Virtual Issues Discussion Group
The VID is now Closed.
ISPCAN was pleased to have presented the 11th Virtual Issues Discussion (VID) from 15 June through 22 June, 2009 on "Approach to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence".
PURPOSE OF ISPCAN'S VIRTUAL ISSUES DISCUSSION (VID) FORUM
The purpose of this forum is to initiate a discussion among ISPCAN members on an important issue facing the field of child maltreatment. It is hoped that the VID may stimulate new thinking and offer useful ideas to our members around the world.
| Topic: | Approach to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence |
| Date: | 15 June - 22 June 2009 |
| Facilitator: | Lisa Fontes, PhD |
| Panelists: | Dr. Helen Buckley |
| Claire Crooks, PhD | |
| Jeffrey L. Edleson, PhD | |
| Maria Eriksson | |
| Ming-Jen Wang |
| TIMELINE: | |
| 29 May - | VID Registration opens. Please check this webpage for registration instructions. |
| 12 June - | ISPCAN will circulate a stimulus paper and informational literature on this topic through our List-serv, and post it on our web page for members' review. ISPCAN will post a reminder to the List-serv, with instructions on how to participate in the VID discussion (ISPCAN Members can participate via a link on ISPCAN’s webpage). |
| 15 June - | VID begins! Once the Discussion begins, with an introduction of issues and key discussion, we encourage your active participation. The Facilitator and Panelists will check member postings and then comment/reply several times during the 120-hour period. Following the event, a summary will be developed by the forum Facilitator as a final report. |
| BACKGROUND MATERIALS: |
Emerging Responses to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence -Jeffrey L. Edleson Girls and Violence: Is the Gender Gap Closing? - Meda Chesney-Lind Edleson DV and Children one-page handout Children Exposed to Marital Violence: How School Councilors Can help - Lisa Aronson Fontes, Ph.D. Relevant ISPCAN CAN Journal articles: Self-reported disciplinary practices among women in the child welfare system: Association with domestic violence victimization The Canadian child welfare system response to exposure to domestic violence investigations Bullying in schools and exposure to domestic violence Gender differences in the risk for delinquency among youth exposed to family violence Potential Mediators of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Child Witnesses to Domestic Violence The impact of exposure to domestic violence on children and young people: A review of the literature Attributing responsibility for child maltreatment when domestic violence is present Peter G. Jaffe, Nancy K.D. Lemon and Samantha E. Poisson, Child Custody and Domestic Violence: A Call for Safety and Accountability, Sage Publications (2003). Adolescents’ perceptions of attachments to their mothers and fathers in families with histories of domestic violence: A longitudinal perspective In: Peter G. Jaffe, Linda L. Baker and Alison J. Cunningham, Editors, Protecting Children from Domestic Violence: Strategies for Community Intervention, Guilford Press (2004) 238 pages. When is the personal professional in public child welfare practice?: The influence of intimate partner and child abuse histories on workers in domestic violence cases The relationship between gender, depression, and self-esteem in children who have witnessed domestic violence Alcohol dependence and domestic violence as sequelae of abuse and conduct disorder in childhood Children living with domestic violence: Putting men's abuse of women on the child care Agenda : Edited by Audrey Mullender and Rebecca Morley. Whiting and Birch, London. 1994. 296 pp References: Brown, T. (2006) ‘Child abuse and domestic violence in the context of parental separation and divorce: New models of intervention’ in C. Humphreys and N. Stanley (eds) Domestic Violence and Child Protection: Directions for Good Practice’, London, Jessica Kingsley. Buckley, H., Whelan, S. and Holt, S. (2006) Listen to Me! Children’s Experience of Domestic Violence, Dublin: Children’s Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin Buckley, H., Horwath, J. and Whelan, S. (2006) Framework for the Assessment of Vulnerable Children and Their Families, Dublin: Children’s Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin. Buckley, H., Whelan, S. and Holt, S. (2007) Listen to Me! Children’s Experience of Domestic Violence, Child Abuse Review, 16, (5), p283 – 295 Buckley, H., Whelan, S., Carr, N. and Murphy, C. (2008) Service users’ perceptions of the Irish Child Protection System, Dublin, Office of the Minister for Children (available at www.omc.gov.ie) Holt. S. Buckley, H. and Whelan,S. The impact of exposure to domestic violence on children and young people, Child Abuse & Neglect, 32, 2008, p797 – 810 Cunningham, A., Baker, L. (2004) What About Me! Seeking to Undertand a Child’s View of Violence in the Family London, Ontario: Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System. Edleson, J.L., Mbilinyi, L.F., Beeman, S.K., Hagemeister, A.K. (2003) ‘ How Children Are Involved in Adult Domestic Violence: Results From a Four-City Telephone Survey’ Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Volume 18, No.1, pp18-32. Trocme, N. and Bala N (2005) ‘False allegations of abuse and neglect when parents separate: Child Abuse & Neglect, Vol.29, pp 1333-45 Mikton, C. (2008) Preventing Violence and Reducing its Impact: How Development Agencies can Help. World Health Organization. France. Osofsky, J.D. (1995) Children Who Witness Domestic Violence: The Invisible Victims. Social Policy Report, Vol.4, No.3. Society for Research in Child Development. Eriksson, M. (forthcoming) Girls and boys as victims: social workers’ approaches to children exposed to violence, Child Abuse Review. Eriksson, M. & Näsman, E. (2008). Participation in family law proceedings for children whose father is violent to their mother, Childhood, vol 15, no 2, 259-275. Eriksson, M. (2008) Revolutionary mothers? Interacting power relations, agency and social change, NORA: Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research, vol 16, no 2, 96-113. Eriksson, M., Hester, M., Keskinen, S., & Pringle K. (eds) (2005). Tackling men’s violence in families: Nordic issues and dilemmas. Bristol: The Policy Press. Eriksson, M. (2002). Men’s violence, men’s parenting and gender politics in Sweden. NORA: Nordic Journal of Women’s Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1, 6-15. Eriksson, M. & Hester, M. (2001). Violent Men As Good-Enough Fathers? A look at England and Sweden. Violence Against Women, Vol. 7, No. 7, 779-799. |
| RELEVANT LINKS: | |
| » | Exposure to physical and sexual violence and adverse health behaviours in African children: results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey. David W Brown, Leanne Riley, Alexander Butchart, David R Meddings, Laura Kann & Alison Phinney Harvey, Bull World Health Organ;87:447–455, 2009: This study examines how childhood exposure to violence is associated with adverse health behaviours in Namibia, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe. Full article: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/87/6/07-047423.pdf |
Please feel free to contact ISPCAN Webmaster: Charles B. Wilson at web@ispcan.org if you have any questions regarding the VID.
