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SUMMARY:Intimate Partner/Domestic Violence Intervention Training for Mental Health Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Program Description:\nThis two-day program\, presented in partnership with New Hope Midcoast\, is designed for social workers\, substance abuse counselors and other mental health professionals\, as well as clergy\, police officers and first responders to become certified in intimate partner violence training. \nThe following topics will be covered during the 12-contact hours of the program: foundations of domestic abuse\, addressing the lasting impact of domestic abuse\, intervention strategies of domestic abuse and trauma-informed and culturally competent responses to domestic abuse. \nProgram Benefits:\nThis 12-hour curriculum was developed collaboratively by the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence and partners in the mental health field in order to meet the 2020 domestic violence training requirements for psychologists\, licensed clinical social workers and licensed clinical professional counselors (see L.D. 1238. 126th Legis. 2013). The four three-hour modules include information that will help mental health professionals be prepared to work with people who have experienced and perpetrated domestic abuse and violence. \nTopics Covered:\nDay 1:\nModule 1 – Domestic Abuse: Foundations \nParticipants will be able to:\n– Define domestic abuse and trauma\n– Examine the multitude of barriers to safety that batters create for their partners and family members\n– Identify the tactics that batterers employ to obtain and maintain power and control over their partners and family members \nModule 2 – Domestic Abuse: Addressing the Lasting Impact \nParticipants will be able to:\n– Discuss the impact of trauma on the brain\n– Identify several short and long-term health impacts of domestic violence\n– Describe particular challenges facing survivors of multi-abuse trauma \nDay 2:\nModule 3 – Domestic Abuse: Intervention Strategies \nParticipants will be able to:\n– Distinguish between appropriate roles for mental health providers and those for domestic violence advocates\n– Identify screening strategies to use in your practice\n– Describe the basic safety planning strategies\, including how to refer to a domestic violence resource center\n– Define the difference between risk analysis and evidence-based risk assessment\n– Analyze batterer tactics of control as they relate to seeking professional help \nModule 4 – Domestic Abuse: Trauma-Informed and Culturally Competent Responses \nParticipants will be able to:\n– Discuss trauma-informed strategies for working with survivors\n– List strategies for addressing secondary trauma that you may experience as a provide\n– Analyze the barriers and resources faith provides to both survivors and abusers\n– Describe various aspects of culturally competent services and list culturally-specific domestic violence resources in Maine \nWho Should Enroll:\n– Psychologists\n– Licensed clinical social workers\n– Licensed clinical professional counselors \nProgram Details:\nFacilitators:\nPresenter Lori Rodriguez (she/her/they/them) is a domestic violence resource center advocate with New Hope Midcoast. Her background is in gender and sexuality studies\, as well as in campus-based sexual violence prevention. Their current role as a Community Prevention Educator focuses on working directly with people impacted by domestic abuse\, dating violence and stalking. In addition\, they provide educational resources to members of the Midcoast Maine community about the dynamics of domestic abuse. Lori has a particular passion for working with survivors in the LGBTQ+ community as well as working towards enhancing community members’ and other social service providers’ ability to respond from an anti-oppression\, trauma-informed lens. \nHillary Waterman\, PhD (she/her) joined New Hope in May of 2022 as Community Prevention Educator for Knox and Waldo counties. She comes to domestic violence advocacy work from a social science background in which she studied households\, gaining a nuanced understanding of the deeply held\, often unspoken cultural precepts structuring relations of gender\, power\, and entitlement in this most basic of human institutions. In this role of Community Educator\, her goal is to bring understanding and raise awareness of the scope and causes of domestic abuse through focused education\, trainings\, and outreach. \nDates and Times:\nMarch 4–5\, 2026\n8:30 am – 4:00 pm ET\nRegister by February 23 \nRegister Online\nNotify me when new dates are available \nModality:\nThis dynamic program will be offered synchronously via Zoom—you’ll need access to a stable internet connection. \nProgram Fee:\n$235 \nParticipants can choose to participate in one or two days of the program. Registration for individual modules is available for those who have already completed a portion of the required hours for this training. \nMaine Community Foundation Scholarship Resources \nClass Capacity:\n45 participants \nContinuing Education Credits:\n12 contact hours / 1.2 CEUs are available.\nCertificate for completing the entirety of this 12-hour course.\nLearn more about Continuing Education Units. \nAccommodations:\nFor more information or to request an accommodation\, contact us at um.continuinged@maine.edu\, 207.581.3167. \nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhen will I receive my certificate?\nA very important question! Typically\, we send out certificates within 3-5 business days after a program has taken place. These procedures are not automated—we appreciate your patience and know how important this credential is for your licensure. \nWhen will I receive my Zoom link?\nYou’ll receive your Zoom link to participate in the training\, as well as any materials\, within two weeks of the program start date. \nWho do I reach out to if I have a question?\nContact us at um.continuinged@maine.edu.
URL:/calendar/event/intimate-partner-domestic-violence-intervention-training-for-mental-health-professionals-3/2026-03-05/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:Spanish Table
DESCRIPTION:Spanish Table is a conversation gathering open to all members of the 91±¬ÁĎ and the community interested in improving their Spanish conversation.
