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DOES ABUSER EDUCATION WORK?

April 26, 2017abuser Education

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DOES ABUSER EDUCATION WORK?

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This question is commonly asked, but does not have a simple answer. Abuser education programs may work for those people who take the information and use it to stop harming others. A comparable question might be ‘Does education and treatment for drinking and driving offenders really work?’ The answer would also be similar: someone who truly wants to stop drinking will work to do so. Someone who doesn’t take such services seriously is at greater risk to re-offend. Ongoing studies continue to look for a definitive answer to this question, researcher Edward Gondolf has conducted a study comparing different Abuser Education Program formats (For more information on this study CLICK HERE). Another resource for this question is Jeffrey Edelson’s work (for more information CLICK HERE).