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| Web Sites: |
| www.hss.state.ak.us/dph/chems/injury_prevention/akfvpp |
| The Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project (AFVPP) website provides access to the AFVPP Clearinghouse and Lending Library and an extensive collection of educational resources, publications, videos, posters, public service announcements, technical assistance manuals and training curricula on the health effects of domestic violence, childhood exposure to violence, and the connection between domestic violence and child abuse. |
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| www.childtrauma.org |
| The Child Trauma Academy provides service, training, and research focused in the areas of traumatized children and child maltreatment. Their Online University provides training with Dr. Bruce Perry. |
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| www.dana.org |
| The Dana web site provides free publications on neuroscience, and access to the Brain Information and BrainWeb section with information about current brain research and disorders. Brainy Kids Online provides activities, resources, and lesson plans to educate young children about the brain. |
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| www.endabuse.org |
| The Family Violence Prevention Fund operates an extensive web site with publications, training and educational resources, and the latest information on domestic violence related topics including health, immigrant women, policy development, and workplace violence. |
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| www.nccev.org |
| The National Center for Children Exposed to Violence at Yale University Child Study Center provides information including statistics and signs and symptoms of childhood exposure to violence, and a Resource Center that includes an online library and publications that can be downloaded. |
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| www.nctsnet.org |
| The National Resource Center for Child Traumatic Stress (NRC-CTS) provides information on a wide variety of topics related to child traumatic stress ranging from information for parents and caregivers to information tailored for the media. |
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| www.kff.org |
| The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation web site provides a fact sheet on TV violence (Publication #3335 dated Spring, 2003) |
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| www.safefromstart.org |
| The California Attorney General's Office provides an extensive bibliography of publications on the impact of violence on children, a listing of resources including videos, and a calendar of upcoming events. |
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| www.safeyouth.org |
| The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center is a gateway to comprehensive information on youth violence, suicide prevention, effects of terrorism on children, and intervention strategies. This website provides fact sheets, information on research including evaluation studies of intervention and prevention programs, best practices for school-based programs and community-based programs, and model policies. |
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| www.AskDrJami.org |
| Dr. Jami's website promotes resiliency for teens through bibliotherapy. Her website includes recommended web resources, nonfiction books, and fiction books for teens that can help to build resiliency. |
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| www.freevibe.com |
| A website sponsored by the Federal government that provides information and supportive messages to teens using drugs, alcohol, and coping with parents with substance abuse problems. |
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| Clinical Guidelines: |
| Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence: Consensus Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Health (2003); produced by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA; Phone (415) 252-8900; Website: endabuse.org |
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| Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence: Consensus Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Health (2002); produced by the Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA; Phone (415) 252-8900; Website: endabuse.org |
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| Curricula: |
| The Public Health Toolkit , (2003); Developed by Linda Chamberlain PhD MPH for the Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA; Phone (415) 252-8900; Website: endabuse.org---go to "health" and select "Making the Connection" |
| The Toolkit includes a comprehensive PowerPoint curriculum and speaker notes on CD-ROM , "Making the Connection: Domestic Violence and Public Health," organized by different areas of public health ranging from child and adolescent health to injury prevention; provides the epidemiology, the implications, relevant research, and promising strategies for each area of public health. |
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| Shelter from the Storm (2000); Developed by Betsy McAlister Groves, MSW, Elizabeth Roberts, MSW, and Maxine Weintraub, EdD. for the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA; (617) 414-3662. |
| A curriculum for mental health clinicians divided into six modules plus a bibliography and handouts and slides. Topics covered in the modules include assessment of children, individual and group treatment, and caring for the caregiver. The modules provide a detailed discussion of each slide along with questions and activities for discussion. |
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| Books: |
| A. BRAIN DEVELOPMENT |
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| Psychological Trauma and the Developing Brain: Neurologically Based Interventions for Troubled Children by Phyllis Stien and Joshua Kendall (2004). Published by Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press, Binghamton, NY. |
