Did you know that domestic abuse can have a psychological, physical and developmental effect on children?
Domestic abuse can both directly and indirectly disrupt the relationship between a parent and their child (Humphreys et al, 20061; Buchanan, 20182). Abuse can happen in any relationship, and both males and females can be abused or be abusers.
It’s important to recognise that children are never just witnesses to domestic abuse but they also experience it. For the last ten years, the NSPCC has been running a service called Domestic Abuse, Recovering Together (DART™) which is a ten-week group work programme to help children and families overcome the adverse effects of domestic abuse.
To mark DART’s ten-year anniversary, we invited some of the team who were involved in delivering the service, including one of our scale-up partners, My Sister’s House Women’s Centre, to talk about the impact it’s had on children and families they’ve worked with.
Listen to the Podcast here.
Do you work or volunteer with children, young people, families or adults at risk in Bedfordshire? If so, you can access Domestic Abuse eLearning (free) or book on to virtual classroom training (costs apply). Please return to the homepage and click ‘log in/ register’ to access Learning Central. You can then search by keyword ‘Domestic Abuse’ and select from eLearning or class based training.
Source: NSPCC
Update: 28th Sept 2020