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Start your journey to becoming a certified facilitator today!

 

Our self-directed, on-demand 30-hour and 40-hour training programs are designed to meet the requirements for abuser intervention program facilitators. With flexible start times and 24/7 availability, you can complete these trainings at your own pace, entirely online.

The 30-Hour Training provides a comprehensive foundation in domestic violence dynamics, group facilitation, and intervention strategies. The 40-Hour Training includes all the essential content of the 30-hour program, with additional material to meet California state requirements.

Gain the skills, knowledge, and certification needed to lead impactful intervention programs and make a difference in your community.

Basic Training – 30 Hour

The 30-Hour Facilitator Training is a comprehensive program designed to provide you with the foundational skills and knowledge required to lead abuser intervention programs effectively. This self-directed course covers key topics such as domestic violence dynamics, multicultural diversity, intake strategies, and group facilitation techniques. Whether you are new to the field or seeking to enhance your professional qualifications, this training equips you with the tools to foster meaningful change and support offender rehabilitation in your community.

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Basic Training – 40 Hour

The 40-Hour Facilitator Training builds on the foundation of our 30-hour program while incorporating additional material to meet California state requirements for abuser intervention facilitators. This self-directed course offers an in-depth exploration of domestic violence dynamics, intake processes, group facilitation, and ethical considerations. With added hours to fulfill regulatory standards, this program ensures you have the comprehensive training needed to excel as a facilitator and support offender rehabilitation with confidence and competence.

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Master the skills needed to effectively facilitate Yorke Consulting curriculum with our Fidelity Trainings.

 

These interactive, virtual trainings are part of the “Strategies for Success” series and focus on ensuring program fidelity while equipping you with evidence-based facilitation techniques tailored to this transformative curriculum.

  • Phase 1: Qualified Facilitator introduces foundational skills for delivering the curriculum, focusing on participant engagement and program fidelity.
  • Phase 2: Certified Facilitator enhances your proficiency with advanced techniques to manage complex cases, improve participant retention, and reduce recidivism.
  • Phase 3: Certified Master Facilitator prepares you to train other facilitators within your agency, ensuring consistent and effective implementation of the curriculum.

Designed exclusively for facilitators using Yorke Consulting’s curriculum, these trainings provide the tools and certifications necessary to lead with expertise and make a lasting impact.

All trainings held via ZOOM 8:30am-4:30pm (PST) unless otherwise noted.

Phase 1: Entry Level Fidelity Training

The Phase 1: Qualified Facilitator Training is your introduction to mastering Yorke Consulting’s evidence-based curriculum. This interactive virtual course provides the foundational skills necessary to deliver intervention programs with fidelity. Participants will gain a deep understanding of curriculum components, learn strategies to foster participant engagement, and explore methods to create an environment that encourages long-term cessation of abuse. Whether you’re new to facilitation or transitioning to a Yorke Consulting curriculum, Phase 1 equips you with the tools to guide impactful intervention programs confidently.

Phase 1: Entry Level Fidelity Training
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Phase 2: Advanced Fidelity Training

The Phase 2: Certified Facilitator Training builds upon the foundational knowledge from Phase 1, offering advanced insights and strategies for facilitating Yorke Consulting’s curriculum effectively. This training focuses on managing complex cases, increasing participant engagement, and reducing program attrition through evidence-based techniques. Participants will also explore advanced concepts such as the Readiness to Change model, emotional intelligence, and batterer typologies. Completion of Phase 2 certifies you as a proficient facilitator, prepared to deliver impactful interventions with expertise and consistency.

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Phase 3: Certified Master Trainer

The Phase 3: Certified Master Facilitator Training prepares experienced facilitators to take on leadership roles within their agency by training other facilitators in Yorke Consulting’s curriculum. This advanced-level course focuses on refining facilitation techniques, developing training methodologies, and fostering leadership skills to ensure program fidelity across teams. Participants who complete Phase 3 gain the knowledge and certification required to train and mentor facilitators, contributing to the consistent and effective implementation of Yorke Consulting’s intervention programs.

