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PSAT: Personal Safety Awareness Training - Conducted in ASL
Jun
26
12:00 PM12:00

PSAT: Personal Safety Awareness Training - Conducted in ASL

In a digital world filled with notifications, social media, the news, you are less aware of your surroundings. During those distractions, you may be a target for those seeking to do harm. Personal Safety Awareness involves gaining awareness of your own abilities as well as learning how to communicate your needs. It is the foundation and essential pillar to self-defense. 

Come join us and gain tools that will assist you in developing your own personal safety awareness!

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Trauma Informed Parenting Group
Jun
25
to Oct 1

Trauma Informed Parenting Group

This 15-week virtual series is for parents / guardians of all genders who want to make a positive impact on their children via trauma-informed parenting education, support, and skills. Each week we’ll introduce a new topic which will arm participants with tools to empower and strengthen their parenting.

Sessions will be in ASL and English. 

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Domestic Violence Psycho-Educational Group - Conducted in ASL
Jun
11
to Sep 3

Domestic Violence Psycho-Educational Group - Conducted in ASL

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This is a safe space for identified victim/survivors in an interpersonal relationship. Topics include: red flags and tactics, effects on the survivor and children, power and control, and the cycle of violence.

This group fulfills DCFS court requirements and will be conducted entirely in ASL with facilitators Sarah Clifton and Amber Valdez.

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Trauma Informed Parenting Group - Conducted in ASL
Jun
6
to Sep 19

Trauma Informed Parenting Group - Conducted in ASL

This group focuses on the effects of trauma on children and the family unit, developmental changes and stages, healthy boundaries and discipline, intergenerational trauma, safety planning, trauma’s impact on the brain and nervous system, managing feelings, self-care, coping skills, childhood attachment, and the dynamics of parenting after exposure to trauma.

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Thriving Over Violence Support Group
Aug
28
to Nov 27

Thriving Over Violence Support Group

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Thriving Over Violence is a domestic violence educational class and support group for survivors of intimate partner violence. This 13-week group is designed to be a safe space specifically for the deaf and hard of hearing community to learn about; 

  • the cycle of violence

  • the effects of trauma on the body and the brain

  • power and control dynamics 

and much more. Register today! 

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Healing Hearts Art Group
Jul
18
to Oct 24

Healing Hearts Art Group

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Peace Over Violence provides a free, drop-in Healing Arts support group for women who have experienced trauma. This safe space consists of sessions that focus on developing resiliency using a model centered on Deaf culture.

Our mission: to release difficult feelings & experiences through various art projects and self-care activities.

Sessions will be conducted entirely in ASL.

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Emotional Regulation Group
Sep
17
to Dec 17

Emotional Regulation Group

This group for female-identified clients offers an understanding and safe place to learn and practice emotional regulation skills that can lead to feeling better by experiencing improvement in self-concept, personal relationships, work or school performance, and mental health.

Emotional regulation is the ability to manage emotions, feelings, and even moods positively. It’s a skill that helps us attune our emotional responses to our current context, especially in times of emotional distress.

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Life Skills: A Virtual Support Group for Deaf /  Hard of Hearing Clients
Jul
19
to Aug 16

Life Skills: A Virtual Support Group for Deaf / Hard of Hearing Clients

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Life Skills: A Virtual Support Group for Deaf / Hard of Hearing Clients

This weekly support group will be conducted in American Sign Language. Participants must complete an intake application and be a counseling or case management client of Peace Over Violence Deaf Services Program.

Peace Over Violence counseling services are free for survivors.

WHEN
Weekly on Tuesdays from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Starting July 19 and running through August 16.

WHERE
Zoom


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For additional questions, please contact Demara at demara@peaceoverviolence.org.

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Support for Men Who Have Experienced Nonconsensual Sex
May
22
to Oct 9

Support for Men Who Have Experienced Nonconsensual Sex

Peace Over Violence provides comprehensive case management, individual and group counseling services for male survivors. POV’s Men who have Experienced Nonconsensual Sex (MENS) group is a psycho-educational and experiential support group for male survivors recovering from sexual abuse, assault, and unwanted/inappropriate sexual encounters. The primary goal of this group is to increase clients’ understanding of how sexual violence and trauma impacts their masculinity, male identity, sexuality, and relationships.

There are many reasons that men deny, ignore, or avoid talking about or thinking about the abuse: unwanted feelings like anger or shame; fear of triggering disturbing thoughts; or long-perceived and socially authorized ideas about masculinity. Peace Over Violence strives to create the safest environment for men to take their first step toward healing.

TREATMENT GOALS
+ Reducing of trauma symptoms
+ Improving effective coping skills
+ Increasing one’s resilience and self-esteem
+ Reestablishing or maintaining healthy interpersonal relationships

SOME FACTS
+ 1 in 6 adult men in United States experienced sexual abuse in childhood
+ On average, survivors do not disclose the abuse for 20 years
+ People who abuse boys are both male and female
+ The vast majority of male survivors will never sexually abuse another person
+ Men can and do heal from sexual abuse

If you’re interested in learning more information about this support group, please contact:
Milena Lukic at 213.955.9090 ext/155 or Joshua Beckett at 213.955.9090 ext/156

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