Impact of a Batterer in the Lives of Children and Teens

Course overview

Trainer/Presenter: Sonia Ferencik, LISW-S, RA, Youth Advocacy and Trauma-Informed Services Coordinator; Ohio Domestic Violence Network This beginning level session provides an understanding of domestic violence by overviewing how the batterer as a parent uses coercive control and tactics to create harm, impacting each family member's emotional and physical safety. As well, they deprive their child of empathy and consistency and undermine the survivor's parenting role. Transforming Care for Kids occurs when professionals understand trauma-informed approaches; this session will explore tips to ally with youth and parent survivors discovering practical strategies of communicating, reframing their traumatic experiences of domestic violence in how trauma is a body experience. The resources and handouts shared will enhance work with survivors-centered, resiliency-focused support of children, teens, and protective parents.