Resources

Curricula and Training Manuals

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    In this guide, published by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the author describes victims in contact with batterers, explains why they remain in contact, and describes a victim-defined approach to advocacy. Topics include the accuracy of victims’ risk analyses, what to include in a safety plan, what to do when advocates have a different analysis, and when to talk about options for limiting contact. The authors also discuss ways to support a victim’s parenting, reviewing risks to children, and what to do if the children are not okay.
     

  • Breaking the Cycle: Fathering After Violence. Curriculum Guidelines and Tools (audiovisual program)
    Family Violence Prevention Fund

    The authors of this online curriculum provide resources to help batterer intervention programs help fathers who have perpetrated family violence relate to their children in positive ways. Topics include background information, cultural and parenting issues, staff training activities, evaluations of pilot programs, exercises on empathy, modeling, and the raparative process, personal stories, downloadable guides, and other tools. Available in English and Spanish.
     
  • Building Bridges Between the Healthy Marriage, Responsible Fatherhood, and Domestic Violence Movements: A Preliminary Guide
    Ooms, T., Boggess, J., Menard, A.,Myrick, M., Roberts, P., Tweedie, J., Wilson, P., 2006
     
    Based on the proceedings of the Building Bridges Wingspread Conference held in May 2006, the authors of this guide, published by the Center for Law and Social Policy and the National Conference of State Legislatures, summarize current tensions among the three fields and discusses possible avenues for collaboration. Topics include misunderstandings among the three fields, concerns and fears, common ground, and ways to work together for better outcomes.
     

  • Caring Dads: Helping Fathers Value Their Children (training manual)
    Scott, K., Francis, K., Crooks, C., Kelly, T., 2006

    The authors of this manual offer a 17-session program aimed at helping men who have maltreated their children or exposed them to domestic violence. This program draws from best practices in the fields of batterer intervention, parenting, child maltreatment, behavior change, and working with resistant clients. Designed for use by both novice and experienced service providers, the program is organized around four therapeutic goals: engaging men; building positive parenting; recognizing and countering abuse; and rebuilding trust with children.

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    In this guide, published by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, the authors provide strategies for developing effective Program Improvement Plans (PIPs) to achieve safety, permanency, and well-being in domestic violence cases, and to identify technical assistance needs. Topics include current research on the differential impact of exposure to domestic violence on children, potential PIP strategies, process and practice measures, indicators, and system factors.
     

  • Child Development Tips for Parents Online
    Family Violence Prevention Fund, 2009

    This curriculum guide by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, is designed to empower teachers and others to use literature or other media to educate youth about relationships and family violence. Materials include information about approaching the issue of violence with teens, a resource library, lesson plans, an online program evaluation, videos, and a mini magazine.

  • Child Exposure to Domestic Violence (CEDV) Scale
    Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse, 2007
     
    This is a measure to directly monitor child exposure and involvement in adult domestic violence events. The tool is designed for children ages 10-16. Materials include the scale, a 55-page User Manual, articles about assesing child exposure and the development of the measure, and other supporting materials.
     
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    In this practice manual, published by the Children's Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the author provides concrete strategies for identifying and responding to situations in which children are exposed to domestic violence. Topics include information about the overlap between child maltreatment and domestic violence, conducting an initial screening, practice guidelines for family assessment, practice modifications, enhancing safety, and building collaborative responses.
     
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    In this training manual, the authors focus on practical applications of knowledge about the co-occurrence of family violence and child abuse. Topics include addressing denial, lethality assessment, child and perpetrator assessment of domestic violence, family safety plans for children and survivors. The training are based on Georgia statutes, but can be adapted to other States.
     

  • Child Welfare Trauma Toolkit
    National Child Traumatic Stress Network, 2008

    This guide is designed to teach basic knowledge, skills, and values for supporting the safety, permanency, and well-being of children who are in the child welfare system and who have experienced traumatic stress. The toolkit provides cases analyses in seven modules totaling approximately 12 training hours. Topics include an introduction to child traumatic stress, impacts on behavior, assessment, supporting the child, family, and caregiver, managing professional stress, and appendices with supplemental materials.
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    The authors of this guide, published by the Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System, Ontario, Canada, provide strategies for early childhood educators to help children under 5 years old who are exposed to violence in the home. Topics include the impact of domestic violence on children, how to recognize the signs of exposure, how to support children and deal with challenging behaviors, and resources for parents who may be adult victims.
     
  • Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence: A Guide to Research and Resources
    National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, 2006 
     
    NCJFCJ, in collaboration with the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, has compiled this guide to research and resources to help judges and practitioners in juvenile and family courts identify and understand the key issues surrounding children’s exposure to violence. The companion publication, A Judicial Checklist for Children and Youth Who Have Been Exposed to Violence
     
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    This Guide, published by the Grafton County Greenbook Project, is intended to be a starting point to acquaint CASA volunteers with the issues involved in co-occurrence. Contents include an overview of the issues, role of CASA volunteers, myths and realities, tactics of batterers, decision making and protective strategies of parents who experience domestic violence, speaking with family members, safety planning, and resources for the family.
     
  • They authors provide a three hour curriculum, Power Point presentation and related tools for use in child welfare settings with foster parents, kin caregivers, and adoptive parents caring for children who have been exposed to domestic violence. Topics include basic training on the dynamics of domestic violence, the impact of domestic violence on children, and strategies for supporting children.

