Sentences with phrase «levels of family violence»

This is occurring in the context of intolerably high levels of family violence, over policing for selected offences, ill health, unemployment and poverty.

The rising rate of over-representation of Indigenous women occurs in the context of intolerably high levels of family violence, over-policing for selected offences, ill - health, unemployment and poverty.

The rising rate of over representation of Indigenous women is occurring in the context of intolerably high levels of family violence, over-policing for selected offences, ill health, unemployment and poverty.

An example of a cultural practice used in community justice processes is that of shaming, which is used to some effect in the reduction of levels of family violence.

Oscar said the evident relationship between alcohol and levels of family violence in Aboriginal communities is not widely understood (and differs from mainstream views that alcohol and drugs are reinforcing factors but not a cause of violence against women.)

The legal system also has to learn how to take into account the high levels of family violence experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women prisoners, and its connection with criminalisation and incarceration rates, she says.

The over-representation of Indigenous women occurs in the context of intolerably high levels of family violence, over-policing for selected offences, ill - health, unemployment and poverty.

There is evidence of a correlation between levels of family violence and the numbers and locations of liquor outlets.

This was all going to be to reduce the level of family violence; we kept saying, you can't reduce what isn't really there.

«Our Centres have a growing capacity to work with children and families, as well as couples; and the increased level of family violence is adding to the complexity of cases we are seeing.

While there are significant concerns about the level of family violence in Indigenous communities, there is limited statistical information on the full extent of the issue.

Not exact matches

The religious conservatives, beset by this sea change in the secular culture, might have been expected to retrench into their conventional media stereotypes: authoritarian, emotionally uninvolved husbands and fathers, a rigidly patriarchal family style, deeply gendered domestic roles that kept women at home» plus, as Wilcox puts it, «high levels of corporal punishment and domestic violence.»

Why is the worst level of violence going to be the obvious answer to an attack on your family?

Speaking at the 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, Buhari said: «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family and communities at all levels on the critical role of protecting children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

Speaking in Abuja to mark 2016 National Children's Day Celebration, President Buhari said, «Challenges posed by the total breakdown of societal values and the current unrestricted social media vices, which therefore, calls for an urgent need for all stakeholders to put all hands on deck in making conscious efforts at raising awareness of parents, family, communities at all levels, on the critical role of protecting the children against all forms of violence, abuse and exploitation including abduction of children, forced and early marriage.

12:00 M — TCM — Ride the High Country In the 1960s, Sam Peckinpah contributed to the beginnings of the revisionist western, taking complicated heroes and violence to new levels — in Ride the High Country, Joel McCrea and Randolph Scott (who had both starred in many westerns throughout the 1930s and 1940s) play jaded cowboys hired to transport gold who get caught up in a family feud that forces them to confront their own differences and troubled pasts.

Beginning with the now - famous evidence reported by Coleman and his colleagues (1966), study after study suggests that socioeconomic status (SES) of families explains more than half of the difference in student achievement across schools; it is also highly related to violence, dropping out of school, entry to postsecondary education and levels of both adult employment and income.

[iv] Today, some elementary teachers remain puzzled about how to avoid gender - based stereotypes or how to incorporate family diversity (i.e. the variety of what constitutes a family) into the school day; [v] and students continue to report troubling level of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Sally has provided technical assistance, trainings, and facilitation to groups on local, state, and national levels and has co-authored a number of publications including The U Visa: Obtaining Status for Immigrant Victims of Crime (ILRC), The VAWA Manual: Immigration Relief for Abused Immigrants (ILRC), Immigration Benchbook for Juvenile and Family Court Judges (ILRC), and Application of Protection Remedies for Victims of Domestic Abuse, Human Trafficking, and Crime under U.S. Law to Persons Physically Present in the U.S. Territories (Family Violence Prevention Fund).

Women and Families Center (Meriden, CT) 5/2003 — 7/2004 Sexual Assault Crisis Counselor & Internship • Developed curriculum for autistic pilot program while supervising the implementation of camp activities and overseeing the proper placement of children within program activities • Hired, trained, and monitored support staff to ensure proper adherence to teaching techniques • Managed camp budget, including trip expenditures, to ensure successful cost - benefit relationship • Communicated effectively with parents and other interested parties regarding student behavior / progress Safe Haven of Waterbury (Waterbury, CT) 9/2001 — 7/2004 Family Violence Victim Advocate • Utilized a complex variety of instructional and assessment strategies while effectively implementing behavior - change interventions at both the individual and student level • Developed and integrated media and other technological aides to improve classroom experience • Facilitated and fostered constructive communication with parents and other interested parties • Created an effective and constructive «curriculum writing project»

Environments where the impact of daily stress, particularly if compounded by exposure to violence or mental illness in the family, particularly maternal depression, which is very common, or substance abuse, that level of stress, that kind of toxic stress in the environment of a young child, is actually interfering with the development of the brain.

This important distinction has not been made in the government's recent and generalised attack upon a rights approach as inadequate to deal with, if not causally related to, the high levels of violence perpetrated by Indigenous people against their own families and communities.

Chronic stimulation of the hypothalamic - pituitary axis by environmental stressors, including family violence, may elevate cortisol levels, dysregulate neuroendocrine mediators of the reward pathway, and influence compulsive feeding practices33 as well as visceral fat accumulation.35

Racial / ethnic minorities as well as those of lower socioeconomic status (SES) experience higher rates of family violence as well as higher rates of asthma37 than their white, higher - SES counterparts.38 - 40 Analyses were therefore adjusted for maternal race / ethnicity and maternal education level.

Culturally appropriate targeted suicide prevention services for individuals and families at a higher level of risk including those with mental illness, who are in or discharged from custody, with histories of alcohol and drug abuse or of domestic violence, and some people with histories of neglect and abuse.

A more medial effect of community violence exposure status might be something like family stress level.

According to a 2003 report in the «Journal of Family Violence,» high levels of academic achievement and feeling connected to school are protective factors against dating victimization.

New Commonwealth funding will help to address alarming levels of domestic violence in family law parenting disputes.

Research has consistently found that children who are exposed to family violence have higher levels of emotional and behavioural problems than children who have not.

Through Relationships Scotland it would give those who have experienced family conflict that has developed into inappropriate behavior, including some level of violence and abuse, the opportunity to explore issues (at an individual meeting) prior to making a decision about whether or not to go ahead with mediation.

-- To identify risk and protective factors at the family, school, and individual levels as they relate to 4 domains of adolescent health and morbidity: emotional health, violence, substance use, and sexuality.

Interventions Addressing Child Exposure to Trauma: Part 1 — Child Maltreatment (PDF - 533 KB) Effective Health Care Program (2012) Reviews psychosocial interventions for children exposed to trauma to create a framework that categorizes interventions used to address the negative impact of child maltreatment and family violence on children's well - being as either clinical - level or system - level in approach.

It also included the covariates maternal age and educational level at registration and level of domestic violence in the family (number of incidents of violence) measured over the 15 - year study period.

Highest increases were noted for home visitors» level of preparedness to serve families affected by IPV; their confidence in knowing how to act when a client discloses IPV experience; their confidence in screening participants; their awareness of the name of a staff person at the local domestic violence center who they could reach out to for help; and knowledge on notifying an IPV survivor prior to making a child abuse report.

Gender - sensitive family systems practice from the micro to the macro level is emphasized - especially in the area of domestic violence, which forms a significant proportion of the Centre's work.

Indigenous women's sessions were very enlightening, challenging us to think and act differently if we are not to replicate oppression - not just at policy level (for example, get rid of Basics Card) but also at family violence practice end (include men).

Similarly, high population levels of material deprivation, low parental educational attainment, and family violence are likely to result in high levels of parenting and child and adolescent mental health problems.

This assumption has underlain the investment of many home visitation programs in family - level changes in areas such as maternal mental health, family planning, partner violence, parental workforce participation, and similar outcomes.2, 5 — 7 Although it has been assumed frequently that family - level change is a prerequisite to child - level change, relatively few studies have compared program effects for family - level and child - level outcomes.

Parents living in disadvantaged communities with high levels of chronic unemployment, poverty, social exclusion, criminality, violence and substance abuse problems as well as parents of children with behavior problems; parents of children who are performing poorly in school; parents in families with substance abuse issues; parents in families with a history of violence, abuse, or neglect; parents with difficulty managing their child's behavior, and lastly, parents who are at high risk of abuse and neglect

Strategies: Mobilise / promote action at local level; coordinate and broker assistance from other agencies; establish local role model project with emphasis on positive role models; increase community's awareness of services available to address family violence issues such as internet information and counselling; support Stolen Generation strategies aimed at dealing with family violence.

The Parent Project directly addresses the following Risk Factors of the Youth Level of Service / Case Management Inventory Assessment Tool: General offenses, Restlessness, Risk taking, Aggression, Physical violence, Crimes against person, Antisocial behavior, Substance abuse, Poor parent - child relationships, Harsh or lax discipline, Poor monitoring / supervision, Low parental involvement, Antisocial parents, Abusive parents, Family conflict, Poor school attendance and performance, Antisocial - delinquent peers, and Gang membership.

These factors will include the wellness of each parent and the level of stability they can offer to the child, the family history in terms of abuse or violence, and the willingness of parents to work together as coparents moving forward.

Among his many accomplishments, Reza has extensive training in addiction treatment for individuals and their families; he is certified as a Domestic Violence Advocate by Laura's House; he is Level 1 trained in Gottman Couples Therapy; he has volunteered with foster children as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA); and he is currently serving on multiple committees for the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) and the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT).

The Americans» Changing Lives Study which involved 3617 participants found that higher levels of parental stress were related to poorer self - rated health in parents.2 Moreover, parental stress is a known risk factor for child maltreatment and family violence, both of which are increasing globally.3 These early adverse events are detrimental to children's health and development.

Given the increasing levels of incarceration of Indigenous peoples generally, their over-representation in the criminal justice system and high level of recidivism, there remains a pressing need for culturally appropriate programs working with Indigenous offenders and offender rehabilitation programs in any sustained response to family violence.

Strategies on the societal level include increasing the «value» of children, increasing the economic self - sufficiency of families, discouraging corporal punishment and other forms of violence, making health care more accessible and affordable, expanding and improving coordination of social services, improving the identification and treatment of psychological problems like alcohol and drug abuse, providing more affordable child care, and preventing the birth of unwanted children.

The multiply abused group (childhood physical abuse and witnessing family violence) experienced the highest levels of all forms of adult maltreatment, followed by the childhood physical abuse group.

Study findings have implications for the primary prevention of youth violence, including the use of family - based approaches that build relationships and parental monitoring skills and community - level change approaches that promote informal social control and reduce neighborhood concerns about safety.

Further analysis of the same dataset found «power - assertive» parenting strategies to mediate the association between family relationships and adolescent behavior such that families with less positive family relationships, who also employed power - assertive parenting strategies, had higher levels of adolescent - to - parent violence (Ibabe and Bentler 2016).

Direct and indirect pathways linking exposure to interpersonal violence to recurrent headache, by sex and level of family cohesion abc.