The Batterers Intervention Program, originally called the Domestic Violence Program (DVP) was founded by Paul Hegstrom in Duluth, Minnesota. The program was renamed in 1985 to Life Skills International as it's scope was broadened to include Victim Services along with the help it provided to the offender.

New Start Family Life Skills claims a recidivism rate of less than 3% locally. This betters the average of less than 6% recidivism that is claimed by all affiliates of Life Skills International on a national level.

HOW WE DO IT...

CLASSES:
Classes form monthly and a Domestic Violence Inventory Assessment is done on all court ordered clients.

For more information, please call 785-827-2800.

The curriculum will help any individual gain life-changing skills in:

• Anger Management
• The 15 Types of Emotional Abuse
• Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
• Love and Family Bonding
• Managing Stress
• Breaking the Bonds of Shame
• Developing Trust
• Establishing Roots for a Healthy Family
• Profile of the "Silent Knight" & His Victim
• Mother/Son Relationship
• Respecting Self and Others
• Defining Domestic Violence
• Taking Responsibility
• Communications
• Male/Female Differences
• Awareness & Processing of Feelings
• Learning to Forgive
• Accepting Responsibility
• Making Lasting Relationships
• Lack of Parenting
• Father/Daughter Relationship
  

The issues that people deal with in their relationships are issues from childhood that should have been dealt with long before their first date.

Life Skills believes each person's issues are their own, and need to be resolved individually. We each need to take responsibility for our own behaviors.