  • Cops, Kids, and Domestic Violence - Police Training (video)
    National Child Traumatic Stress Network

    This is a CD-ROM-based training on the impact of domestic violence on children developed for law enforcement. The training presents a "typical" domestic violence scene to which law enforcement officers are called to respond. NCTSN also provides print materials on school and community violence, complex trauma, and child abuse and neglect.

  • Creating Trauma-Informed Child-Serving Systems
    National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Service System Brief, 1 (1), 2007
     
    The authors of this brief provide a guide for integrating trauma-focused information into systems and promoting strong collaborations among systems and disciplines. Topics include increasing skills for identifying and triaging traumatized children, gaps in knowledge or practice in specific systems, steps for promoting trauma-based services, and resources. 
     
  • Cultural and Linguistic Competence: Implementation Guide
    Martinez, K. and Van Buren, E., 2008
     
    The authors of this guide provide a compendium of knowledge and experience gained since the late 1990s for delivering culturally and linguistically competent evidence-based services in mental health systems of care and other human service agencies. Topics include strategies, best practice examples, resources, and performance indicators for government, service systems, planning/quality improvement, and collaboration and community outreach.
     

  • Developing Trauma-Informed Services for Families Experiencing Homelessness: An Interactive Training Video and Guide
    D. Gabowitz and K. Konnath, 2008

    This training package for providers, published by the National Center on Family Homelessness, focuses on the relationship between homelessness and traumatic stress and how to apply trauma concepts to daily work with homeless families. Educational goals include the relationship between homelessness and trauma, the human stress response, effects of trauma on people's lives, trauma-informed responses within shelter settings, and the importance of self-care.

  • Gearity, A., 2009
     
    Developmental Repair is a relational intervention for young children ages 3 to 3rd grade who need intensive early intervention due to aggressive and disruptive behavior and who have not been able to benefit from usual community resources. The manual is divided into six sections: description of the population; research; practical applications; Developmental Repair model; support for families and staff; and group treatment. Many of the ideas are applicable to children of all ages, in a variety of settings.
     

  • Don't Hit My Mommy! A Manual for Child-Parent Psychotherapy with Young Witnesses of Family Violence
    Lieberman, A. and Van Horn, P., 2005

    The authors of this book provide practice treatment guidelines for psychotherapists to address the behavioral and mental health problems of young children whose most intimate relationships are disrupted by the experience of violence. Topics include the impact of violence and concrete intervention strategies to address the consequences of this experience for young children.

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    In this guide, published by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the authors provide a policy framework for communities to improve services to families experiencing domestic violence and child maltreatment. The recommendations were developed in collaboration with an interdisciplinary committee of experts from the courts, domestic violence and child welfare systems, federal agencies, and universities. From 2000-2007, six "Greenbook" demonstration sites were funded. Local and national evaluations of these projects, and technical assistance materials are posted online at www.thegreenbook.info.
     

  • Emotional Effects of Domestic Violence on Children (online curriculum)
    National Children's Advocacy Center

  • Guide for Preventing and Responding to School Violence 
    Office of Justice Programs, U.S. DOJ and International Association of Chiefs of Police, 2009
     
    In this new edition, the authors present strategies and approaches for school staff, students, communities, and law enforcement to consider when creating safer learning environments. Topics include prevention, assessment, crisis planning, and crisis and post-crisis response.
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    Produced by the American Bar Association in collaboration with the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and Zero to Three National Policy Center, the authors of this guide address the health needs of very young children in the child welfare system. Topics include research on physical health, child development, attachment, infant mental health, early care and education, and tools to help judges promote better outcomes for preschoolers.
     

  • Helping Children Who Witness Domestic Violence: A Guide for Parents (instructor's manual)
    M. Crager and L. Anderson, 1997

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    In this Guide, published by the St. Louis County Greenbook Initiative, a coalition of the Missouri Department of Social Services, Family Court of St. Louis County, and other key partners, the authors analyze current policies and procedures in co-occurrence cases and ways to address existing challenges. The Guide is intended to serve as a framework to assist attorneys, judges, social service providers, and volunteers working with families in co-occurrence cases.
     

  • Hope and Healing: A Caregiver's Guide to Helping Young Children Affected by Trauma
    Rice, K.F. and Groves, B.M., 2002 

    The authors of this book provide a guide for early childhood professionals who care for children in a variety of early care and education settings. Topics include how trauma affects children's physical and social-emotional development, building caring relationships for children, creating safe environments, talking about sensitive issues with families, working with other agencies, reporting abuse and neglect, and print, Web, and organization resources for families and early childhood professionals.
     
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    Published by the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the Greenbook was designed to guide collaborative efforts among local child protection agencies, domestic violence advocacy programs, the family or dependency court, and other organizations, to more effectively serve families experiencing domestic violence and child maltreatment. In this document, the authors share leadership lessons from the perspective of the Greenbook project directors. Topics include laying the foundation for change, resources and strategies to promote the change process, and leadership to meet diverse program needs.

  • Improving Safety, Reducing Harm: Children, Young People and Domestic Violence - A Practical Toolkit for Front-Line Practitioners
    Department of Health, London, England, 2009

    In this toolkit, the authors provide information to improve responses to issues, such as child protection, domestic violence, bullying, sexual violence, and gangs. Topics include tiers of intervention, risk assessment, safety planning, guidance for schools, and sample forms. 

  • Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Victimization: Understanding the Issues, Developing a Coordinated Community Response (online tutorial)
    Institute for Family Violence Studies, Florida State University School of Social Work