Helping Children

Standard Length: 3 hours
Ideal for: Social workers, behavioral health professionals, child welfare professionals, domestic violence advocates, CASA/CAC staff and volunteers, professionals working in school settings.
Research confirms the detrimental effects of childhood exposure to domestic violence. This training addresses the intersection of domestic violence and child abuse with an in-depth look at how the tactics of batterers in the household affect children.

• Explore the dynamics of domestic violence
• Recognize the needs of children exposed to domestic violence
• Acquire screening techniques and risk and protective factors that are unique to domestic violence
• Apply evidence-based developmental and age-appropriate interventions
• Formulate a model case plan applicable to children exposed to domestic violence

Schedule a Children Exposed to Violence training in your area.

LCADV offers a recommended protocol and accompanying toolkit for use by first responders and other professionals to assist children who have been exposed to domestic homicides, either in-person or within their household. The step-by-step protocol details the process in chronological order from the incident to reintegrating the child into school.

Louisiana’s Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Homicide Protocol and Toolkit

49 Phrases to Calm an Anxious Child

Books Appropriate for Children Exposed to Domestic Violence