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New Publications
FATHERING AFTER VIOLENCE: Working with Abusive Fathers in Supervised Visitation
This guide is intended to assist the grantees of the Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and
Safe Exchange Grant Program (Supervised Visitation Program or SVP) that want to enhance
the safety and well-being of women and children by working more deliberately with abusive
fathers who use the centers to visit their children. Although fathers are not always the
visiting parents and, in fact, in some centers mothers make up almost half of the visiting
caseload, this document was designed to target in particular visiting fathers who have been
violent with their intimate partners.
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BEYOND OBSERVATION: Considerations for Advancing Domestic Violence Practice In Supervised Visitation
This paper presents considerations for expanded practice in the Supervised Visitation Grant Program and describes interventions that go beyond observation in the supervised visitation
setting in the context of domestic violence. The information for this paper comes from a number of sources including: interviews with experts in the field; a review of the literature on supervised visitation; observations of center operations; and focus groups conducted with consumers, staff, judges, lawyers and key constituents of supervised visitation centers.
The intended audience includes the staff of visitation centers, clinicians, lawyers, judges, domestic violence advocates, and men's non-violence programs.
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Honor your Mentors! Invest in the Dreams of Girls and the Power of Women
Thank a Mentor. Be a Mentor Postcard FREE!
Created by Katie VonDelinde
In honor of an incredible activist, mentor and friend, Susan Schechter, please send these postcards to the women in your life who have believed in and supported your dreams and have made a difference in the world.
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Steps Toward Safety: Improving Systemic and Community Based Responses for Families Experiencing Domestic Violence
This report outlines the lessons learned and promising practices that have emerged from 15 years of working to improve responses from systems and the community on the issue of the overlap of domestic violence and child welfare.
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CONNECT announces new publication, "Collaborative Engagement; helping child welfare service providers support families struggling with domestic violence, mental illness, substance abuse and poverty."
This important volume offers new insights into the interlocking issues of poverty, mental illness, substance abuse and domestic violence and how they impact on the welfare of children. Advancing new ways to support families struggling to keep themselves and their children safe, this book is essential for staff working with families in need.
To purchase copies of the Guidebook, please visit: www.connectnyc.org
Supervised Visitation: Information for Mothers Who Have Been Abused
This Guide is for mothers who have experienced abuse and whose children are in supervised visitation programs. It provides basic information about how supervised visitation programs work and how mothers can prepare themselves and their children for the experience.
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Connect, A Mini-Magazine for Caregivers Issue 2!
Connect contains information for foster parents and kin on meeting the
needs of children who have been exposed to domestic violence and are in the child welfare system.
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Child Witnesses to Domestic Violence: State Statutes Series
Community Partnerships for Protecting Children: Lessons about Addressing Domestic Violence
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Creating Safety and Stability for Children Exposed to Family Violence: A Working Paper for Family to Family Sites
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New FREE Posters targeting fathers who use violence. Order Now
Poster versions
Role Model
Memories
Memories--American Indian/Alaska Native
Modelo
Advocacy Matters
Helping Mothers and Their Children Involved with the Child Protection System
Activist Dialogues
How Domestic Violence and Child Welfare Impact Women of Color and Their Communities
Understanding Children, Immigration, and Family Violence
Helping Traumatized Children Learn: A Report and Policy Agenda
"Helping Traumatized Children Learn is a groundbreaking report that can show educators and communities exactly how to help children who have experienced family violence. The considerable impact of domestic violence on children's ability to learn has been ignored for too long. The education and policy agenda that Massachusetts Advocates for Children offers here is vitally important and can improve the lives of countless children who have been traumatized by domestic violence." - Esta Soler, FVPF President
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The U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse suggests that domestic violence may be the single major precursor to child abuse and neglect fatalities in this country.