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January 2012
A Parent's Guide to Facebook
Publisher(s):This guide was designed to teach parents how to help their teens strengthen their privacy and safety on Facebook. It discusses managing reputation, risks, privacy, and reporting problems.
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January 2012
Making Empathy Books
Publisher(s):Empathy books are great tools for helping children process big feelings and situations. In this video you will learn what they are and how to make them.
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September 2011
Net Cetera: Chatting with Kids About Being Online
Publisher(s):This guide offers advice for parents of kids at different ages about safe online socialization and communication, mobile phone use, and peer-to-peer filesharing. It reviews parental controls and privacy protections for pre-teens.
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September 2011
Kids and Socializing Online
Publisher(s):This document offers tips to parents on how they can talk to their children about social networking sites and using these sites safely.
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July 2011
Cyberbullying, Sexting, and Predators, Oh My! Addressing Youth Risk in the Digital Age in a Positive and Restorative Manner
Publisher(s):This resource addresses the key areas of risk associated with the use of digital technologies by young people. The major message presented is that it is necessary to delete the “oh my” reaction and address these concerns in a manner that is positive and restorative.
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May 2011
Supporting Parenting in Shelter Webinar
Publisher(s):This 1.5 hour webinar explores practical approaches to supporting parenting in shelter. The presenters offer suggestions for policy change, making space for parenting, and for providing survivor centered advocacy that helps rebuild parent/child bonds and resiliency.
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January 2011
Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence Growing Together Project: An Analysis of Focus Groups with Mothers and Youth Statewide
Publisher(s):In 2011, WCADV conducted 6 adult and 2 youth focus groups at DV programs in eight locations around Wisconsin. The purpose of these groups was to understand more about how DV has affected mother-child relationships and learn more about what these mothers and children need from DV programs. The focus groups were supplemented with information gathered from children in support groups in local domestic violence programs.
See more of WCADVs materials on Children and Youth at: http://www.wcadv.org/ourwork/children-and-youth
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January 2011
Evidence-Based Practices for Children Exposed to Violence: A Selection from Federal Databases
Publisher(s):This document gathers federal research about programs that serve children exposed to violence and includes a summary of the practices associated with successful results.
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December 2010
Addressing Domestic Violence, Child Safety and Well-being: Collaborative Strategies for California Families
Publisher(s):This report is designed to identify the progress that has been achieved in California over the past decade and make policy recommendations for the state that will not only improve responses to the families affected by domestic violence but begin to put in place strategies for prevention.
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April 2010
Mothers in the Military: Punishing Mothers Who Serve
Publisher(s):* See Women and War, where journalists, experts, female soldiers and veterans share their experiences and discuss issues including women in combat, sexual assault in the military and inadequate benefits for female veterans.
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January 2010
Command Indiscretion
Publisher(s):This article highlights some of the challenges experienced by military women while deployed related to sexual violence, reproductive justice, motherhood and other issues.
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January 2010
Supporting the Mother/Child Bond to Build Strength & Resiliency: Strategies for Domestic Violence Advocates
Publisher(s):This document offers 13 key elements of a strong mother/child relationship for families who have lived with domestic violence and offers concrete suggestions for advocacy and support.