Incorporate tech-savvy skills into your work with victims by learning how to:

  • Explain Common Forms of Tech-Enabled Abuse

  • Identify Red Flags

  • Help Victims Understand & Identify their Digital Footprint (online accounts & apps)

  • Improve Digital Safety Through Tech Safety Planning

  • Apply Tech-Savvy Trauma Informed Care

Who Should Participate

Anyone who works with victims of domestic violence, sexual violence, elder abuse, stalking, bullying and human trafficking. This includes law enforcement, social workers, attorneys, healthcare professionals, title IX officers, victim advocates, case managers, counselors, therapists, court staff, judges, mediators, investigators and more.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • A message from the instructor

    • Before we begin...
  • 2

    Introduction to Tech-Enabled Abuse

    • Technology-Enabled Abuse: What is it?

    • Who is being harmed and how bad is it?

    • Why victims of gender-based violence are high risk

    • Real World Examples

    • What did you notice?

    • Test your learning

    • Resources
  • 3

    Red Flags: Screening for Abuse

    • Getting Started

    • Reddish Flags

    • Red Flags

    • More Red Flags

    • Example: Spotting Flags

    • Test Your Learning

    • Resource: Red Flag Screening Questions
  • 4

    Tech Safety

    • Identifying the Digital Footprint

    • Getting Started

    • STEP 1: Using a Safe Device

    • STEP 2: Create a New Email?

    • STEP 3: The Password Problem (1 of 3)

    • Passwords (2 of 3)

    • Passwords (3 of 3)

    • STEP 4: 2-Factor Authentication (2FA)

    • Example: 2-Factor Authentication

    • STEP 5: "Trusted" Devices

    • Example: Identify & Remove "Trusted Devices"

    • STEP 6: Compromised Contact Info

    • Example: Addressing Compromised Contact Information

    • STEP 7: The Problem with Security Questions

    • Test Your Learning

    • Practice Lesson: Using the Guides
  • 5

    Overcoming Challenges

    • Introduction

    • Getting on the Same Page

    • Unique Challenges Pt. 1

    • Unique Challenges Pt. 2

    • Reaching Victims Pt. 1

    • Reaching Victims Pt. 2

    • Test Your Learning

    • Resources
  • 6

    Survey: How did it go?

    • Course Feedback & Improvements

Instructor(s)

Adam Dodge

Instructor

Adam Dodge, J.D., is a California Attorney, and founder of EndTAB, who specializes in the ways technology is misused to harm victims of gender-based violence, elder abuse, human trafficking and stalking. He co-authored The Empowered Woman’s Guide to Divorce and has contributed to features in the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, SELF Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Gizmodo, GQ and others. Adam spends a great deal of his time delivering innovative technology-enabled abuse presentations to victim-serving organizations and government agencies around the world.