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May 2011
Supporting Parenting in Shelter Webinar
Publisher(s):This 1.5 hour webinar explores practical approaches to supporting parenting in shelter. The presenters offer suggestions for policy change, making space for parenting, and for providing survivor centered advocacy that helps rebuild parent/child bonds and resiliency.
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January 2011
Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence Growing Together Project: An Analysis of Focus Groups with Mothers and Youth Statewide
Publisher(s):In 2011, WCADV conducted 6 adult and 2 youth focus groups at DV programs in eight locations around Wisconsin. The purpose of these groups was to understand more about how DV has affected mother-child relationships and learn more about what these mothers and children need from DV programs. The focus groups were supplemented with information gathered from children in support groups in local domestic violence programs.
See more of WCADVs materials on Children and Youth at: http://www.wcadv.org/ourwork/children-and-youth
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- General Material
January 2011
Evidence-Based Practices for Children Exposed to Violence: A Selection from Federal Databases
Publisher(s):This document gathers federal research about programs that serve children exposed to violence and includes a summary of the practices associated with successful results.
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- General Material
December 2010
Addressing Domestic Violence, Child Safety and Well-being: Collaborative Strategies for California Families
Publisher(s):This report is designed to identify the progress that has been achieved in California over the past decade and make policy recommendations for the state that will not only improve responses to the families affected by domestic violence but begin to put in place strategies for prevention.
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- General Material
April 2010
Mothers in the Military: Punishing Mothers Who Serve
Publisher(s):* See Women and War, where journalists, experts, female soldiers and veterans share their experiences and discuss issues including women in combat, sexual assault in the military and inadequate benefits for female veterans.
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- General Material
January 2010
Command Indiscretion
Publisher(s):This article highlights some of the challenges experienced by military women while deployed related to sexual violence, reproductive justice, motherhood and other issues.
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- General Material
January 2010
Supporting the Mother/Child Bond to Build Strength & Resiliency: Strategies for Domestic Violence Advocates
Publisher(s):This document offers 13 key elements of a strong mother/child relationship for families who have lived with domestic violence and offers concrete suggestions for advocacy and support.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
January 2010
The Needs of Children in Domestic Violence Shelters
Publisher(s):This toolkit for service providers is a teaching tool and guide for understanding how trauma from domestic violence impacts children and how best to serve these children's needs. Although it was designed for use by shelter-based and other domestic violence direct service providers in North Carolina, it has broad applicability.
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- General Material
January 2010
Battered Mothers Involved with Child Protective Services: Learning from Immigrant, Refugee, and Indigenous Womens Experiences
Publisher(s):This report presents voices of immigrant, refugee, and indigenous women survivors on their experiences with the Child Protective Services. The report aims to inform and enhance the child protective services system.
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- General Material
January 2010
A Guide for Mothers, Grandmothers, and Others for Helping a Girl Caught in Prostitution or Sex Trafficking
Publisher(s):This is a seven-part online guide to help women learn how to help young girls victimized by prostitution or sex trafficking. Este es una guía electrónica para que las mujeres puedan aprender a ayudar a víctimas jóvenes de la prostitución y la trata sexual.
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- General Material
October 2009
Intimate Partner Violence and Barriers to Mental Healthcare for Ethnically Diverse Populations of Women
Publisher(s):Ethnically diverse populations of women, particularly survivors of intimate partner violence, experience many barriers to mental health care. Attention to the barriers to mental health care for ethnically diverse survivors of IPV can help inform the development of more effective strategies for health care practice and policy.
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- General Material
October 2009
Children's Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey
Publisher(s):This Bulletin discusses the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children’s exposure to violence to date, measuring the past-year and lifetime exposure for children age 17 and younger across several major categories.