URL:/calendar/event/spanish-table/2026-03-05/
LOCATION:Williams Hall\, Orono\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Student Activities
ORGANIZER;CN="Department of Modern Languages and Classics":MAILTO:um.mlandc@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:Marcus Urann Lecture - More Than Learners: Students as Makers of the 91±¬ÁĎ
DESCRIPTION:Marcus Urann Lecture\nMore Than Learners: Students as Makers of the 91±¬ÁĎ\nLecture presented by Dr. Joan Ferrini-Mundy followed by a Q&A session moderated by Prof. Michael Socolow.\nAs a student at the University of  Maine\, Marcus L. Urann believed that an honor society recognizing academic achievement would elevate scholastic leaders in the eyes of their classmates and the state. He  spearheaded the establishment of the  Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi\, of  which the 91±¬ÁĎ is the founding chapter. 
URL:/calendar/event/marcus-urann-lecture-more-than-learners-students-as-makers-of-the-university-of-maine/
LOCATION:Minsky Recital Hall\, 91±¬ÁĎ\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Seminars
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SUMMARY:Helping to Calm Strong Emotions with Resonant Language
DESCRIPTION:If your employer is a compact member of the Harold Alfond Center for the Advancement of Maine’s Workforce\, you may be eligible to take this program at a reduced cost. Visit our Harold Alfond Center Workforce Development Funding page for more information. \nProgram Description\nDo people seem more edgy and argumentative these days? Would you like your own inner voice to be nurturing and supportive during challenging moments? Are you eager to support the emotional well-being of the people around you during these high-stress times? Could you use some easy-to-learn tools to help calm things down without using punishment or fear? Tools you could readily employ to mitigate conflict between students\, dispel tension during customer service interactions\, reduce workplace friction and intentionally minimize stress with your family and friends? \nIf you answered “yes” to any of these questions\, this interactive online Resonant Language workshop will offer you many tools to move toward your goals. \nParticipants will learn practical strategies for helping calm strong emotions in ourselves and others. Together\, we’ll delve into verbal and somatic strategies to move away from brittle reactivity and into resilient responsiveness. You will leave this course with an understanding of how neuroscience and resonant language can help strengthen harmony and authentic connection. \nProgram Benefits\n\nImprove your ability to self-regulate\nStrengthen your self-empathy\nLearn how to teach empathy to others–even children and teens\nIncrease your tolerance of strong emotions so that you can move beyond being triggered yourself\nExperiment with verbal and somatic strategies to de-escalate strong emotions during conflict\nGain confidence in your ability to manage strong emotions in diverse situations\n\nTopics Covered\nWe will explore: \n\npractical things to do and say to help people calm down\nhow whatever is happening makes sense and can be worked with\nsources of trauma and what happens in our brains and bodies when trauma is activated\nthe practical power of Resonant Language\n\nThese tools are easily learned and can have immediate results. \nWho Should Enroll\nThis program is designed to benefit: \n\nPeople who work with youth (childcare providers\, ed techs\, educators\, school counselors\, school administrators\, social workers\, teachers)\nFrontline workers\nPeople who work in service industries\nMunicipal workers\nParents/guardians\n\nNot sure if this program is right for you? Contact us at um.continuinged@maine.edu and we can help you figure it out. \nProgram Details\nInstructor\nPeggy Smith (she/her) holds a master’s degree in literacy and language arts from the University of Pennsylvania\, and is a certified trainer with the International Center for Nonviolent Communication with over four decades of teaching experience. A co-founder of the Maine Nonviolent Communication Network\, Smith is at the forefront of bringing empathic thinking and communicating to midcoast Maine. Since 1991\, Smith has studied with Zen teacher and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh and is a dharma teacher within his tradition. Smith enjoys designing and implementing programs that support empathic thinking and communicating as part of systemic culture change. She lives in Lincolnville\, Maine and greets the day watching the sunrise over Islesboro. \nProgram Dates and Times\nMarch 5\, 12\, 19\, & 26\, 2026 (Registration Opens September 2025)\n4:00–5:30 pm ET \nModality\nThis dynamic\, participatory program will be offered synchronously via Zoom—you’ll need access to a stable internet connection. This is NOT a pre-recorded program. \nParticipants will benefit from having a copy of Your Resonant Self Workbook\, by Sarah Peyton (Norton Press). Please consider sourcing from a local bookstore. \nProgram Fee\n$200 \nMaine Community Foundation Scholarship Resources \nClass Capacity\n25 participants \nContinuing Education Credits\n\n6 hours / 0.6 CEUs\nCertificate of Completion Available Upon Request.\n\nAccommodations\nFor more information or to request an accommodation contact us at um.continuinged@maine.edu.
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LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Online Events
ORGANIZER;CN="Division of Lifelong Learning":MAILTO:um.continuinged@maine.edu
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SUMMARY:National Theater Live Broadcast - Hamlet
DESCRIPTION:Olivier Award-winner Hiran Abeysekera (Life of Pi ) is Hamlet in this fearless\, contemporary take on Shakespeare’s famous tragedy. \nTrapped between duty and doubt\, surrounded by power and privilege\, young Prince Hamlet dares to ask the ultimate question – you know the one. \nNational Theatre Deputy Artistic Director Robert Hastie (Standing at the Sky’s Edge\, Operation Mincemeat ) directs this sharp\, stylish and darkly funny reimagining.
URL:/calendar/event/national-theater-live-broadcast-hamlet/
LOCATION:Collins Center for the Arts\, 2 Flagstaff Road\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts,Collins Center,Public Programs and Shows
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