Survivor Story: Caroline Abbott
By Caroline Abbott Caroline Abbot Shares Her Story of Surviving Domestic Violence and Its Impacts on Her Children In this article on domesticshelters.org, Caroline Abbott tells her story of living with an abusive husband, and expresses concern for the effects on her...
‘Handle With Care’: In new program teachers are taught to see signs of childhood trauma and give proactive attention
By Greg Jordan New Program Teaches Staff to See the Signs of Trauma in Children A new program in the West Virginia school system lets teachers know when officers responded to a 911 call and a child was involved or a witness. No details about the crime are relayed to...
Schools work to aid children of domestic violence
By Krista M. Torralva Schools Can Play a Crucial Role in Addressing Childhood Domestic Violence Principal George Donovan finds it necessary to greet students as they come off of the bus. His reasoning for this? School can be so stressful sometimes that students...
Donaldson has seen dark side of domestic violence
By Rosie Dimanno League MVP Josh Donaldson Experienced Childhood Domestic Violence American League MVP Josh Donaldson, who experienced CDV, gives his opinion on a number of domestic violence cases involving other MLB players. Read more HERE. Source:...
In America, we raise our criminals at home
By Casey Gwinn Casey Gwinn Recounts His Experience with Child Abuse and the Impacts Abuse Has on Children Casey Gwinn recounts the abuse he received from his father and the abuse his father received from Gwinn's grandfather, and discusses the effects on the two of...
Witnessing domestic violence can have lasting impact on youths, even if they aren’t abused
By Lois M. Collins Childhood Domestic Violence Has Clear Impacts, Even Though It's Often Unknown Founder Brian F. Martin sat down with a reporter from Deseret news to discuss CDV and its long term impact. Most people are unaware of CDV, and many children grow up...
Transforming the Anger You Learn From Growing Up with Domestic Violence
By Brian F. Martin * During the writing of INVINCIBLE, contributor Nick used the pseudonym “Adam” Accepting Our Anger Enables Us to Accept the Anger in Others When we learn that ANGER is the natural and expected response to most life situations, we not only accept...
Proposed Hollie’s Law would enhance domestic violence penalties when children involved
By Tom Smith Domestic Violence Involving Children Could Face Harsher Consequences Under New Bill After the murder of Hollie Newbury by her husband, Alabama lawmakers proposed a bill to enhance penalties in cases of domestic violence when children are involved. It...
Trauma at home haunts kindergarteners in school, study finds
By Susan K. Livio Medical Professionals Link Early Childhood Trauma with Decreased School Performance A new study from the medical professionals at Princeton and Columbia links early childhood trauma to decreased performance in school. Attention issues were three...
Ramping up efforts to better protect child victims of family violence
By Hetty Musfirah Abdul Khamid Experts are Starting New Initiatives to Protect Children with ACEs like CDV A new initiative for treating the psychological effects of child abuse, domestic violence, and CDV is gaining traction in Singapore. The Center for Promoting...