Domestic Violence

National CASA offers the following resources to help child advocates understand and address issues surrounding domestic violence.

Publications - National CASA

• The Connection magazine (Summer 2010): Promoting Safety in Cases Involving Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment
• The Judges' Page newsletter (October 2010): When Child Abuse or Neglect and Domestic Violence Co-Occur
• The Judges' Page newsletter (October 2004): Family Violence Issue (900 KB PDF)
• Domestic Violence: Gwen Hurst-Anderson, state director of Nebraska CASA, discusses domestic violence and its effect on volunteer advocacy. Listen using the audio player below.

Publications - Other Organizations

• Children of Domestic Violence: Risks and Remedies: Authored by Child Protective Services Quarterly. 1992
• Janice C. Humphreys, “Turnings and Adaptations in Resilient Daughters of Battered Women,”  Journal of Nursing Scholarship, volume 33, pp. 245-251 (2001).

Websites

• Deaf Hope
  Deaf Hope is a California-based nonprofit organization working to end domestic violence and sexual assualt against deaf women and children.
• Family Violence Prevention Fund
  Organization works to prevent violence within the home and in the community to help those whose lives are devastated by violence.
• The Greenbook Initiative
  A plethora of products, curricula, assessment tools and multimedia materials developed by the Greenbook project. Includes the resource Co-Occurrence of Child Abuse/Neglect and Domestic Violence: Guide for New Hampshire Court Appointed Special Advocates, which provides specific advice for New Hampshire CASA volunteers. See thegreenbook.info/documents/NH_CASA_Guide.pdf (1.12 MB PDF). Note that CASA/GAL program policies vary.
• The Intersection of Domestic Violence and Child Victimization
  This online tutorial, created by the Institute for Family Violence, part of the Florida State University's College of Social Work, is a thorough training in how domestic violence impacts children.
• Medline Plus
  MedlinePlus provides information on domestic violence patterns and signs.
• The Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
  MINCAVA operates an electronic clearninghouse that provides scholarly papers on battered spouses and their children.
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
  The NCADV site provides information on prevention, public policy, support programs, resources, membership, their national conference and much more.
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
  This site focuses on how to get help and become educated about domestic violence.  A Spanish version of the website is available.
• Pet-Abuse.com
  Pet-Abuse.com provides information on how to recognize and prevent animal cruelty.