Children Exposed To Violence

Current Issues, Interventions and Research
Herausgeber: Geffner, Robert; Lewis, James; Griffin, Dawn

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides chapters concerning the physiological effects of violence on children, its effects on behavioral and emotional functioning, and differences between boys and girls.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9780789038289
• ISBN-10: 0789038285
• Artikelnr.: 24776311

Autorenporträt

Robert Geffner is Founding President of the Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute and Founding President of Alliant International University's (AIU) Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma (IVAT). He is also currently Clinical Research Professor of Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, AIU, San Diego, CA. Dawn Alley Griffin holds a joint appointment with Alliant International University's Center for Forensic Studies as a Research Associate and with the Center for Undergraduate Education as a faculty member and the coordinator of the criminal justice and the psychology programs. James Lewis III is a clinical neuropsychologist and nationally certified school psychologist. Currently, he teaches program development to systems of acute response to children exposed to violence, and the effects of trauma on a child's developmental processes. He serves as a program consultant to New Opportunities Inc.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction - Children Exposed to Violence: An Often Neglected Social,
Mental Health, and Public Health Problem Robert Geffner, Dawn Alley Griffin
and James Lewis III CURRENT ISSUES 2. The Nature and Extent of Childhood
Exposure to Violence: What We Know, Why We Don't Know More, and Why It
Matters Kristin Kracke and Hilary Hahn 3. Violence and the Effects of
Trauma on American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Sadie Willmon-Haque
and Dolores Subia BigFoot CURRENT RESEARCH 4. Proximity and Risk in
Children's Witnessing of Intimate Partner Violence Incidents Abigail H.
Gewirtz and Amanuel Medhanie 5. The Physiological and Traumatic Effects of
Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence Steve Stride, Robert
Geffner and Alan Lincoln 6. The Experiences of Adults Exposed to Intimate
Partner Violence as Children: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of
Resilience and Protective Factors Staci L. Suzuki, Robert A. Geffner and
Steven F. Bucky 7. Examination of Sex Differences and Type of Violence
Exposure in a Mediation Model of Family Violence Nicolette L. Howells and
Alan Rosenbaum 8. Effects of Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms on Children's Emotional and Behavioral
Functioning Kristin W. Samuelson and Caroline Cashman CURRENT INTERVENTIONS
9. The Safe Start Initiative: Building and Disseminating Knowledge to
Support Children Exposed to Violence Kristen Kracke and Elena Cohen 10.
Safe Start: Promising Practices from the Evaluation of the Demonstration
Project Association for the Study and Development of Community Mary M. Hyde
, Yvette H. Lamb and David Chavis 11. Community-Based Treatment Outcomes
for Parents and Children Exposed to Domestic Violence Kimberly D. Becker,
Gloria Mathis, Charles W. Mueller, Kata Issari and Su Shen Atta 12. Ten
Lessons Learned in Alaska: Home Visitation and Intimate Partner Violence
Linda Chamberlain FUTURE DIRECTION 13. Children Exposed to Violence in the
Child Protection System: Practice-Based Assessment of the System Process
Can Lead to Practical Strategies for Improvement Serena N. Hulbert 14.
Children Exposed to Violence at School: An Evidence-based Intervention
Agenda for the "Real" Bullying Problem Samuel Y. Song and Karen Callan
Stoiber