Nev. Admin. Code § 228.185 - Curriculum and instructional materials

An organization that operates a program shall ensure that the curriculum and instructional materials used in the program include:

1. The following topics:

(a) The patterns and cycle of violent or abusive behavior;

(b) How patterns and attitudes toward violent behavior in a family are often learned by the generations that follow;

(c) The ability to remove oneself from situations that have the potential of becoming violent before acting in a violent or abusive manner;

(d) Beliefs of offenders and myths relating to provocation;

(e) The necessity of using a plan of control that is developed by a provider of treatment pursuant to NAC 228.170;

(f) Tactics used by an offender to obtain or maintain power over and control of a person who is a victim of domestic violence, including, without limitation, isolating the person, emotionally abusing the person, sexually abusing the person, intimidating the person and threatening the person;

(g) Methods of controlling violent behavior;

(h) Management of stress;

(i) Socialization of roles relating to gender and the effect of those roles on the beliefs and attitudes of the offender relating to his or her violent behavior;

(j) Resolution of conflict;

(k) Skills for effective communication;

(l) Taking responsibility for engaging in violent behavior;

(m) Personal and cultural attitudes toward the opposite sex;

(n) Cultural and societal bases for engaging in violent behavior, including, without limitation, values and beliefs relating to violent behavior;

(o) Defining alcohol and other substance use disorders and discussing the effect that such disorders have on an offender and his or her family;

(p) Skills related to parenting that focus on the effect of domestic violence on children;

(q) Skills related to enhancing personal relationships;

(r) Guilt and shame experienced by an offender relating to his or her violent behavior;

(s) The ability to share power and decision making equally in a personal relationship;

(t) Using a model for personal relationships that is based on nonviolence and equality and that incorporates the concepts of accountability for one's own behavior, negotiation, fairness, and equality concerning economic issues; and

(u) Identifying signs of a relapse in behavior and methods of preventing such a relapse.

2. A module specific to victim safety.

Notes

Nev. Admin. Code § 228.185

Added to NAC by Com. on Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000; A by R071-20A, eff. 7/28/2021

NRS 439.258