Workshops

Illuminations hosts a workshop designed to train professionals in skills that lead to more effective service delivery to victims of child sexual abuse, their families, and perpetrators. From its inception, professionals of all backgrounds, levels of experience and skills have praised the workshops for their power and compelling nature. Formal evaluations and comments indicate an increase of participant's cognitive and emphatic understanding of: the experience and behavior of victims; the impact on families; the mindset and behavior of perpetrators.

Illuminations Workshops provide:

• An opportunity to deepen and expand understanding and hone professional skills.
• A context to reflect on and share professional and non-professional experience and knowledge.
• An opportunity to gain deeper intellectual insights into the cadre of experiences resulting from child maltreatment.
• An opportunity to gain and deepen effective insights into all aspects of child maltreatment.
• Training which is highly evocative.
• Ability to surface areas for further professional and personal reflection and development.

Workshop Design:

A variety of workshop structures are possible, ranging from two hours to multiple days.

Some examples include:

• A half day workshop of moderate depth utilizing the first work of art titled "Solitude" to explore the person's experience of victimization.
• A half day overview workshop utilizing the first three works of art.
• A Full day in-depth workshop exploring "J's" four works and his brother's three photographs.
• A Full two-day comprehensive workshop incorporating extensive written materials to facilitate a more extensive exploration of professional and personal implications.

The designated Facilitator will work closely with the client to determine more specific adaptions of the 

workshop to address particular needs of the intended audience.

Staff:

Credentialed Facilitators.

All Inquiries should be sent to our email address illuminations@ubalt.edu