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Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers: A Resource to Support Parenting
by Linda Baker and Alison Cunningham (2004). This 76-page resource, developed with funding from the Ontario Women's Directorate, is written for service providers assisting women who have survived woman abuse. These services may be offered in the violence against women sector, or through children's mental health centres, in child protection settings, or any other place where women seek assistance for their children. Material addresses the needs of abused women as mothers, how abusive men parent, how abusive men affect family dynamics, effects of power and control tactics on mothers, the potential impact of woman abuse on children of different ages, and strategies used by young people to cope with violence in their homes. Guidance on parenting children exposed to violence is also offered. Forty-two pages are designed as handouts for women, to be distribued as an adjunct to individual or group interventions on woman abuse or on parenting.
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Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers: A Resource to Support Parenting
by Linda Baker and Alison Cunningham (2004). This 76-page resource, developed with funding from the Ontario Women's Directorate, is written for service providers assisting women who have survived woman abuse. These services may be offered in the violence against women sector, or through children's mental health centres, in child protection settings, or any other place where women seek assistance for their children. Material addresses the needs of abused women as mothers, how abusive men parent, how abusive men affect family dynamics, effects of power and control tactics on mothers, the potential impact of woman abuse on children of different ages, and strategies used by young people to cope with violence in their homes. Guidance on parenting children exposed to violence is also offered. Forty-two pages are designed as handouts for women, to be distribued as an adjunct to individual or group interventions on woman abuse or on parenting.
Contents
- How to Use This Resource
- Working with Abused Women: Assumptions & Values
- 10 Principles of Service Delivery
- Characteristics of Abusive Men
- Power & Control Wheel
- Positive Messages for Mothers
- Advocacy Wheel
- The Needs of Abused Women as Mothers
- Working with Mothers in Shelters
- Working with Women on Farms or in Rural or Remote Areas
- Working with Aboriginal Women
- Working with Women New to Canada
- How Abusive Men Parent
- How Abusive Men Affect Family Dynamics
- Effects of Power & Control Tactics on a Mother
- Roles Children may Assume When Woman Abuse Occurs
- Why the "Everyday Essentials" for Parenting are Important for Children who Lived with Violence
- Survival Strategies of Children & Teenagers
- Potential Impact of Violence on Infants and Toddlers
- Potential Impact of Violence on Preschoolers
- Potential Impact of Violence on School-age Children
- Potential Impact of Violence on Teenagers
- Taking Care of Yourself
- Knowing When to Report Child Maltreatment
- Additional Resources
