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.

In 2002 Carl was invited by The School of Social Work at the
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.

He was intrigued & excited but a bit intimidated to discover the class
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!

So in 2009 when Stephanie Angelo contacted Carl about abuser dynamics
a conversation was begun which led to her suggestion that together we
produce DV webinars. TheDVU was born!

The catalog of courses will expand over time & other experienced
presenters will be recruited.

Our goal is to educate counselors & interested persons about domestic abuse
dynamics so that proper assessments & interventions designed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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