Problem:
As a clinical mental health counseling student seeking practicum/internship opportunities finish the following sentence about ACT-abuse counseling and Treatment , INC a facility that provides serves to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. I am particularly drawn to your facility because____. exert from their site: ACT has various programs within our residential program.Enhancing our work in our Residential Shelter Program is always a priority for ACT. In reviewing research studies, one study used a true experimental design and followed women for two years in order to examine the effectiveness of a community-based advocacy programs for domestic abuse survivors.Advocates worked with women 4-6 hours a week over 10 weeks. Advocates were highly trained to help survivors across a variety of areas including: leadership, education, employment, housing, legal assistance, issues with children, transportation, and many other issues. Survivors who worked with the advocates experienced less violence over time, reported higher quality of life and social support, and had less difficulty obtaining community resources over time. One out of four (24%) of the survivors who worked with advocates experienced no physical abuse, by the original assailant or by any new partners, across the two years of post-intervention follow-up. One out of ten (11%) women in the control group remained completely free of violence during the same period. Need Assignment Help?