This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/
Type of Maltreatment: Exposure to domestic violence
Target Population: Children age 8 and younger, with the majority being under age six, from a racially diverse urban area.
Brief Description:
The Child Witness to Violence Project was rated by the CEBC in the area of Domestic/Intimate Partner Violence: Services for Women Victims and their Children. The Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center provides trauma-focused clinical intervention to children age 8 and younger who have been exposed to domestic or community violence. Approximately 150 families are seen each year; 85% of cases seen are for exposure to domestic violence; 65% of the children are age 6 or younger. The intervention requires the active participation of at least one parent and is focused on addressing the traumatic experiences of the child within the context the child-parent relationship. The intervention incorporates principles of Child-Parent Psychotherapy (Lieberman, Van Horn, et al.) and Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Cohen, Mannarino, et al).* Components of the intervention include advocacy and case management, parent guidance, along with dyadic and/or individual psychotherapy. Services are offered in English or Spanish. Services are primarily outpatient and office-based.
*These programs have been rated by the CEBC under the Trauma Treatment for Children topical area.
Contact name: Betsy McAlister Groves, LICSW
Affiliation/Agency: Boston Medical Center
Email: betsy.groves@bmc.org
Phone: 617-414-4247
Fax: 617-414-7915
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