Children Exposed To Violence: Current Issues, Interventions and Research

by Geffner; Robert

• ISBN13: 9780789038289
• ISBN10: 0789038285
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2009-02-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book provides chapters concerning the physiological effects of violence on children, its effects on behavioral and emotional functioning, and differences between boys and girls.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Children Exposed to Violence: An Often Neglected Social

Mental Health, and Public Health Problem

Current Issues

The Nature and Extent of Childhood Exposure to Violence: What We Know

Why We Don't Know More, and Why It Matters

Violence and the Effects of Trauma on American Indian and Alaska Native Populations

Current Research

Proximity and Risk in Children's Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence Incidents

The Physiological and Traumatic Effects of Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence

The Experiences of Adults Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence as Children: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Resilience and Protective Factors

Examination of Sex Differences and Type of Violence Exposure in a Mediation Model of Family Violence

Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms on Children's Emotional and Behavioral Functioning

Current Interventions

The Safe Start Initiative: Building and Disseminating Knowledge to Support Children Exposed to Violence

Safe Start: Promising Practices from the Evaluation of the Demonstration Project Association for the Study and Development of Community

Community-Based Treatment Outcomes for Parents and Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

Ten Lessons Learned in Alaska: Home Visitation and Intimate Partner Violence

Future Directions

Children Exposed to Violence in the Child Protection System: Practice-Based Assessment of the System Process Can Lead to Practical Strategies for Improvement

Children Exposed to Violence at School: An Evidence-based Intervention Agenda for the "Real" Bullying Problem

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