The Power and Control Wheel is a tool that is helpful in understanding the pattern of abusive behavior that a person uses to establish and maintain control over their partner, including intimidation, threats and coercion, isolation, emotional abuse, economic abuse, and other tactics.

Click the links below to learn more and explore different versions of the wheel.

• Understanding the Power and Control Wheel (Domestic Abuse Intervention Project)
• Power and Control Wheel – English and Spanish (Duluth Model)
• Equality Wheel – English and Spanish (Duluth Model)
• Power & Control vs. Healthy Relationship Wheels (YWCA)

Immigrant survivors of domestic violence may be subject to additional coercive behaviors by a partner related to their culture, language, and legal immigration status. Immigrant survivors may also be less likely to report abuse due to an increased fear of immigration involvement and deportation, retaliation by their abusers, and separation from their children. Click the links below to learn more.

• Immigrant Power and Control Wheel (NCDSV)
• Immigrant Survivors Fear Reporting Violence (Tahirih Justice Center) 
• Power and Control Wheel for Immigrant Women (Futures Without Violence)

Trauma-Informed and Client-Centered Best Practices:

• Creating Trauma-Informed Services – Tipsheet Series (National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health)
• Do’s and Don’ts of Handling Domestic Violence Victims (UNC)

Safety Planning:

• Develop a Personal Safety Plan (The Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness)
• Interactive Guide to Safety Planning (National Domestic Violence Hotline)
• Safety Plan Templates in English and Spanish (USCRI)
• Guiding Questions for Safety Planning in Spanish (USCRI)

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or thehotline.org
• Women’s Law State Search Tool – directory of DV shelters and programs, legal assistance, courthouse locations to file a protective order, and sheriff’s departments
• Resources by State on Violence Against Women (OASH)
• Resources for Victims and Survivors of Domestic Violence (NCADV)

• Switchboard Trainings – Fundamentals of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) for Refugee Service Providers:
  • What Does a Culturally Responsive Approach Mean? 
  • The What, Why, and How of Safety Planning

• BRYCS Training – Refugee Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: Doubly Vulnerable

Our UC Resource Center offers videos and handouts in Spanish for families. Click the link to browse the resources on Prevención de Violencia and share them with your Spanish-speaking clients!

Other resources in Spanish:

• National Domestic Violence Hotline en Español: 1-800-799-7233 
• Women’s Law State Search Tool en Español – directory of DV shelters and programs, legal assistance, courthouse locations to file a protective order, and sheriff’s departments