Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 125 - BOARD OF CORRECTIONS
Chapter 125-4 - INSTITUTIONAL, CENTER, AND PROGRAM SERVICES
Subject 125-4-9 - FAMILY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION PROGRAM
Rule 125-4-9-.06 - Requirements for Family Violence Intervention Program Curriculum

Universal Citation: GA Rules and Regs r 125-4-9-.06

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through March 20, 2024

(a) General Model. While certified programs may use various curricula in running programs, all certified programs will use an educational model of group intervention that adheres to the following principles regarding family violence:

(1) Power and Control. Program topics must follow a model that identifies and challenges family violence as an overall system of physical and emotional abuse where the participant chooses to use tactics of power and control over a victim.

(2) Beliefs and Social Context. Program topics shall consistently identify and challenge personal beliefs the participant holds and social contexts that support those beliefs that motivate the use of power and control tactics over the victim.

(3) Effects. Program topics shall consistently identify and hold the participant accountable for the physical and emotional effects on victims of the participant's violence and abuse.

(b) Appropriate Intervention Practices. Appropriate intervention practices are identified in Department SOP. Every program must, at a minimum, incorporate the following intervention practices:

(1) holding the participant accountable for past, present and future acts of family violence;

(2) appropriately identifying and challenging tactics of power and control;

(3) appropriately identifying and challenging myths and belief systems that support family violence; and

(4) identifying the effects a participant's abusive actions have on others, including children.

(c) Prohibited Intervention Practices. Prohibited intervention practices are detailed in Department SOP. The following is a list of intervention practices that are specifically prohibited from inclusion in FVIP's:

(1) any intervention approach that blames or suggests there is any behavior on the part of the victim that causes, provokes, or excuses abuse;

(2) any intervention approach that does not state clearly that participants bear sole responsibility for their choices;

(3) any couples, marriage, or family therapy or treatment;

(4) individual therapy or treatment by the program.

Ga. Constitution 1982, Art. XI, Sec. 1, Par. I, (b), O.C.G.A. Secs. 42-2-11, 42-5-55.

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