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In this episode Ruth & David outline an emerging checklist for professionals and families to help them map perpetrator's patterns of behavior in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and our social response.  The episode includes discussion of:

• How not collude with perpetrators who are using the pandemic as an excuse for their behaviors
• A checklist of things to consider when you are assessing for increased danger including changes in the perpetrators' levels of anxiety and depression and substance abuse
• A checklist of survivors' vulnerabilities that the perpetrator may be using against them
• How to continue to focus on survivors' protective efforts
• Steps to continue to partner with survivors in the current environment

This practical podcast is part of the free offerings that the  Safe & Together Institute is rolling out during this period. Check out our COVID-19 specific page and our Virtual Academy. 

Now available! Mapping the Perpetrator’s Pattern: A Practitioner’s Tool for Improving Assessment, Intervention, and Outcomes The web-based Perpetrator Pattern Mapping Tool is a virtual practice tool for improving assessment, intervention, and outcomes through a perpetrator pattern-based approach. The tool allows practitioners to apply the Model’s critical concepts and principles to their current case load in real

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