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| The Youngest Minds: Parenting and Genes in the Development of Intellect and Emotion by Ann B. Barnet MD and Richard J. Barnet (1998); published Touchstone, NY, NY. |
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| Magic Trees of the Mind: How to Nurture Your Child's Intelligence, Creativity, and Healthy Emotions from Birth through Adolescence by Marian Diamond PhD and Janet Hopson (1998); published by Penguin Putnam, 375 Hudson Street, NY, NY 10014. |
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| The Secret Life of the Brain by Richard Restak, MD. A co-publication of the Dana Press and Joseph Henry Press, 2101 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20418 www.jhpress.org . |
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| Liars, Lovers, and Heroes: What the New Brain Science Reveals about How We Become Who We Are by Steven R. Quartz PhD and Terrence J. Sejnowski, PhD (2002). Published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc. NY, NY. |
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| The Amazing Brain by Robert Ornstein and Richard F. Thompson (1984); published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 2 Park Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. |
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| B. EDUCATION/LEARNING . |
Too Scared to Learn: Women, Violence, and Education by Jenny Horsman (2000); published by Laurence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 10 Industrial Avenue, Mahwah, NJ 07430. |
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| Teaching Compassion: A Guide for Humane Educators, Teachers, and Parents by Pamela Raphael with Libby Colman, Ph.D. and Lynn Loar Ph.D. The Latham Foundation, Alameda CA 94501 |
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| C. MEDIA VIOLENCE |
Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie, and Video Game Violence by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGatetano (1999); published by Crown Publishers, NY, NY. |
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| Longitudinal Relations Between Children's Exposure to TV Violence and Their Aggressive and Violent Behavior in Young Adulthood: 1977-1992 by LR Huesmann, JM Moise-Titus, CL Podolski & LD Eron (2003). Developmental Psychology (Journal): 2003; Vol. 39(No.2): pages 201-221. |
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| Effects of Violent Video Games on Aggressive Behavior, Aggressive Cognition, Aggressive Affect, Physiological Arousal and Prosocial Behavior: A Meta-Analytic Review of Scientific Literature by Craig Anderson & Brad Bushman. Psychological Science (Journal): 2001; Vol. 12 (No. 5): 353-359. |
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| D. CHILDREN EXPOSED TO VIOLENCE |
| Children in a Violence Society edited by Joy D. Osofsky (1997). Published by Guildford Press, 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012. |
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| The Effects of Intimate Partner Violence on Children edited by Robert Geffner, Robyn Spurling Igelman and Jennifer Zellner (2003). Published by Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY |
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| Children and Interparental Violence by B.B. Robbie Rossman, Honore M. Hughes, and Mindy S. Rosenberg (2000). Published by Brunner/Mazel, Philadelphia, PA. |
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| E. INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION |
| Protecting Children from Domestic Violence edited by Peter G. Jaffe, Linda L. Baker, and Alison J. Cunningham (2004). Published by Guildford Press, NY, NY. |
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| Young Children and Trauma: Intervention and Treatment edited by Joy D. Osofsky (2004). Published by the Guildford Press. NY, NY. |
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| Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Victimization by Kathleen Kendall-Tackett (2003). Published by Civic Research Institute, PO Box 585, Kingston, NJ 08528. |
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| Domestic Violence in the Lives of Children: The Future of Research, Intervention and Social Policy edited by Sandra Graham-Bermann and Jeffrey Edleson (2001). Published by the American Psychological Association, Washington DC; Phone: (800) 374-2721 or (202) 336-5510 |
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| Violence in Homes and Communities: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment edited Thomas P. Gullotta and Sandra J. McElhaney (1999). Published by SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA. |
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| The Batterer as Parent: Addressing the Impact of Domestic Violence on Family Dynamics by Lundy Bancroft and Jay G. Silverman (2002). Published by Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA; e-mail: sagepub.com |
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| Childhood Experiences of Domestic Violence by Caroline McGee (2000). Published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Philadelphia, PA www.jkp.com |
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| Children of Battered Women by Peter G. Jaffe, David A. Wolfe, and Susan Kaye Wilson (2000; third printing) . Published by Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA; e-mail: sagepub.com |
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| 50 Strategies to Prevent Violent Domestic Crimes (2003). Published by the National Crime Prevention Council; Phone: 800 NCPC-911. |
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| Groupwork with Children of Battered Women: A Practitioner's Manual by Einat Peled and Diane Davis (1995). Published by Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA;
e-mail: order@sagepub.com |
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| Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness to Violence Project by Betsy McAlister Groves (2002). Published by Beacon Press, Boston, MA. |
