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Post-Separation Abuse: Supporting Survivors After Escaping Domestic Violence

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1.  What are the most important things to remember about the definition of domestic violence?
  1. It is a systematic process
  2. Domestic violence is not solely physical abuse
  3. It is willful
  4. All of the above
2.  Which of the following is an example of post-separation abuse?
  1. Counter Parenting
  2. Discarding
  3. Financial Abuse
  4. All of the above
3.  The smear campaign is a technique abusers use to?
  1. Isolate their victims
  2. Is only done while in the romantic relationship
  3. Does not impact the victim
  4. Ends once the abuser is held accountable
4.  Children are used in post-separation abuse in which of the following ways?
  1. Counter Parenting
  2. Domestic violence by proxy
  3. Further child abuse/neglect
  4. All of the above
5.  The legal system is weaponized by the abuser by:
  1. Filing repeated motions
  2. Being honest on the stand
  3. Openly sharing information in Discovery
  4. Co-parenting
6.  Some of the areas of focus in helping survivors mitigate post-separation abuse are:
  1. Help them co-parent with boundaries
  2. Increase their support system
  3. Help them understand realistic expectations
  4. All of the above
7.  An important tool to help with court allowed documentation is:
  1. Using a mediator
  2. Using a co-parenting app
  3. Using a personal journal
  4. Using a personal calendar/planner
8.  Some ways to help survivors communicate effectively with their abusers are:
  1. Creating canned responses
  2. Slowing…things…down
  3. Using the BIFF technique
  4. All of the above
9.  The goal of helping clients manage trauma responses is to help them to:
  1. Establish a new romantic relationship with their Ex
  2. Heal and move on with healthy relationships
  3. Increase their shame
  4. None of the above
10.  When looking at increasing a survivor’s support system:
  1. Only family and friends should be included
  2. Safe family and friends and professionals educated in domestic violence should be included
  3. Survivors should look on social media to find all of their support
  4. Survivors do not need to increase their support system

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