Sentences with phrase «violence separates children»

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In addition to domestic violence, parents were asked if the child lived with anyone who had a problem with alcohol or drugs; if they lived with anyone who was mentally ill, severely depressed or suicidal; if they lived with anyone who served time in jail or prison; if a parent or guardian was divorced or separated; or if a parent or guardian had died.

Some aspects of nomadic life may be hard for children to watch (e.g., vultures feed on an animal carcass, children are separated from their parents), but these are not in the context of any gratuitous violence or sinister character.

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The legislature gave the Courts the task of determining if family violence was occurring, and if it was occurring, of using that information to make appropriate decisions about how the children of the separating couple are going to be parented.

aChild Behavior Checklist for 4 - 18 years; bChildren who are currently visiting their father who perpetrated intimate partner violence and already separated from their mothers; cThe prevalence was calculated using the cut - off points of the CBCL and represents the scores that are clinical; dStudent - t test was used to compare the scores between the both groups; e Fisher's exact test was used to compare the prevalence of the children classified as clinical using the cut - off points of the CBCL.

aChild Behavior Checklist for 4 - 18 years; bChildren who are currently visiting their father who used to perpetrate intimate partner violence and already separated from their mothers; cInternalizing problems = Withdrawn + Somatic complaints + Anxious / depressed; dExternalizing problems = Delinquent behavior + Aggressive behavior; Total problems = the sum of the scores of all the nine subscales of the CBCL; eAdjusted odds ratios calculated by multivariable logistic regression analysis; fThe dependent variable: 0 = non - clinical, 1 = clinical; gp values calculated by multivariable logistic regression analysis; hStandardized regression coefficients calculated by multivariable regression analysis; ip values calculated by multivariable regression analysis; jVariance Inflation Factor; k0 = non-visiting, 1 = visiting; lThe score of the subscale (anxiety) of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; mThe score of the subscale (depression) of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; nThe number of years the child lived with the father in the past; oAdjusted R2 calculated by multivariable regression analysis.

Children who have been exposed to IPV may have psychological challenges for a long time after they have been separated from the perpetrator of the violence, who is often an abusive father.

These included characteristics on multiple levels of the child's biopsychosocial context: (1) child factors: race / ethnicity (white, black, Hispanic, and Asian / Pacific Islander / Alaska Native), age, gender, 9 - month Bayley Mental and Motor scores, birth weight (normal, moderately low, or very low), parent - rated child health (fair / poor vs good / very good / excellent), and hours per week in child care; (2) parent factors: maternal age, paternal age, SES (an ECLS - B — derived variable that includes maternal and paternal education, employment status, and income), maternal marital status (married, never married, separated / divorced / widowed), maternal general health (fair / poor versus good / very good / excellent), maternal depression (assessed by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale at 9 months and the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview at 2 years), prenatal use of tobacco and alcohol (any vs none), and violence against the mother; (3) household factors: single - parent household, number of siblings (0, 1, 2, or 3 +), language spoken at home (English vs non-English), neighborhood good for raising kids (excellent / very good, good, or fair / poor), household urbanicity (urban city, urban county, or rural), and modified Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment — Short Form (HOME - SF) score.

The KidsMatter webinar held on 27 October 2015 focussed on supporting children affected by trauma, and focussed on a panel discussion about behaviours exhibited by Jack (aged 10 years), Matilda (4 years) and Jacinta (11 months) in their early childhood and school environments, as they struggle to deal with the trauma resulting from witnessing past violence between their parents Fiona and Steve, who have now separated.

Where separated parents are experiencing high levels of conflict or there are concerns about violence, the Australian Government has funded Children's Contact Services to enable the safe transfer of children from one parent to another and for supervised visits so that each parent can spend time with their cChildren's Contact Services to enable the safe transfer of children from one parent to another and for supervised visits so that each parent can spend time with their cchildren from one parent to another and for supervised visits so that each parent can spend time with their childrenchildren.

Did you know that more than one third of children whose parents separate are exposed to domestic violence and sustained high conflict?

Over one third of children whose parents separate are exposed to domestic violence and sustained high conflict; with serious consequences for their healthy development and well - being.

It is this small group of separated parents that tie up the vast majority of not only the Court's time, but also time from many other community services including police, child protective services, counseling and medical services and domestic violence shelter services.

The JVQ is a comprehensive instrument designed to screen for a wide range of victimization events, covering such general areas of concern as physical assault, property victimization, child maltreatment, peer and sibling victimization, sexual victimization, witnessing violence, and indirect exposure to violence.12 Both surveys asked the same questions about 34 separate victimization types and collected similar demographic and background information.

Child custody legislation should therefore reflect the reality of violence in many families that are separating.

Historically, domestic violence and child maltreatment have been treated as separate forms of violence requiring different responses, and, often, separate responding agencies with conflicting priorities.

With considerable literature establishing how separate types of violence disrupt the lives of children, there is emerging interest in examining violence across multiple interpersonal domains.

The effect of family violence on post-separation parenting arrangements: The experiences and views of children and adults from families who separated post-1995 and post-2006