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Responding to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
The following are research studies and policies along with national, State, and local resources on a variety of collaborative programs that are responding to children who are exposed to domestic violence.
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National Center for Children Exposed to Violence
Provides information on the effects of violence exposure on children and training and technical assistance to a variety of collaborative community programs that respond to children and families exposed to violence.
Safe Start Center
Aims to broaden the scope of knowledge and resources for responding to the needs of children exposed to violence and their families.
The Child Witness to Violence Project
Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center
Provides counseling, advocacy, training, and outreach focusing on children who are bystanders to community and domestic violence.
Child Witnesses to Domestic Violence
Discusses legal measures to protect children who may be harmed by witnessing acts of domestic violence in their homes.
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Building Resiliency in Families With Young Children Exposed to Violence: The Safe Start Initiative Pilot Study
Ortega, Beauchemin, & Kaniskhan
Best Practices in Mental Health, 4(1), 2008
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Explores the relationship between risk and protective factors among families with young children who have been exposed to violence and Safe Start treatment outcomes as measured by the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form.
Child Protection in Families Experiencing Domestic Violence. [CD-ROM Version]
Domestic violence is a devastating social problem that affects every segment of the population. While system responses are primarily targeted towards adult victims of abuse, increasing attention is now focused on the children who witness domestic violence. Studies estimate that 10 to 20 percent of children are at risk for exposure to domestic violence. Research also indicates children exposed to domestic violence are at an increased risk of being abused or neglected, and that a majority of studies reveal there are adult and child victims in 30 to 60 percent of families who experience domestic violence. This manual provides background ...
Children and Domestic Violence
System responses to domestic violence have typically been targeted toward adult victims of abuse. However, increased attention is now being focused on children who witness domestic violence. This bulletin addresses the impact of domestic violence on children and the resulting implications on professional practice. Resources such as websites and additional publications are also provided for further information.
Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (2002)
Highlights issues of incidence, effects, and intervention associated with children's exposure to domestic violence.
Creating Safety and Stability for Children Exposed to Family Violence: A Working Paper for Family to Family Sites (PDF - 144 KB)
Cohen & Davis (2006)
Provides information that can be used by Family to Family grantees to expand, improve, and complement their current practices to respond to the needs of families experiencing domestic violence that are in the child welfare system.
Crisis Intervention for Children and Caregivers Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence
Blodgett, Behan, Erp, Harrington, & Souers
Best Practices in Mental Health, 4(1), 2008
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Describes the activities and outcomes of the Spokane Safe Start crisis response.
Direct Service Recommendations for Children and Caregivers Exposed to Community and Domestic Violence
Schewe
Best Practices in Mental Health, 4(1), 2008
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Describes evaluations of several programs designed to help children and caregivers who have been exposed to domestic or community violence.
Early Childhood, Domestic Violence, and Poverty: Helping Young Children and Their Families
Schechter (Ed.) (2004)
Presents a series of papers designed for pediatric health settings, early childhood programs, family support providers, police, and domestic violence agencies containing practical guidelines and policy recommendations for early childhood intervention with young children affected by domestic violence and poverty.
Emerging Responses to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
Edelson & Nissley (2006)
Reviews the research, policies, and programs focused on children who have witnessed domestic violence.
Evaluation of a Wrap-Around Process for Children Exposed to Family Violence
Crusto, Lowell, Paulicin, Reynolds, Feinn, Friedman, & Kaufman
Best Practices in Mental Health, 4(1), 2008
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Offers comprehensive assessment, targeted caregiver-child intervention, individualized service planning, and care coordination.
A Judicial Checklist for Children and Youth Exposed to Violence (PDF - 520 KB)
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (2006)
Discusses the effects on children and youth of exposure to violence and summarizes promising community collaborations that employ a multidisciplinary approach in responding to children's exposure to violence. Also see the checklist. (PDF - 184 KB)
Resources -- Children Exposed to Violence
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health
Includes a compilation of publications and resources that address children exposed to domestic violence.
Safe Start: Promising Approaches Communities: Working Together to Help Children Exposed to Violence (PDF - 1810 KB)
Safe Start Center & Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2008)
Describes the Safe Start initiative, which seeks to prevent and reduce the negative consequences of children's exposure to violence, as well as to create conditions that enhance the well-being of all children and adolescents through preventive interventions.
Silent Realities: Supporting Young Children and Their Families Who Experience Violence
This guide describes the effects of trauma on young children and suggests strategies for helping victims and witnesses of community and domestic violence to heal. Based on concepts presented by experts attending an institute held during a National Head Start Association training conference in April 2000, the discussion emphasizes the importance of encouraging children and adults to express their fears. Teachers and other adults are encouraged to identify changes in children's typical behavior and provide opportunities for them to communicate their feelings through art, stories, and drama. Adults also should ensure that children feel safe and in control. The experts ...
What Criteria Do Child Protective Services Investigators Use to Substantiate Exposure to Domestic Violence?
Coohey
Child Welfare, 86(4), 2007
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Determines whether child protective services investigators apply a recognizable set of criteria to substantiate batterers and victims of battering for exposing their children to domestic violence.
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