Helping Children Affected by Domestic Violence (DV) Conference

Helping Children Affected by Domestic Violence was convened by the King County Women's Programs (DV/CPS Collaboration Project); the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission; the South King County Community Network; the Greater Pierce County Community Network; Region Four Division of Children and Family Services; Public Health – Seattle & King County; the Human Services Policy Center, Evans School of Public Affairs, University of Washington; the Snoqualmie Valley Community Network; the Greater Issaquah Youth and Family Network; the University of Washington School of Social Work; Northwest Institute for Children and Families; and the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. Approximately 500 people attended, representing a broad spectrum of social services, health, judicial, governmental, research, law enforcement, and advocacy organizations. The purpose of the conference was to present a review of research and policy related to children affected by domestic violence (DV), present risk factors and protective factors influencing the impact of DV on children, present effective methods to assess DV with children and their caregivers, discuss effective intervention approaches for children, discuss strategies for supporting DV victims with parenting concerns and for providing emotional support to their children Proceedings are available here: