Lutheran Social Services Violence Free
Lutheran Social Services expands domestic violence treatment in 2012 to western North Dakota.
Lutheran Social Services Violence Free holds batterers accountable by providing an opportunity through group treatment for them to change their belief systems for safety and respect in their significant partner relationships.
The program helps people who use violence as a way of gaining power and control over their partners or as a way of handling daily stress change their behavior. There are two components: Intimate Partner Violence and Anger Management.
People referred to Lutheran Social Services Violence Free go through a clinical interview and are required to fill out questionnaires dealing with intimate partner violence or their use of anger. The evaluator reviews the results and sends an evaluation to the referring agency with recommendations for the type of treatment.
The evaluator uses several instruments in formulating recommendations for treatment, including Spousal Risk Assessment Guide, Domestic Violence Risk Appraisal Guide and Domestic Violence Inventory. For domestic violence and anger management evaluations, the assessment tools used are The Violence Risk Appraisal, Psychopathy Check List Revised 2nd Edition and the Propensity for Abusiveness Scale.
Lutheran Social Services Violence Free is the only program in the South Central Region that meets the North Dakota Batterer Treatment Standards.- Anger Management
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Dennis Larkin, Program Director
Email: dlarken@lssnd.org
1616 Capitol Way
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-223-1510
