Training from Emerge

Introductory Training

Emerge conducts a three-day Introductory Training three times per year. We are also now offering an alternative training, run in four-hour sessions over three weeks. The two trainings offered below present the same material and satisfy the 24-hour Massachusetts training requirement for group leaders.

All Emerge trainings are conducted over Zoom.

Our next three-day Introductory Training will be conducted on the following days, from 8:30am to 5:30pm.

February 5-7 2025

This course is intended for anyone working with families affected by domestic violence. Past participants have included intimate partner abuse education (batterer intervention) program group leaders, supervisors and administrators, social workers, victim advocates, correctional staff, psychologists, violence prevention educators, substance use disorder counselors, healthcare workers, probation and police officers, clergy, military personnel, and program managers.

Course tuition is $250 for the first person and $175 for each additional person from the same agency. This includes an Emerge Program Manual.

The following training will be conducted in September 2025. Dates to be determined. Registration will open when dates are confirmed.

What is covered in the Emerge introductory training?

  • Intake and assessment procedures

  • First and Second Stage Emerge curriculum

  • History of legal, medical, and psychological responses to abuse and domestic violence

  • Types of abuse interactive exercise

  • Negative vs. positive self-talk interactive exercise

  • Methods and rationale for conducting partner contacts

  • Assessing for dangerousness and lethality

  • Comparison of different treatment models

  • The empowerment model of working with survivors

  • Abuse in LGBTQ+ relationships

  • Second Stage group leadership role plays

  • Working with underserved populations

  • Personal accounts of Emerge program participants, as presented by a panel

  • Working with people with substance use disorder

  • Mental health responses to abuse

  • Program management and group supervision