You’re Invited!
Please join us Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. ET as we take to Twitter to discuss domestic violence’s impact on children. In observance of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we’re joining forces with VAWnet to discuss the prevalence and implications of children’s exposure to domestic violence and what parents, practitioners and family advocates can do to help.
A 2006 study published in the Journal of Family Psychology found that 15.5 million children in the U.S. lived in families in which violence between partners occurred at least once in the previous year. The study also found seven million children lived in families in which severe partner violence occurred.
To increase awareness, the Safe Start Center recently released a toolkit focused on children’s exposure to domestic violence. The toolkit includes an easy to understand infographic, issue brief and tip sheets on CEV and how adults can help.
VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, is an online library supporting evidence-based, culturally-specific prevention and response to domestic and sexual violence. VAWnet’s collection of materials on Children Exposed to Domestic Violence review key research findings and offer promising practices.
We hope you’ll join us using #CEVchat to follow and participate in the conversation. Questions about how our Twitter chats work? Find instructions here or click on the Twitter Chats tab at the top of this page.
Register here: http://cevchat.eventbrite.com
Feedback? Questions? Feel free to contact us at info@safestartcenter.org.
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