Our domestic violence program is designed as an adjunct to traditional batterer treatment. The program aims to increase readiness to use a range of healthy strategies to stay violence-free. These strategies include:
- Communicating with one’s partner clearly and respectfully
- Not abusing drugs or alcohol
- Controlling anger
- Seeking help outside of immediate support group
The online program is designed for participants and includes male voice-overs on each screen. Printed manuals are available for participants and treatment facilitators.
Online Program
Off-line Program
Includes printed questionnaire, tailored feedback report and Journey to Change: A Guide for Improving Your Relationship and Staying Violence-Free, a stage-based behavior change manual for each participant. See off-line programs page for more information.
Printed Manuals
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Journey to Change: A Guide for Improving Your Relationship and Staying Violence-Free (Client Guide) This workbook uses a stage-based approach to help domestic violence offenders get started on the road to change so they can benefit from traditional group programs. The workbook teaches users about the general principles of behavior change, their current stage of change, and stage-matched processes and strategies they can use to progress to the next stage. Can be used alone or in conjunction with the Journey to Change online/off-line programs. -Sample page from client guide Available in English and Spanish. See our manual order page for details. |
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Journey to Change: Facilitators’ Manual for Using a Stage-Based Approach to Helping Domestic Violence Offenders Improve Their Relationships and Stay Violence-Free. The manual, developed for domestic violence program facilitators who want to use the Journey to Change client guide in their work with offenders, provides:
See our manual order page for details. |
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URICA-DV-R Stage Assessment for Domestic Violence 20-item URICA-DV-R assesses domestic violence offenders’ readiness to use healthy strategies to improve their relationship and stay violence-free. Includes a scoring sheet and guidelines for interpretation. See our manual order page for details. |
Effectiveness
A randomized clinical trial with adult male domestic violence offenders (n=500) showed that participants assigned to the computerized multimedia TTM intervention were significantly more likely to be in the Action stage (37% vs. 12%) at the five-month evaluation than the standard care group1. The intervention increased use of all 11 violence cessation strategies examined, especially help-seeking outside of group. The intervention appeared to have its largest effect on men who drop out of traditional programs. Among dropouts who did and did not receive the TTM intervention, rates of threats were 40% vs. 88%, and rates of physical violence were 20% vs. 88% based on victim reports at 6 months follow-up.
This program was developed with support from SBIR grant R43 MH62858 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
Domestic Violence Clinical Trial Study Information (click for details)
Results Published
1.Levesque, D.A., Driskell, M.M., Prochaska, J.M. & Prochaska, J.O. (in press). Acceptability of a stage-matched expert system intervention for domestic violence offenders. Violence and Victims




