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By Elyse Samuels <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ten adults sit around a long rectangular table in a comfortable conference room with t-shirts adorning the walls proclaiming statement such as, \u201chands are for helping, healing, holding, not for hitting\u201d or \u201ceveryone deserves a happy home, everyone deserves to smile.\u201d<\/p>\n

For 20 hours over the course of three days this group and these statements of domestic violence filled the South Suburban Family Shelter as part of the abuser intervention facilitator training. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re trying to stop domestic violence, keep victims and children safe,\u201d said Brianne Hetman, director of community programs at SSFS \u201cand keep each offender accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

This 20-hour intervention program, known also as the Partner Abuse Intervention Program (PAIP), started in 2008 when SSFS created it\u2019s own training manual, which is approved by the Illinois Department of Human Services and the Illinois Certified Domestic Violence Professional Board. Any professional working with domestic violence perpetrators is required to attend one of these training sessions. <\/p>\n

After completion, participants are approved to work with referrals from the courts, Department of Children and Family Services and other agencies.<\/p>\n

Morgan Kelly, with sparkled gold nails and an intricate tattoo on her right arm, smiles brightly, as she explains she is majoring in art therapy at Columbia College. She said art therapy uses different artistic methods to help patients overcome adversity in their lives. Kelly must choose a concentration within art therapy. She said she is considering domestic violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe training is very informative,\u201d Kelly said. \u201cI didn\u2019t know a lot about domestic violence. This goes into how people act, not just survivors but also perpetrators.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Shirts\"
Hand-made decorated shirts line the walls of the training room at the South Suburban Family Shelter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

That\u2019s the benefit of PAIP. Facilitators must completely understand how perpetrators think and learn that their previous experiences and environment might have led to their resorting to violence. <\/p>\n

At first glance, participant Rosario Quick is small and even slightly reserved behind wiry glasses and a leopard-patterned hat. However, after talking for only a few minutes, she overwhelms the room with her conviction in ideas and effervescent. <\/p>\n

\u201cI really love the program,\u201d Quick said. \u201cWith this training I think I\u2019m going to stay working with perpetrators. I want to see both sides. I love this work because of the way that I feel when I help perpetrates recognize they\u2019re not the bad people we think they are. They are normal people who made a bad choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although this is an admirable goal, it is also challenging. These trained professionals can\u2019t accomplish rehabilitation without the cooperation of the perpetrators themselves. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s participant dependent,\u201d Hetman said. \u201cSomeone has to engage to see results. But I know that can be done.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hetman has been working at SSFS for 15 years and says perpetrators of domestic violence are an underserved population. To break the cycle of domestic violence, Hetman said she thinks more resources must be spent working to change the behavior of domestic violence perpetrators. <\/p>\n

Cognitive behavioral therapy is an integral component of PAIP. According to Hetman, the difference from other types of therapy is that in this case, people\u2019s lives are at risk. She said this is what motivates her every day. <\/p>\n

\u201cPAIP isn\u2019t going to solve all the issues that makes up the environment perpetrators live in,\u201d Hetman said. \u201cIt works but somebody has to do a lot of life changing work in order to get to that point.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quick agreed that abuse intervention facilitation is complex. She said she hopes the program can at the very least help perpetrators learn from their mistakes and change their behavior in the future. <\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes perpetrators don\u2019t see the whole picture, so we help them to see the different angles and corners of it,\u201d Quick concluded.<\/p>\n

Photo at top: Participants gather for the abuser intervention training at the South Suburban Family Shelter in Homewood, IL. (Elyse Samuels\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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