Phase 3: Certified Master Trainer

Coming Fall 2026

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Basic Training

30 hour and 40 hour Basic Training Details

Yorke Consulting is now offering a self-directed study with personal consultation to train facilitators for abuser/batterer intervention programs.  Many of the modules will meet requirements for Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, and Idaho, and other jurisdictions. The 40 hour program meets requirements for California.

This self-directed training covers the various State mandates needed to successfully run  abuser intervention groups. The subject matter covers important domestic violence knowledge–focused on victim safety and offender accountability, with basic facilitation skill training.

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Registration includes:

  • a full-set of the 52-week curriculum “Another  Way…Choosing to Change”(women’s edition available for substitution by request)
  • online training modules through our training suite
  • private links in Google Drive and YouTube for supplementary training materials and videos

Additional curriculum sets available for $80

30-hr Basic Facilitator training modules cover the following: 

  • Basic domestic violence knowledge focusing on victim impact, the effects on  children, predominant aggressor, coercive control, the Power & Control wheel, with an historical  overview of IPV, laws, criminal justice response and BIP origins.  (8 hours)
  • Multicultural, cross-cultural, and multiethnic diversity and domestic violence.  (3 hours)
  • Substance abuse and domestic violence with screening assessments.  (3 hours)
  • Intake strategies, lethality assessment and utilizing measurements for change. (4 hours)
  • Group content areas focusing on gender roles, conflict management, various types of abuse, cognitive distortions, criminal thinking and needs, with effective intervention strategies. (8 hours)
  • Group facilitation, using adult learning styles, MI strategies to reduce resistance, fostering egalitarian relationships and approaches to evaluate positive change in clients. (4 hours)

 

40-hr training modules cover basic core training required by California PC 1203.098: 

  • Basic domestic violence knowledge focusing on victim safety and the role of domestic violence shelters in a community-coordinated response (8 hours)
  • Multicultural, cross-cultural, and multiethnic diversity and domestic violence (8 hours)
  • Substance abuse and domestic violence (4 hours)
  • Intake and assessment, including the history of violence and the nature of threats and substance abuse  (4 hours)
  • Group content areas focusing on gender roles and socialization, the nature of violence, the dynamics of power and control, and the effects of abuse on children and others (8 hours)
  • Group facilitation (4 hours)
  • Domestic violence and the law, ethics, all requirements specified by the probation department (4 hours)

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Fidelity Training

Phase 1 & Phase 2: Strategies for Success Series

Phase 1

Our Entry Level One workshop in the Strategies for Success Training Series is designed for facilitators who are new to Another Way…Choosing to Change curriculum (3rd Ed). During this interactive virtual training you will learn the core competencies needed to effectively facilitate both the men’s and women’s curriculum.

This 16-hr class will be held via Zoom over two 7-hr days, with two hours of independent learning/skill practice in-between sessions.

Key Topics of this training include:

Curriculum component review.
Group facilitation strategies to increase engagement and retention.
Evaluating participant’s change
Basic adult learning & brain science.
Effective use of the multi-modal design
Creating an environment to promote long-term cessation of abuse
Reducing resistance through effective program intervention approaches.
And much more!

Zoom link will be sent 2 days prior to class

Phase 2

The 16-hour Advanced Facilitation Phase Two workshop in the Strategies for Success Training Series is available for those who have completed the Phase One training (Entry or Experienced Level) AND have completed a full curriculum cycle.

Upon completion of Phase Two you will be designated a Certified Provider of Another Way…Choosing to Change and eligible for future research opportunities and Master Facilitator training.

Key Topics of this training include:

Facilitating through the Readiness to Change model for increasing retention and engagement.
Implementing program and facilitator evaluations
Advanced adult learning & brain science.
Application of attachment theory, emotional intelligence, and batterer typology research
And much more!

Phase 3

Successful completion of this 20-hr Phase 3 Master Facilitator training in the Strategies for Success Training Series will qualify you to provide Phase One (Entry Level) training for your agency personnel and you will be eligible to apply for Master Trainer certification to become a training provider for Another Way…Choosing to Change curriculum.

