Children and youth exposure to intimate partner violence
- Coercive control: Impacts on children and young people in the family environment [2018]Literature review from Research in Practice
- Early childhood exposure to domestic violence: You can help [2017]Toolkit providing information about how to recognize the signs of exposure to domestic violence for children ages 0-5 and how to safely respond
- Domestic violence effects on children [2021]Bibliography of research from the National Children’s Advocacy Center
- Children Experience Coercive Control: What You Need to Know | Western Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children [2022]*Available in French and English from this link
- Overcoming abuse: Here’s how children can be affected by family violence [2019]Global News article discussing the impacts of family violence on children
Supporting and working with children and youth
- Little Eyes, Little Ears: Centering Children & Youth in Gender-Based Violence Work [2024]A Podcast Series that shares the multitude of innovative and evidence-informed ways that individuals in Canada are centering children and youth in gender-based violence work, including children’s exposure to family violence. The podcast focuses on intersectional, survivor-led, strengths-based, and trauma- and violence-informed supportive responses.
- Mothering in the Context of Intimate Partner Violence: Realities and Resilience [2023]A brief from the University of Western Ontario’s Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children that examines the impacts of intimate partner violence on the survivor-mother and child relationship, the realities of mothering that survivor-mothers face, and considerations for service providers supporting survivor-mothers and their children.
- Promoting protective factors for children exposed to domestic violence: A guide for practitioners [2015]Factsheet from the Child Welfare Information Gateway
- Safety planning with children and youth: A toolkit for working with children and youth exposed to domestic violence [2013]This toolkit provides practical information on how to involve children in the development of the safety plan
- Issue 31: Trauma- and violence- informed approaches: Supporting children exposed to intimate partner violence [2020]Newsletter from the Learning Network
- Children exposed to domestic violence: Reducing harm and preventing tragediesRecording of a presentation by the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women & Children
- Children and domestic violence: Managing challenging behavior of children living with domestic violence [2015]Resource providing information to parents and caregivers on how to manage challenging behavior in children living in domestic violence situations
- Safety planning for children [2014]Part of a video series developed by Caledon\Dufferin Victim Services
- Tips for supporting children and youth exposed to domestic violence: What you might see and what you can do [2012]Resource from the National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health with tips on supporting children who have been exposed to violence
- Updated comprehensive review of interventions for children exposed to domestic violence [2018]Resource developed for the Promising futures: Best practices for serving children, youth, and parents experiencing domestic violence website by the Futures Without Violence
- Protecting children from domestic abuse [2018]Online resource from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
