Promising Futures: Supporting Children and their Mothers Experiencing Domestic Violence

Kinnicutt, Leiana

Saturday, March 21, 2015: 11:25 AM-12:45 PM

Room 16 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speakers:
Leiana Kinnicutt, MSW, Futures Without Violence
Mie Fukuda, Ed.M., Futures Without Violence

Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Participants will have increased knowledge of the continuum of children’s programming and clinical interventions available for helping children/youth and their parents.
Participants will be able to describe evidence-based strategies that practitioners can use in their daily interactions with families to promote resilience.

Description:
Futures Without Violence has developed a number of resources and tools to support capacity building for advocates, health and mental health providers to better serve children and families experiencing domestic violence. This session will cover evidence based and trauma informed interventions and strategies for promoting resilience among children and families. Information will also be presented on how advocates and health care providers can help build resilience and competence in children and parents in their everyday interactions with families.