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| F. BULLYING |
| Bullying Behavior: Current Issues, Research and Interventions edited by Robert A. Geffner, Marti Loring, and Corinna Young (2001). Published by Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. |
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| "Stop Bullying Now!" A campaign that included a web-based animated story of youth dealing with bullying in a middle school setting and addresses the roles of teachers, parents, other adults, and youth in stopping bullying. Available through the following website: http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov |
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| Assessment Tools For Domestic Violence: |
| A. ADULTS |
| Assessment of Partner Violence: A Handbook for Researchers and Practitioners by Jill H. Rathus and Eva L. Feindler (2004) provides a comprehensive review of many of the most commonly used assessment tools for domestic violence. Published by the American Psychological Association. www.apa.org/books/ |
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| Abuse Assessment Screen by Dr. Judith McFarlane, a three-question screening tool for domestic violence designed for pregnant women available in English and Spanish. Texas Women's University, ((713) 794-2138. |
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| Danger Assessment by Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell, a multi-question clinical and research tool to help battered women assess their danger of homicide. Published in the article, Nursing Assessment for Risk of Homicide with Battered Women in Advances in Nursing Science , July, 1986, pages 36-50. |
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| HITS: A Short Domestic Violence Screening Tool for Use in a Family Practice Setting by Kevin Sherin et al, published in Family Medicine, July-August, 1998, pages 508-512. |
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| SAFE Questions: Overcoming Barriers to Detection of Domestic Violence, a series of questions about safety, abuse, and emergency plans, published in American Family Physician , June, 1996, pages 2575-2580. |
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| WAST (Women Abuse Screening Tool) by Judith Brown, Barbara Lent, et al, published in the article, Application of the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) and WAST- Short in the Family Practice Setting , Journal of Family Practice , October, 2000, Vol 49 (10), pages 896-903. |
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| WEB , a 10-item validated scale examining Woman's Experiences with Battering (WEB) such as making a victim feel like they are programmed to act in a certain way and feeling like she has no control over her life. Published in Measuring Battering: Development of the Women's Experience with Battering (WEB) Scale by Paige Hall Smith et al. (1995) in Women's Health: Research on Gender, Behavior, and Policy , Vol. 1(4), pages 289-308. |
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| B. CHILDREN |
Things I have Seen and Heard , by John E. Richters and Pedro Martinez -15 question structured interview for children ages 6 through 14 years old; published in the article, The NIMH Community Violence Project: I. Children as Victims of and Witnesses to Violence in Psychiatry: Interpersonal & Biological Processes , 1993: vol. 56, pages 7-21.
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| The Children Witness to Violence Interview by Jaffe et al. is a three-part screening tool that asks a series of questions addressing attitudes and responses to anger, responsibility for violence, and safety skills. Published in "Children of Battered Women" (see Section IV. Publications) pages 80-82. |
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| The following journal article reviews different types of questions and screening techniques to ask children about domestic violence, neglect, and substance abuse in the home : |
| Research and Practice in Child Interviewing: Implications for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence by Kathleen C. Faller, Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol. 19(4), April 2003, pages 377-389. . |
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| Children's Books About Domestic Violence: |
When Mommy Got Hurt by Ilene Lee and Kathy Sylwester (1996). Published by KIDSRIGHTS, Charlotte, NC; Phone (800) 892-5437 or (704) 541-0100.
-Written by a psychologist and an early childhood/parent educator to help parents and teachers talk to preschool children about domestic violence. |
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Living with My Family by Wendy Deaton MA and Kendall Johnson PhD (1991). Published by Hunter House, Inc., Alameda, CA; Phone (800) 266-5592 or (510) 865-4295.
-A workbook designed to be used in the clinical setting by therapists, counselors, and school psychologists; the authors note that this workbook is not a self-help tool and should not be given to guardians or parents to work with children in an unsupervised setting. |
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I Do and I Don't by Fred Rogers and Hedda Sharapan (1992). Published by Family Communications Inc. and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, PA; Phone (800) 932-4632.
-A story for children about domestic violence and the ambivalent feelings that they often feel when a parent is abusive with his or her spouse. |
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Something is Wrong at My House by Diane Davis (1984). Published by Parenting Press, Inc., PO Box 75267, Seattle, WA, 98125.
-A story with shorter text on the right for preschool children and longer text on the left for older children; helps children to acknowledge their feelings of anger, fear, and isolation while helping them to identify ways to cope with the violence at home. |
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Hear my Roar by Dr Ty Hochban and Vladyana Krykorka (1994). Published by Annich Press and distributed by Firefly Books, PO Box 1338, Ellicot Station Buffalo, NY 14205.
