Woman Abuse Affects our Children An Educator's Guide by Linda Baker & Peter Jaffe (2007)

Woman Abuse Affects our Children: An Educator's Guide

by Linda Baker & Peter Jaffe (2007)

A resource for elementary teachers, principals and guidance counsellors funded by the Ontario Women's Directorate.

This Educator's Guide and its Facilitator's Manual were developed by an Expert Panel formed as part of the Government of Ontario's Domestic Violence Action Plan. The English-language panel developed these training materials to better support women and their children, and reduce abuse. The panel included representatives from provincial elementary teacher organizations, principal councils, school and Native guidance associations, Ontario faculties of education, community groups supporting immigrant and refugee women, and organizations from the violence prevention field.

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Table of Contents

Importance of this Topic

Glossary

Understanding Woman Abuse Helps Us Support Affected Students

Power and Control Wheel

Equality Wheel

Results of the 2004 General Social Survey on Victimization

What Recent Surveys Tell Us about Children Exposed to Spousal Violence

Impacts on Children and Adolescents

Signs a Student is Having Difficulties

Potential Impacts at Different Ages

What Educators May See

Responding When Students Display Troubling Behaviours

What Educators May See

Strategies for Supporting Students

Ways to Support a Student Who Makes a Disclosure

Guidelines for When a Parent is a Victim of Woman Abuse

Reporting to the Children's Aid Society

Reporting Guidelines

Safety Planning

What Educators May See

School and Community Partnerships

Community Responses

School-Based Violence Prevention

Examples of Resources

Resources that Promote Healthy Equal Relationships

Where to Go for Help

Resources

Appendix A: Child and Family Services Act (Ontario)

Appendix B: Ethical Standards for the Teaching Profession (Ontario)

References

En français

A French-language Expert Panel worked concurrently to the English-language panel developing materials for the francophone Ontario community:

Aide Enfants Témoins

Ordering Information

For information on how to order hard copies of the Educator's Guide and the Facilitator's Manual, visit the project's Resource Website.

Other Resources on Children and Domestic Violence

The Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System (formerly called the London Family Court Clinic) is known around the world for our innovative approach to understanding children exposed to domestic violence, supporting their mothers, and creating resources for service deliverers. A range of resources is available to assist students, front-line professionals, volunteers, educators, and mothers who themselves have survived woman abuse. On our Children and Domestic Violence Resource Page, you find links to all the material on our web site related to this important topic.

www.lfcc.on.ca

© 2004-2007 Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System

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