Current through Reg. 50, No. 187; September 24, 2024
(1) The program
curriculum shall be based on a psychoeducational or cognitive behavioral
therapy intervention model that recognizes domestic violence and dating
violence as the result of one person in an intimate relationship systematically
using tactics of coercion, emotional abuse and physical violence in order to
assert power and control over the other. The curriculum shall incorporate the
following elements/content:
(a) An educational
approach that assigns responsibility for the violence solely to the batterer
and provides a strategy for assisting the batterer in taking responsibility for
the violence,
(b) Encourages the
batterer to develop critical thinking skills that will allow the batterer to
rethink their behavior and identify behavior choices other than violence,
(c) Addresses intimate partner
violence as a learned behavior, not an impulse control issue,
(d) Domestic violence is not provoked or the
result of substance abuse and recognizes substance abuse patterns in domestic
violence,
(e) The batterer's
ability to identify and articulate feelings,
(f) Communication skills and listening with
empathy,
(g) Negotiation and
conflict resolution skills,
(h)
Addresses gender specific forms of violence and challenges stereotypical gender
role expectations,
(i) Strategies
for helping the batterer to develop and improve support systems,
(j) The effects of distorted thinking on
emotions and behavior, and
(k) The
effects of domestic violence on children.
(2) The program curriculum shall not include
the following elements:
(a) Couples, marriage
or family therapy, or any manner of victim participation;
(b) Anger management techniques that identify
anger as the cause of domestic violence;
(c) Theories or techniques that identify poor
impulse control as the primary cause of the domestic violence or identify
psychopathology on the part of either party as a primary cause of domestic
violence;
(d) Fair fighting
techniques; or
(e) Faith-based
ideology associated with a particular religion or
denomination.
(3) The
program curriculum shall be submitted with the initial certification
application and in annual monitoring to the ODV which will review for
compliance with rule and statute.
Rulemaking Authority
741.327 FS. Law Implemented
741.32,
741.325,
741.327
FS.
New 9-4-22.
