by CDVA Team | Apr 21, 2017 | Blog
A volunteer at a domestic violence organization writes an open letter to mothers regarding the positive attributes of their children, who grew up with CDV. By highlighting these positive features she is becoming THE ONE for these children…and their mothers. She...
by CDVA Team | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog
Exposure to domestic abuse as a child can have long-lasting impact on a young person and it is vital that professionals from the policing, education and other agencies work together to support them as quickly after an incident as possible. A new program will be...
by CDVA Team | Apr 1, 2017 | Blog
Every April, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, we come together to put the spotlight on child abuse, which impacts 1+ million children in the U.S. every year. But what we don’t talk about can still hurt them. It is the major precursors to Child Abuse that can...
by CDVA Team | Mar 3, 2017 | Blog
“If it’s something that you can prevent, then…you’re learning from your past what not to do with your child,” said Cindy Lau, Regional Violence Prevention Planner, St. Mary Corwin. The SCAN Program at Southern Colorado Family Medicine at the...
by CDVA Team | Feb 17, 2017 | Blog
“Childhood domestic violence (CDV) gets lumped together with domestic violence and/or child abuse…It’s a real distinct and separate childhood adversity.” -Dr. Linda Olson, clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, Chairwoman of our Georgia Chapter Read this...
by CDVA Team | Feb 14, 2017 | Blog
Discovering LOVE after Childhood Domestic Violence: Giving and Receiving Love is at the Heart of Reaching Your Full Potential Valentine’s Day is a holiday intended to reaffirm our love for others and their love for us. But, for those of us who grow up experiencing...
by CDVA Team | Jan 19, 2017 | Blog
Poet Tre Wharton used his talent to cope with CDV by expressing in verse what living with his stepfather’s violence was like. This poem is just one of about forty poems he wrote about CDV in his new book Grown Folk Business. A Daughter’s Perspective The door shuts...
by CDVA Team | Oct 20, 2016 | Blog
By Tina Shelton A first year medical student at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) decided to share her story of growing up with domestic violence, recounting a night in her household as a childhood. Although she chose to remain anonymous, she allowed...
by CDVA Team | Oct 14, 2016 | Blog
By Katy Macek A family support center in Chippewa County, Michigan, is offering counseling to children ages 5-17 who grew up living with domestic violence. They recognize the significant impact of Childhood Domestic Violence on a child’s life, as it...
by CDVA Team | Oct 7, 2016 | Blog
By Melissa Jeltsen This article shares the story of Ryan, a 17 year old boy at Camp HOPE America – a summer camp created specifically to help children who grew up living with domestic violence. It describes how spending a summer at the camp working with its founder,...
