Battered Mothers Custody Conference Interviews

A youtube video of testimonies from women who have lost custody of their children in cases of child abuse and domestic violence. These testimonies are taken from an annual conference on Battered Mother's Custody in Albany, NY.

Battered Women and Their Children

Battered Women and Their Children is a website devoted to a professional and scholarly examination of the connections between domestic violence (woman abuse) and child maltreatment (child abuse and neglect).

Champions for children: Video gallery

A collection of videos on intervention strategies and roles parliamentarians play in keeping children safe from violence and abuse.

Connect: Supporting Children Exposed to Domestic Violence

This training concerns caring for children exposed to domestic violence and is intended to help trainers of resource families (foster parents and kinship care givers). The training includes a curriculum, power point, mini magazines and optional trainings videos.

Fantastic Fathers: An Experiential, Education and Support Group for Dads

The Fantastic Fathers series was created for men who have used abuse in their relationships to engage and motivate them to participate in the process of change by taking responsibility for their behaviors and to provide a reparative framework in the healing process between children and their fathers.

Learning Center for Child and Adolescent Trauma

An online resource for professionals and families seeking to learn more about child traumatic stress. CEU's are also provided for free to professionals taking any of their online courses.
For help click on "FAQ's" in the top left hand side of the screen.

Living Proof Podcast Series: Domestic Violence in the Lives of Children (part 2 of 2)

Hear Dr. Jeffrey Edleson, of the University of Minnesota, describes his work and that of his colleagues over the past two decades in their efforts to study, raise awareness of, and change both policies and practices focused on children exposed to domestic violence.
click HERE to hear part one of this interview.

Storybooks and Videos for Helping Children with Family Violence

This list and these guidelines were compiled by a school social worker and mental health professional in the hope that breaking the shroud of silence surrounding domestic violence will empower victims of all ages, and will prevent future violent relationships.

The Future of Children Online Journal

The Future of Children is an online publication of the Children, Families, and Communities Program of The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. The primary purpose of The Future of Children is to promote effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research. Vol. 9 - No. 3 - Winter 1999 is about Domestic Violence and Children and includes articles such as: Domestic Violence and Children: Analysis and Recommendations; Prevalence and Effects of Child Exposure to Domestic Violence; and The Impact of Violence on Children. Jeffrey Edleson, Ph.D. from the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse was the issue's Editoral Advisor.

The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Victimization

This tutorial covers the disasterous effects witnessing domestic violence can have on the lives of children. The tutorial is comprised of four sections and offers a certificate of completion at the end.