A guide for practice when responding to children exposed ...

A guide for practice when responding to children exposed to domestic violenceThis guide for practice is one of the results of the Honor Our Voices project, a collaborative effort of the Avon Foundation for Women and two centers at the University of Minnesota: the Minnesota Center Against violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) and the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW). Honor Our Voices is a multi-faceted effort to increase the awareness and sensitivity of shelter advocates and other social service professionals to the needs of children exposed to domestic violence and to suggest promising ways of responding to these children s needs. A major element of the Honor Our Voices project is an online training module that includes the stories of three children exposed to domestic violence and highlights the effects of domestic violence on children and the promising practices that may respond to these children at different ages.

Understand the effects of domestic violence on children Working with children exposed to domestic violence requires us to consider the extent and impacts of such exposures on children’s development and behaviors. For example,

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