Emerge offers a variety of educational manuals to use for providing abuser services and for program administration. Some materials are offered at specific trainings as a part of the training fee. If you have any additional questions about these materials, please contact our office by phone or e-mail.
Program Manual for First & Second Stage Groups
This program manual outlines the entire Emerge model including specific educational presentations, individual activities and guidance on running exercises. It also gives some supplemental information on writing reports to referral sources, conducting partner contacts and explains our philosophy of providing abuser education. The Emerge model is composed of a 40-session curriculum, but can be adapted to additional or fewer sessions and can be used in addition to other abuser education models.
This manual is provided to each participant during the introductory training. Due to the challenge of intervening in domestic violence, we recommended that people attend an Emerge training to fully understand this manual.
If it is difficult to attend an Emerge training due to travel expenses, it may be helpful to subscribe to our e-mail newsletter (subscribe link at bottom of this page) to learn of trainings coming to your area.
SPANISH Program Manual for First & Second Stage Groups
This program manual is a translation of our English manual (above). Included are several articles explaining cultural adaptations of the Emerge interventions for Latino men.
Due to the challenge of intervening in domestic violence, we recommended that people attend an Emerge training to fully understand this manual.
If it is difficult to attend an Emerge training due to travel expenses, it may be helpful to subscribe to our e-mail newsletter (subscribe link at bottom of this page) to learn of trainings coming to your area.
COMBINATION PROGRAM MANUAL / DVD:
If you are interested in purchasing both the Emerge Program Manual and one of our two DVDs, "Danger Assessment" or "In Their Own Voices." CLICK HERE for additional information on our DVDs.
Partner Contact Manual
As a part of conducting abuser education services in Massachusetts, all state certified programs are required to attempt a phone contact with the abuser’s current partner and ex-partners. This manual
outlines the method Emerge uses for these contacts and includes more detail than what is found in the First & Second Stage Program Manual. It contains the partner contact form that is in the appendix of the program manual and includes details on the purpose, philosophy, safety concerns, logistics and the details behind actually making a partner contact.
Policy and Procedure Manual for Group Leaders
For additional information on Emerge’s program orientation procedures for new clients, specific administrative details on collecting group fees and dealing with resistant clients, and some ethical considerations for group leaders, this manual is a critical addition to any newly established abuser education program. This manual may also be helpful for established programs to learn which Emerge administrative functions might benefit their agency.
Understanding and Responding to the Adolescent Perpetrator of Dating Violence
This manual is an adaptation of the Emerge program manual on how to develop and facilitate prevention and intervention groups for adolescent perpetrators. It includes specific information on working with this age group in a school setting.
