Nev. Admin. Code § 228.185

Current through December 31, 2024
Section 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.

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