Ending the Cycle of Violence Community Responses to Children of Battered Women [Paperback]

While there is a growing body of research on the children of battered women, there remains little practical information on the subject of intervention with these at-risk children. This book remedies the situation; providing insight to this varied and complex area, it overviews current practices and strategies and highlights recent innovations in the field.

The topics examined by the contributors include: shelters; domestic counselling; child protection services; the criminal justice system; and violence prevention and education in schools and communities.While there is a growing body of research on the children of battered women, there remains little practical information on the subject of intervention with these at-risk children. This book remedies the situation; providing insight to this varied and complex area, it overviews current practices and strategies and highlights recent innovations in the field.

The topics examined by the contributors include: shelters; domestic counselling; child protection services; the criminal justice system; and violence prevention and education in schools and communities.PART ONE: LIVING IN A VIOLENT CULTURE
Introduction - Einat Peled, Peter G Jaffe and Jeffrey L Edleson
Learning to be Violent - Myriam Miedzian
PART TWO: SHELTERS AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROGRAMS
Assessment Following Violence-Witnessing Trauma - William Arroyo and Spencer Eth
Individual Psychotherapy for the Traumatized Children of Abused Women - Louise Silvern, Jane Karyl and Toby Y Landis
Process and Outcome in Small Groups for Children of Battered Women - Einat Peled and Jeffrey L Edleson
Empowering Battered Women as Mothers - Joan Bilinkoff
Parenting Groups for Men Who Batter - David J Mathews
Advocacy for Children of Battered Women - Honore M Hughes and Michele Marshall
PART THREE: Clã«