Conceptual Clarity
The HEAL Curriculum

Description

Heal Curriculum: Using Conceptual Clarity to integrate components from multiple programs to create trauma informed accountable intervention

This 2 part training will explore how the principle of conceptual clarity was instrumental in the development of the HEAL model of intervening with men who have been abusive and harmful. Further, it will provide guidance for how the concept can be applied in any intervention program. During the two days different portions of the HEAL curriculum will be specifically highlighted and explored in depth regarding implementation within the curriculum itself while providing guidance for incorporation into other program models and curricula. Strategic skill building for addressing trauma in intervention programming will be interwoven throughout the training. Additionally, analogies, stories and facilitation skills will be shared. This interactive training will include breakouts, facilitated discussion, exercise role play and other media to enhance an understanding of the material.

Facilitator

Jeffrie Cape is a licensed master social worker with over 25 years of experience. She earned her degree at Case Western Reserve. Her career path has been varied and along the way she developed assessment and story telling skills that have translated effectively into diverse settings. She is a trainer on multiple subjects and has spoken in Michigan and other states. She has worked in clinical and community settings and has experience training staff, creating, developing and implementing programs. Her career began working with children in foster care, where she developed her first area of expertise, survivors of child sexual assault. She quickly learned that to help children she had to work with their parents, which lead her to develop skills in substance abuse assessment, intervention and treatment. In 1994, returning to clinical practice as a manager at Family Service Inc, Jeffrie became involved in the domestic violence field and felt there was a need to have programs for the batterers. Advocating in her agency and networking in the community she became involved in the then embryonic BISCMI (Batterer Intervention Services Coalition of Michigan) and other local task forces. She helped create local standards for batterer intervention programs eventually becoming a member of the governor’s task force to develop state standards. She was active in the planning and implementation of the first BISC conference, which lead to the formation of BISCMI in 1995. She has served on the board ever since. Jeffrie joined ADA (Alternative to Domestic Aggression) in Washtenaw County, part time, in 2001 where she continues to facilitate groups, train and develop and refine curriculum. She also created programming for the MDOC and trained their staff on how to implement the program. In 2003 she became the director of Charron Services and started HEAL (Helping Explore Accountable Lifestyles) which meets through community corrections Step Forward program in Oakland County.