Coming Fall 2026

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Advanced Training

Advanced Facilitation Details

Advanced Facilitation: Addressing Attachment Issues in Batterer Intervention Programs

Over the past few decades, the influence of insecure attachment patterns in intimate partner abusers has been explored, yet this dynamic has not been incorporated into abuser intervention programming on a wide scale. When we examine the characteristics which describe the behaviors of those persons with dismissing, preoccupied, or fearful attachment styles, it easily corroborates many of the behaviors found in the clients who enter abuser intervention programs. Identifying the attachment style of the client could contribute to better program responsivity, which is consistent with research informed best practices.

More information:
This advanced, 8-hr, virtual workshop, designed for group facilitators of batterer intervention and anger management programs, will provide an overview of the attachment styles, both secure and insecure, and how they are revealed in the interpersonal offender population. We will examine how evidence-based treatment strategies help us create a secure base thereby contributing to increased engagement and reduced long-term recidivism. Participants will gain practical tools to address attachment-related challenges in batterer intervention programs (BIPs) and promote healthier relationship dynamics.

Upon completion of the workshop participants will be able to:
1. Explain the connection between attachment theory and abusive behaviors in intimate partner relationships.
2. Identify common attachment styles and how they manifest in individuals who engage in acts of violence.
3. Recognize maladaptive coping mechanisms linked to insecure attachment and their role in relationship dynamics.
4. Utilize facilitation strategies to help clients explore their attachment history and its impact on their behaviors.
5. Apply intervention techniques that promote accountability while addressing attachment-related resistance.
6. Incorporate attachment-focused discussions into BIP and Anger Management curricula to enhance client self-awareness and behavior change.

Participants will be provided with a reproducible lesson which address’ attachment and its role in violence reduction.

Advanced Facilitation: Addressing Stalking Behaviors in Batterer Intervention Programs

Research shows that Stalking is far more prevalent within domestic violence relationships than what is captured by arrest statistics; yet, when not accounted for, can lead to greater perpetration of violence and lethality.

More information:
This advanced, 8-hr, virtual workshop, designed for group facilitators of batterer intervention and anger management programs, explores the intersection of stalking behaviors and violence, equipping facilitators with the knowledge and skills to identify, address, and intervene in stalking-related behaviors. Participants will learn intervention techniques, facilitation strategies, and ways to incorporate stalking-specific content into abuser intervention programs.

Upon completion of the workshop participants will be able to:
1. Define and identify stalking behaviors commonly exhibited by individuals in abuser intervention programs.
2. Explain the psychological and emotional motivations behind stalking behaviors.
3. Recognize cognitive distortions and minimization strategies used by offenders to justify stalking.
4. Utilize intervention techniques to challenge denial, increase accountability, and reduce stalking behaviors.
5. Apply structured facilitation techniques to manage discussions around stalking safely and effectively.
6. Incorporate stalking-specific content into existing curricula while maintaining a trauma-informed approach.
Participants will be provided with a reproducible lesson which address’ stalking and how to reduce stalking beliefs and behaviors in clients.

 

All classes held via interactive ZOOM.

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION:

Nada Yorke, LCSW is co-owner of Yorke Consulting. Ms. Yorke is a retired Probation Supervisor and
a published researcher, author and sought-after trainer. She authored “Another Way…Choosing to Change”, a BIP curriculum for male and female offenders; “R.O.A.R.-Resolving Our Anger Responsibly”-a 20-session anger management curriculum; and “A New Path Forward-Developing Healthy Relationships for Life”, a youth directed curriculum used in schools, juvenile institutions, and community-based programs.

CE INFORMATION:

Yorke Consulting has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7564. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Yorke Consulting is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Course content fulfills 8 CE’s for Batterer Intervention Program facilitators and also requirements for
Group Content and Facilitation Techniques for new batterer intervention program facilitators (PC 1203.098).
Yorke Consulting
240 S. Sunnyside Ave. #1411
Sequim, WA 98382
661-549-0089
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https://yorkeconsulting.com/

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