On February 27, 1995, the Committee on the Assessment of Family Violence Interventions convened a workshop in Washington, D.C., for service providers and researchers who are involved in programs designed to treat, control, and prevent various forms of family violence. The workshop was organized to obtain perspectives from practitioners as part of the committee's fact- finding process in conducting a comprehensive study on what is known about the effectiveness of treatment and prevention programs for family violence. It consisted of five panels of speakers, and the agenda was designed to inform the further work of the committee by highlighting the experiences and perspectives of service providers who focus on various aspects of family violence interventions. The five panels were child victims services, spousal victim services, elderly and dependent adult victim services, treatment of offenders, and comprehensive services. The presentations reflect the various orientations of service providers, who are based in health, social service, and law enforcement settings. In response to recognition of the severity and scope of family violence, legal, health, and social service institutions have established programs for victims, perpetrators, or troubled families. Community-based services, such as battered women's shelter programs, have also been developed by former victims of spousal abuse and grassroots activists. Overall the workshop illustrated the variation in the design of family violence interventions by focusing on a small selection of popular programs as well as novel or promising new approaches to intervention. Appended list of workshop participants