Learning to Listen, Learning to Help: Understanding Woman Abuse and its Effects on Children

Handbook for students, volunteers and others entering the helping professions.

Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System (Canada)

2005

A concise summary of the literature and years of experience working on the front line with women and children. Topics covered include defnitions of woman abuse, the concept of power and control, the social and political causes of violence against women, principles for intervention with abused women, how children are affected when they live with violence against their mothers, standards of professional conduct, taking stock of your own attitudes, vicarious trauma, and suggestions for how you can make a difference to end violence against women.

English and French

PDF FILE (also available for order in hard copy)

http://www.lfcc.on.ca/learning.html

http://www.lfcc.on.ca/apprendre.html (French)