Work with Brandy

A board of directors in a nonprofit agency can mean the difference between the success or failure of the organization. Brandy’s considerable expertise on this topic draws from her extensive experience providing technical assistance and training to boards as well as her experience as a senior executive of nonprofit organizations. This training will take your board to the next level in leadership excellence.

At a time of awakening and change, Brandy helps nonprofit organizations create or reassess their strategic plans to ensure they address the most critical needs and priorities of our times and that there is a clear and measurable path forward for the success of the organization.

This training is for boards and leadership teams of nonprofit and social service organizations to equip them for disaster planning, responding to crisis, and leading their organizations through challenging times whether it be a human-instigated tragedy, natural disaster, or pandemic health crisis.

There are many factors to consider when providing virtual services for survivors of domestic violence and their children. This training is for is for agencies that provide social services in which they may come into contact with survivors of domestic violence and includes safety precautions to take in virtual service provision and how to communicate effectively with survivors of abuse remotely.

Too often social service providers fall into the trap of working to help others at the expense of their own mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional health. This training helps deconstruct thinking that leads to such self-neglect and guides participants in creating organizational and individual well-being plans.

When organizations experience trauma, they often get stuck in either fight, flight or frozen mode. When operating in these modes, every aspect of the organization is impacted. This training includes an overview of organizational trauma and how leaders can build a healthier work culture.

This training includes up-to-date information about the prevalence of intimate partner/domestic violence, common dynamics in abusive relationships, tactics used by perpetrators to control and oppress survivors, and safety strategies and resources for adult and child survivors.

Providing virtual services for domestic violence survivors is a necessity in our world today. However, such services pose risks and challenges that need to be understood and addressed to reduce danger to adult survivors and their children. Training participants will learn about precautions that should be taken in all virtual service delivery settings, even if the service provider does not know whether domestic violence is occurring in the home. This training also includes safety strategies, resources, and best practices for management teams regarding virtual service delivery.

Survivors of domestic violence often derive incredible strength from their faith and their spiritual communities. It is imperative that faith leaders and congregations are well equipped to safely provide support and resources to families when domestic violence occurs within their faith community. This training supports faith leaders in their understanding of domestic violence dynamics and creating a plan for supporting those in their faith community.

This training is for organizations that work to prevent child abuse and maltreatment before it occurs, respond to such cases in the child welfare system of care, or provide other services for families such as childcare and early learning. The goal of this training is to enhance the safety of child and adult survivors of domestic violence in every aspect of the agency’s interactions with families.

Relationship abuse among teenagers is commonly overlooked and/or minimized as a trivial problem. This training provides a foundational understanding of teen relationship abuse, the serious nature of this social problem, and how community partners should respond to teenagers experiencing or perpetrating abuse.

Children experience domestic violence in unique ways that require a range of responses and support systems. This training provides current data and information about the impact of domestic violence on children and offers concrete strategies for discussing safety and healing with kids and their non-abusive parent.

Violence is a learned behavior that can be unlearned and, better yet, prevented. There are steps we can take within our communities and with youth to prevent domestic violence and other forms of violence before they ever occur. In this training, Brandy offers a blend of the research behind violence prevention, strategies that have worked for communities, and planning next steps to prevent violence.

With adult and child survivor safety as the top priority, this training provides a blueprint for service providers to assess and respond to domestic violence and refer survivors to appropriate resources.

Domestic violence is a daunting issue to address for any organization or individual service provider. Add the dynamics of substance misuse and/or mental health complexities and challenges may seem insurmountable. This training provides an educational foundation for addressing these dynamics as well as strategies and support for service providers working with families experiencing these co-occurring factors.

This training helps participants build an informed understanding of the research-based risk factors for domestic violence homicide. Brandy also provides practical examples, tools, and strategies when working with survivors of domestic violence and their children who are being threatened or hurt by a perpetrator exhibiting these high-risk factors.

Medical providers are on the frontlines of responding to domestic violence and have an important role to play in enhancing the safety of patients who are experiencing domestic violence. This training focuses on supporting medical providers to respond to domestic violence safely, effectively, and quickly as they often have limited time with patients and a variety of issues to discuss.

Rather than recommending a specific domestic violence screening tool for all audiences, Brandy meets agencies where they are to assess the most appropriate methods of screening for each organization. Training also includes concrete strategies for implementation and opportunities for participants to role play screening conversations. responding to domestic violence and have an important role to play in enhancing the safety of patients who are experiencing domestic violence. This training focuses on supporting medical providers to respond to domestic violence safely, effectively, and quickly as they often have limited time with patients and a variety of issues to discuss.