NAC228.185. Curriculum and instructional materials.

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

     1. The patterns and cycle of violent or abusive behavior;

     2. How patterns and attitudes toward violent behavior in a family are often learned by the generations that follow;

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

     4. Beliefs of offenders and myths relating to provocation;

     5. The necessity of using a plan of control that is developed by a provider of treatment pursuant to NAC 228.170;

     6. 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;

     7. Methods of controlling violent behavior;

     8. Management of stress;

     9. 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;

     10. Resolution of conflict;

     11. Skills for effective communication;

     12. Taking responsibility for engaging in violent behavior;

     13. Personal and cultural attitudes toward the opposite sex;

     14. Cultural and societal bases for engaging in violent behavior, including, without limitation, values and beliefs relating to violent behavior;

     15. Defining alcoholism and other forms of substance abuse and discussing the effect that substance abuse has on an offender and his or her family;

     16. Skills related to parenting that focus on the effect of domestic violence on children;

     17. Skills related to enhancing personal relationships;

     18. Guilt and shame experienced by an offender relating to his or her violent behavior;

     19. The ability to share power and decision making equally in a personal relationship;

     20. 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

     21. Identifying signs of a relapse in behavior and methods of preventing such a relapse.

     (Added to NAC by Com. on Domestic Violence by R213-99, eff. 8-1-2000)