Domestic Violence Consultant and Expert Witness Testimony
Melissa is currently the Director of International Training at Global Rights for Women. She has a wealth of experience as the recent former executive director of Domestic Abuse Intervention Programs (DAIP), also known as “the Duluth Model.” Prior to working in Duluth as the executive director and a trainer on “the Duluth Model” for many years, she was the executive director of Advocates for Family Peace (AFFP) where she worked for 17 years. AFFP is a local multi-county domestic violence program that provided advocacy, emergency shelter, transitional housing, batterers intervention program (BIP), and supervised visitation program. She has also organized and lead three Coordinated Community Responses (CCRs) programs to address domestic violence. Melissa has co-facilitated groups for men who batter since 1999 and groups for women who use force since 2005. She has co-written curriculum and written resources on domestic violence that have been utilized internationally, nationally, and statewide. She has testified as an expert witness in primarily criminal court cases in Minnesota and Wisconsin since 2006. She has testified as an expert witness for prosecutors and defense attorneys. Recently, she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Women in Public Service from Hamline University.
Melissa Scaia's full biography and curriculum vitae for expert witness testimony |
Areas of expertise related to domestic violence |
Customized Training |
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Workshops and training for:
Consultations
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