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Coercive control training

Find training materials about the coercive control offence, including an eLearning module, recorded webinar and tip sheets.

About the training

Legal Aid NSW has developed a set of training materials for domestic and family violence specialist workers on the new coercive control offence.

Introduction to coercive control module

This is an eLearning course on the fundamentals of coercive control and the new legislation developed for domestic and family violence specialist workers.

Duration: 60 minutes
Content warning: This course looks at domestic violence and coercive control, including emotional abuse, physical and sexual violence and other forms of controlling behaviour. You will be presented with client case studies which may be distressing.
Access: Introduction to coercive control.

Coercive control: what do domestic and family violence specialist workers need to know recorded webinar

This recorded webinar focuses on how new laws will affect the day-to-day work of domestic and family violence specialist workers, featuring the following speakers:

Dr Jane Wangmann, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney
Bev Lazarou, Senior Project Officer, LANSW Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program (WDVCAP), and
Rachael Dobson, Senior Solicitor, LANSW Domestic Violence Unit.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Notes: Please note the views expressed in this webinar are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the position of Legal Aid NSW.
Access: Coercive control: what do domestic and family violence specialists need to know recorded webinar (duration 1h 26m 44s).