Training Day: Mothering Through Domestic Abuse

Friday, 3rd September, 2010

Research into children's experiences of domestic abuse has consistently emphasized the importance of providing support to the non-abusive parent (usually the mother) for effective child protection. But what exactly does this involve and why does it seem to be so difficult to achieve? Why does the perpetrator of domestic abuse often become ‘invisible' in child protection procedures?

• Explore how dynamics of domestic abuse constrains mothers' choices
• Apply Evan Stark's theory of Coercive Control and Michael Johnson's theory of Intimate Terrorism to our understanding of mothering in the context of domestic abuse
• Investigate methods for supporting mothers in this new framework
• Identify potential practice changes that might reflect new understanding
• Build skills for problem solving how to support mothers using multiagency resources.

29 September 10

10:00 - 16:00

SWA Offices, 2nd Floor, 132 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JD

£95 per statutory sector delegate / £75 per voluntary sector delegate inclusive of lunch

See SWA booking page