Domestic Violence Action Plan

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The current strategic plan The Maryland Way, ends in 2017 and has no mention of any sort of domestic violence training or prevention. Therefore, Kevin Anderson should implement this into the future plan in order to uphold its core value of being responsible and doing the right thing at all times (Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, 2012). It is extremely important that student athletes are not only acting appropriately on the field, but also off the field as well.
Since a majority of the time, athletes are not forced to serve the punishment for the crime they commit, our goal, through the training courses on domestic violence, would be to eliminate domestic violence completely by the University of Maryland’s athletes. …show more content…

In 2003, the American Psychological Association (APA) Task Force Prevention: Promoting Strength, Resilience, and Health in Young People reviewed a number of prevention programs for delinquency, youth violence, substance use, and sexual risk behaviors (Nation et al., 2003). In analyzing these programs, the group identified nine principles that are characteristic of effective programs (Nation et al., 2003). Specifically, they asserted that effective prevention strategies are:
● Comprehensive;
● Have varied teaching methods;
● Provide sufficient dosage (i.e., conduct follow-up sessions after the training ends);
● Theory driven;
● Promote positive relationships (i.e., between the participants and their loved ones);
● Appropriately timed;
● Socioculturally relevant (i.e., respond to cultural norms);
● Use outcome evaluations; and
● Managed by a well-trained staff
These principles are valuable and should be considered in the development of the domestic violence prevention and training program for …show more content…

Since domestic violence is one of the most underreported crimes in the country, the course would also focus on how to encourage women to speak out if they experience domestic violence (O’Neil, 2010). Females would be trained on what services are available for them to contact if they feel that they have experienced any sort of domestic violence. There are a variety of services available that can be anonymous phone lines to receive advice for these situations. Also, there are programs that can help females in the reporting process and can provide legal advice if they wish to take the issue to court. There is a wide range of services that are available to females who are wishing to report domestic violence, which would make the main point of training to inform females on these different services to help them determine the steps that they wish to take in reporting this

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