This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cebc4cw.org/
Note: The Emerge Program was not responsive to the CEBC's request for information about their program. The following information was obtained from publicly available sources (websites, articles, etc.).
Scientific Rating:
NR
Not able to be Rated
See scale of 1-5
Relevance to Child Welfare Rating:
NR
Not able to be Rated
See scale of 1-3
Brief Description:
The Emerge Program has been reviewed by the CEBC in the area of Domestic Violence: Batterer Intervention Programs, but lacks the necessary research evidence to be given either a Scientific Rating or a Child Welfare Relevance Rating. Emerge's mission is to eliminate violence in intimate relationships. In working toward this goal, Emerge seeks to educate individual abusers, prevent young people from learning to accept violence in their relationships, improve institutional responses to domestic violence, and increase public awareness about the causes and solutions to partner violence. With the development of parenting education groups for fathers, Emerge has recently expanded its mission to include a goal of helping men to become more responsible parents.
Emerge teaches that domestic violence is a learned behavior, not a disease or a sickness. Emerge supports grassroots, institutional and cultural efforts to stop partner violence, sexual assault, and child abuse. Emerge recognizes that other oppressive life circumstances such as racism, poverty, and homophobia create a climate that contributes to partner violence.
Manual and Training section:
The publicly available information indicates that there is both a manual and training available for Emerge. Multiple manuals are available on the website at www.emergedv.com. Contact Director of Training at 617-547-9879.
Relevant Published, Peer-Reviewed Research:
Emerge has been reviewed and it was determined that this program lacks the type of published, peer-reviewed research that meets the CEBC criteria for a scientific rating of 1 - 5. Therefore, the program has been given the classification of "NR - Not Rated." It was reviewed because it was identified by the topic expert as a program being used in the field, or it is being marketed and/or used in California with children receiving services from child welfare or related systems and their parents/caregivers. Some programs that are not rated may have published, peer-reviewed research that does not meet the above stated criteria or may have eligible studies that have not yet been published in the peer-reviewed literature. For more information on the "NR - Not Rated" classification, please see the Scientific Rating Scale.
There are currently no published, peer-reviewed research studies for Emerge.
References:
Adams, D., & Cayouette, S. (2002). Emerge: A group education model for abusers. In E. Aldarondo and F. Mederos, (Eds.). Programs for men who batter: Intervention and prevention strategies in a diverse society (pp 4-1 - 4-32). Kingston NJ, Civic Research Institute.
Adams, D. (2003). Treatment programs for batterers. Clinics in Family Practice, 5(1), 159-176.
Contact Information:
Affiliation/Agency: Emerge: Counseling & Education to Stop Domestic Violence
Phone: 617-547-9879
E-mail: emergedv@aol.com
Website: www.emergedv.com
Date review compiled: July 2007