Children and Adolescents Experiences of Violence and Abuse at Home: Current The [Paperback]

0. Introduction. Part I. Children and Young peoples experiences of DVA. 1. Childrens experiences of domestic violence and abuse: Resistances and paradoxical resiliencies. 2. The impact of exposure to domestic violence in childhood: What can reviews of the literature tell us about sex-differences? 3. Growing up with domestic abuse: retrospective accounts. 4. A European perspective on children and adolescents who experience domestic violence and abuse. 5. Childrens exposure to domestic violence in rural Pakistani societies. Part II. The impact of DVA on children. 6. The impact of domestic violence and abuse on children and young people: Internalising symptoms and mental health. 7. The self-regulation capacities of young people exposed to violence. 8. School experiences of children experiencing domestic violence. 9. Barriers to help-seeking from the victim/survivor perspective. 10. The journey towards recovery: Adults reflections on their learning and recovery from experiencing childhood domestic abuse. Part III. Insights from Practice. 11. Negotiating power, ethics, and agency: Working towards centralising childrens voices in the DVA intervention evidence-base. 12. How children talk about domestic abuse in the home: insights for practitioners. 13. Psychological sequelae of witnessing intra-parental violence on childrens development as individuals and (future) partners. 14. Responding to the mental health needs of children who experience domestic violence. 15. Mind the blind spot: Accounts of fathering by domestically violent men. 16. Wellbeing Development for Young people who have experienced violence and abuse. 17. Conclusion.

The book is organised into three sections, the first covering work that has focused on the experiences of living in DV settings as a child or young person, the second offers overviews of the impact of child victimisation and the final section is about working with children in practice and servicl.