HELP for Victim Service Providers -- an OVC online resource

I am looking for a program and best practices as a guideline for working with children. I am working with my county to start a shelter from scratch and need to know anything and everything that is helpful...

Brenda Glick

10/29/2007

You could contact our city's Family Sunshine Center @ (334) ...

Folashada

11/01/2007

As a child advocate what is the best way to serve the needds of a child without getting too involved on an emotional level? What defines "too involved?"

debbie norman

10/25/2006

You cannot. The Magic word is, Maturation. If that becomes a...

Dr Rucker

11/21/2007

If you are not emotionally involved, you are not going to be...

Betsy Murdock

06/28/2007

Understand the history of the child and his or her environme...

Terry Calhoun

06/27/2007

As a child advocate you have a professional duty to have the...

Dan Petersen

06/12/2007

Be there, believe the child, follow your gut, fight for tha...

Irma A. Groot

03/13/2007

You are only one person, but remember to that abused child y...

Barbara Cox

11/09/2006

We did have a Domestic Violence Court in Memphis fully funded by a $575.000.00 grant. Now, no judge wants to sit in a DV only court. Do you have any suggestions as to whom I should approach to get this cou...

Total Postings: 6

Cathy Matheson

10/25/2006

Our DV Task Force got involved to encourage participation of...

nikki

11/06/2007

I think youd definitely want judges to volunteer into the se...

Nancy Cline

10/30/2006

The O.C. Superior Court in response to the plight of kids in D.V homes created a novel response to Criminal cases. The family is screened,on the pronouncement of judgement the offender is ordered to comple...

Total Postings: 2

Pamela Iles

10/25/2006

Success is the healed'feeling of the victim after counseling...

Myrtle L. Powe

10/25/2006

As Chicago Police Officer assigned to the Juvenile Intervent...

Myrtle L. Powe

10/25/2006

How do you define success?

Linda

10/25/2006

This is a question to people in the field at large. What do you do when the interests of the child(ren) conflicts with the interest of the survivor? Such as, for the child it would be better to remove hi...

Total Postings: 3

Amanda

10/25/2006

Are you making an assumption about what is best for each? Pe...

Linda

10/25/2006

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OVCRC

10/25/2006

This question is for Betsy McAlister-Groves. I am a part of the ACYS Grant in Oklahoma; I am wondering if at your agency if you have any indexs you use that helps to determine how much violence children/ad...

LaKeia Robinson

10/25/2006

We use the Traumatic Events Screening Inventory (TESI) devel...

Betsy Groves

10/25/2006

There seems to be an increase in teenage females who are offending sexually against younger males. Is there any correlation between witnessing DV and this phenomenon? If so, is it a backlash of some sort...

C. Doherty

10/25/2006

As I indicated in an earlier posting, there can be a connect...

David Finkelhor

10/25/2006

The Child Abuse Protocol in our community calls for police to send all reports of domestic violence related crimes to social services where children are present and witness the offense, or are listed as re...

Vista Exline

10/25/2006

The California Attorney General's Office offers a training c...

C Thomas-Wold

07/30/2007

You may wish to access the following resources: (1) Early Ch...

Safe Start Ctr

12/05/2006

Consider a domestic violence training to impower your depart...

Myrtle L. Powe

10/25/2006

Are children of a certain age more or less likely to exhibit the common symptoms of exposure to violence? For example, if a child witnesses domestic violence at 4 as opposed to 10, are they more likely to ...

Total Postings: 3

Jennifer

10/25/2006

How often are children who witness a parent being abused also,in turn, abused themselves? Is a cycle or progression of violence common wherein the abuser batters the spouse and moves on to the children?

Jennifer

10/25/2006

I'm not sure if this is the answer you're looking for, but.....

StephanieMayer

10/25/2006

From a child welfare perspective, one of the most complicated situations that we approach has to do with parents who are violent with each other. The dynamics of violence are not always as simple as we wo...

Susie Settles

10/25/2006

I have been working with children to educate them on "good touch" "bad touch." What is the youngest age this kind of material should be introduced to a child?

debbie norman

10/25/2006

I don't think the 'Good Touch' 'Bad Touch' explanation is t...

Jan

07/30/2007

Many women are being punished by the court system for bringing up the domestic violence, especially during divorce and child custody hearings. Any suggestons for handling these situations?

Kathy

10/25/2006

The National Council for Juvenile and Family Court Judges (N...

Safe Start Ctr

12/05/2006

In our county we are designing a protocol between law enforcement agencies who respond to the home during dv incidents and child protective services immediate response. Any models you would recommend? W...

Susan Murray

10/25/2006

You might access the following resources:(1) Community Polic...

Safe Start Ctr

12/05/2006

Can you suggest any material that addresses boundry issues while working with children?

debbie norman

10/25/2006

What if you have a child in a domestic violence shelter that has a make believe friend and it is also telling her to do bad and unsafe things. When we talked to the mother about it she said that is just he...

Loretta

10/25/2006

What you are describing is not a normal response to witnessi...

Ashleigh

10/26/2006

I'm interested in more indepth training on the impact of domestic violence on children -- can you offer any suggestions for training or conferences?

Mary Snyder

10/25/2006

Contact the California Attorney General's Safe From the Star...

C Thomas-Wold

07/30/2007

We suggest the following organizations and materials:(1) NCT...

Safe Start Ctr

12/05/2006

Our program (the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston...

Betsy Groves

10/25/2006

Check out some of the training opportunities listed here. T...

David Finkelhor

10/25/2006

What is the statue of limitations on childhood sexual abuse? I have been working with a woman who was repeatedly molested beginning at age 6 (now 26). She had never revealed this info before coming into ...

Total Postings: 4

debbie norman

10/25/2006

it varies from state to state and whether it is a criminal o...

Linda

10/25/2006

We have several cases in our county where there has been documented abuse by the father, but yet he still manages to gain custody of the children. Do you see this as a trend? How do we explain this to th...

Kathy

10/25/2006

Resources on this topic include:(1) The Batterer as Parent: ...

Safe Start Ctr

12/05/2006

We do see this happening, but there has been a great deal of...

Betsy Groves

10/25/2006

Encourage the mother to step out of the emotional role to th...

Myrtle L. Powe

10/25/2006

What is the best way to work with the "non-offending" parent that denies that their child is effected by the abuse that he/she has witnessed?

Total Postings: 3

Pat

10/25/2006

What is the correlation between children victims of domestic violence and juvenile delinquency? What's the probability of a child who witnesses violence in the home early in life acting out at a later age...

Elvia Garcia

10/25/2006

Read Dr. Tony Cavanaugh Johnson's findings that children in ...

Jan

07/30/2007

Our PTA councils are going to do a public forum on the impact of DV on children. We are looking to limit it to 3 or 4 participants on stage. Social workers, guidance councilors & someone from the...

David Wells

10/25/2006

battered women, adult child who witnessed DV as a child, or ...

Linda

10/25/2006

I'm an employee at The Women Safe House, and we wanted to know how can we acess some literture on the topic of Children Exposed to Domestic Voilence.

EmmaGordonChild

10/25/2006

Go to http:www.mincava.umn.eduor go to our website: childwit...

Betsy Groves

10/25/2006