Child-Parent Violence (CPV) is a form of domestic violence that is not widely known or recognized by healthcare providers or the community. As this form of violence emerges from the shadows, healthcare providers will need to know how to manage or direct victims to care as reporting and recognition of CPV increases. Having access to reliable and confidential resource are the cornerstone of assisting these families in crisis. The goal of anyone who recognizes this type of violence is to assist in finding resources and providing support to families experience this crisis.
The use of blogging is one underground way to find and gain access to less mainstream types of resources for both victims and healthcare providers. One very good blog in particular is Holes in the Wall, from Great Britain. Here is a link to the blog: http://holesinthewall.co.uk.
- Domestic Violence Resource Network: This assistance is funded by the department of Health and Human Services. Their mission is to “inform and strengthen domestic violence intervention and prevention efforts at the individual, community and societal levels” (Family and Youth Services Bureau [FYSB], 2015, 1).
- National Resource Center on Domestic Violence: 800-537-2238 www.nrcdv.org and www.vawnet.org: This organization provides comprehensive, free, individualized assistance, training on the effects of family abuse, and resource materials. The organization is funded to provide intervention and prevention of domestic violence. The organization assists in community education, public policy, and systems advocacy for the fight to end domestic violence (FYSB, 2015).
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233, 1-800-787-3224 (TTY), www.thehotline.org: This is a hotline that is opened 24 hours a day to assist victims of domestic violence. The hotline offers services in 170 languages. They assess each caller and for need short and long term (FYSB, 2015).
- The Local Police: If the parent does not feel safe around their child when they are being aggressive or the parent are facing verbal or violent behavior calling the police for assistance is always an option (Help Guide.org, 2015).
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Additional resources may be available locally. Exploring what is available in your community is one step each provider can take to help break this cycle of violence. Healthcare providers are a main component of recognizing and linking families experiencing CPV to resources and ensuring these families do not suffer in silence.
Family and Youth Services Bureau. (2015). Family violence prevention & services resource centers. Retrieved from http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb/fv-centers.
Help Guide.0rg. (2015). Help for parents of troubled teens. Retrieved from http://www.helpguid
Thank you for posting the link to my website. I hope that it will be of use to people. Though understanding and awareness of children's violence to parents is growing - and we are seeing the development of more resources, it is still a hidden phenomenon in many ways and we have a long way too go. I applaud the creation of this website to bring the issue to wider attention, particularly among healthcare workers. I wish you every success in the work you do.
ReplyDeleteWorking in an health care environment that provides primary care as well as behavioral health care make it easier to train health care workers. For instance, social workers are trained to work with families to resolve difficult issue. They are trained to engage both parents and children when a child exhibits behaviors that can be described as child-to-parent violence. In my opinion, the major issue is getting the parents to disclose this speak to the abuse by their children.
ReplyDeleteMichael, thank you for your comments. Getting parents to disclose family violence is an important first step. Working as a team, health care providers from varying disciplines can support these families using a multi-demensional approach, which will help to ensure that parents, the child who is abusive and siblings get the help they need.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting these resources. I am literally saving this page as a favorite on the server at our clinic so it can be easily accessible if needed in the future. Being caught of guard when a patient is found to be struggling with CPV increases the agony that the victim undergoes in feeling that this is their individual problem and they must have done something wrong.
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