Mediate.com Podcast #50: Learning about the Safe & Together Model, with David Mandel

In this episode, Colin Rule interviews David Mandel, MA, LPC, the creator of the Safe & Together Model, a transformational approach to changing how systems and practitioners respond to domestic abuse when children are involved. With more than 35 years of experience in the domestic violence and child welfare fields, he has identified how a perpetrator pattern–based approach can improve the ability to partner with survivors, intervene with perpetrators as parents, and improve outcomes for children.

David is also the founder of the Safe & Together Institute, which works with governments and NGOs across the globe, including North America, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Through their live training, organizational consulting, online learning, and trainer certification, the Safe & Together Institute provides organizations and systems with a wide range of practice change tools. The Model has proven its relevance to multiple sectors, including family court, substance use, law enforcement, mental health, multi-agency efforts, and other disciplines.

David has written or co-written numerous journal articles, book chapters, and position papers, including his most recent one on the alignment of the Safe & Together Model with the children’s best interest framework. The Institute’s work is regularly the subject of research studies, including a current project examining the relevance of the Model in a First Nation context in Australia. He has just published his first book, Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to Transform the Way We Keep Children Safe from Domestic Violence, which is available online through Amazon.com.

Learn more:

• Safe & Together Institute: www.safeandtogetherinstitute.com
• Safe & Together Institute Online Learning Portal:  academy.safeandtogetherinstitute.com
• Partnered with A Survivor Podcast: https://safeandtogetherinstitute.com/partnered-with-a-survivor-podcast
• David’s book: Stop Blaming Mothers and Ignoring Fathers: How to transform the way we keep children safe from domestic violence:  https://mybook.to/mK39V

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David Mandel

David Mandel, MA, LPC, is the CEO, Founder, and Owner of the Safe & Together Institute, a global leader in domestic abuse–informed training and systems change. With over 35 years of experience in the domestic violence and child welfare fields, Mandel developed the Safe & Together Model, a framework that… MORE >

                       

Colin Rule

Since 2020, Colin Rule is CEO of ODR.com, Inc. and Resourceful Internet Solutions, Inc., home of Mediate.com, MediateUniversity.com, Arbitrate.com and CaseloadManager.com.  From 2017 to 2020, Colin was Vice President for Online Dispute Resolution at Tyler Technologies. Tyler acquired Modria.com, an ODR provider that Colin co-founded, in 2017.  Previously, from 2003… MORE >