-Story for school-age children of a family of bears that describes the effects of violence on the family and follows the family through the process of seeking help including the mother bear asking her family physician for help, the father bear acknowledging responsibility for his violent behavior, and the mother bear and cub leaving to go to a shelter at the end of the story. |
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| Information About Adolescent: |
| A. Books about Adolescent Development |
| WHY Do They Act That Way?: A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen by David Walsh PhD (2004). Published by Free Press, NY NY |
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The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries about the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids by Barbara Strauch (2003). Published by Doubleday, NY, NY. |
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From Magical Child to Magical Teen: A Guide to Adolescent Development by Joseph Chilton Pearce (2003). Published by Park Street Press, Rochester, Vermont www.InnerTraditions.com |
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| B. Books about Interventions with Adolescents |
| Treating Abused Adolescents by Eliana Gil (1996). Published by Guilford Press, NY, NY |
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| Group Exercises for Adolescents: A Manual for Therapists by Susan Carrell (2000), 2nd Edition. Published by Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, California. sagepub.com |
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| Healing a Teen's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers by Alan D. Wolfelt (2001). Published by Compassion, Fort Collins, CO. |
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| Teens Together Grief Support Group Curriculum Adolescence Edition (2000) by Linda Lehman, Shane Jimerson, and Ann Gaash. Published by Brunner-Routledge, Philadelphia, PA. |
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| Journal Articles: |
| A. Adolescent Brain Development |
| Brain development during childhood and adolescence: a longitudinal MRI study by J. N. Giedd, J. Blumenthal, N.O. Jeffries et al. Nature Neuroscience, Volume 2, No 10, pages 861-863 October, 1999. |
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| Maturation of white matter in the human brain: A review of magnetic resonance studies by T. Paus, D.L. Collins A.C. Evans et al. Brain Research Bulletin, Volume 54, No 3, pages 255-266, 2001. |
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| Neurobehavioral changes in adolescence by Linda Patia Spear. Current Directions in Psychological Science. Published by the American Psychological Society. Volume 9, Number 4, pages 111-114, 2000. |
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| Mapping cortical gray matter asymetry patterns in adolescents with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure by E. R. Sowell, P.M. Thompson, B. S. Peterson et al. NeuroImage, Volume 17, pages 1807-1819, 2002. |
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| B. Impact of Adolescent Exposure to Violence |
| Longitudinal effect of intimate partner abuse on high-risk behavior among adolescents by T. A. Roberts, J. D. Klein, & Susan Fisher. Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Volume 157, pages 875-881, 2003. |
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| Exposure to serious family violence among incarcerated boys: Its association with violent offending and potential mediating variables by S. Spaccarelli, J. D. Coastsworth, B. S. Bowden. Violence and Victims, Volume 10, No 3, 1995. |
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| The experience of living with violence for preadolescent children of battered women by E. Peled. Youth and Society, Volume 29, No 4, pages 395-430, 1998. |
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| Adolescents' exposure to violence and associated symptoms of psychological trauma by M. I. Singer, T. M. Anglin, L. Y. Song & L. Lunghofer. JAMA, Volume 273, No 6, pages 477-482. |
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| Predictors of relationship abuse among young men by D. Reitzel-Jaffe & D. A. Wolfe. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Volume 16, No 2, pages 99-115, 2001. |
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| Culturally Relevant Resources: |
Youth Violence Prevention in Latino Communities: A Resource Guide for Maternal and Child Health Professionals. Obtain by visiting the following website: http//www.ask.hrsa.gov |
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It's Your Business. Radio public service announcements (PSA) on domestic violence developed for African American Communities. Other communities can replicate the scripts, which tell a story through a series of PSAs. For information contact Rebecca Whiteman at the Family Violence Prevention Fund (415 252-8900 or Rebecca@endabuse.org) |
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| Videos: |
| A. Young Children |
Window of Opportunity , length 13 minutes, available in English and Spanish, produced by the Safe From The Start Project, California Attorney General's Office; Contact Barbara Thorsen for free copies at Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA; Phone: (707) 664-3325 |
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Safe from the Start with Bruce Perry , length 59 minutes, California Attorney General's Office, Sacramento, CA; Contact Barbara Thorsen, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA; Phone: (707) 664-3325 |
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| The Children are Watching , length 12 minutes, available in English and Spanish, produced by ABC News and distributed by United Learning, Evanston, IL; Phone (800) 323-9084; info@unitedlearning.com |
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| B. Teens |
| The Teen Files: The Truth About Drinking hosted by Leeza Gibbons. Produced by AIMS Multimedia, Chatsworth, CA. www.aimsmultimedia.com |
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