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Childhood Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence: A Literature Review
Report, 2024
Childhood exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) can have both short- and long-term negative impacts on the health and well-being of children that can persist across generations. This literature review details prevalence, child perspectives, effects of exposure, and intergenerational transmission of violence. Information about protective factors and intervention strategies is also provided.
For a related literature review focused on intimate partner violence during pregnancy, please visit www.skprevention.ca/resource-catalogue/pregnancy/intimate-partner-violence-ipv-during-pregnancy-a-literature-review/.
SKU: 8-900 -
Intimate Partner Violence and Pregnancy
Fact Sheet, 2024
Intimate partner violence (IPV) involves behaviours by an intimate partner or ex-partner that cause physical, sexual, or psychological harm. While IPV can occur between partners of any gender or sexual orientation, women are most often the victims, and men are frequently the perpetrators. This fact sheet highlights the prevalence, risk factors, and impacts of IPV specifically during pregnancy. It details the significant health risks associated with IPV for both the mother and fetus and outlines key strategies for detection, intervention, and support.
SKU: 2-435 -
Stress and Trauma
Information Card, Revised 2024
This information card provides basic information about the impact of stress and trauma on a young person’s body, particularly the development of his brain.
SKU: 8-503 -
Intimate Partner Violence and Young Children
Information Card, 2024
Written in plain language, this information card provides basic information about the impact of witnessing intimate partner violence during early childhood. Caregivers are given practical tips for helping children who have had this experience.
SKU: 8-301 -
We Need to Be Safe
Information Card, Revised 2023
This information card for the general public provides information on the impacts of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and available resources and supports.
SKU: 2-434 -
Helping Young Children Cope with Stress: Developing Resiliency
Information Card, Revised 2020
Stress is inevitable. Every child and adult will experience stress at some time in their lives. Written in plain language, this information card provides practical information for caregivers to help their young children develop resiliency – coping skills to handle stressful events.
SKU: 8-601 -
Understanding Traumatized and Maltreated Children: The Core Concepts
Video, 2004
This DVD consists of seven, half-hour presentations focused on child maltreatment and trauma. Dr. Bruce Perry, from the ChildTrauma Academy, presents information on the following topics:
- Challenging our beliefs
- The amazing human brain
- How the brain develops: The importance of early childhood development
- Neglect: How poverty of experience disrupts development
- The fear response: The impact of childhood trauma
- Living and working with traumatized children
- Violence and childhood
SKU: 8-V-810 -
Resiliency and Young Children: Reaching Out
Fact Sheet, 2013
There are three main abilities that people who are resilient have: relax, reflect, and respond. These can be further broken down into seven resiliency skills. Each skill forms the basis on which others can be built. These include emotional regulation, impulse control, causal analysis, empathy, realistic optimism, self-efficacy, and reaching out. This fact sheet focuses on practical ways that caregivers and frontline workers can help children build skills in the area of reaching out.
SKU: 8-609 -
I Need to Be Safe
Information Card, 2015
This information card for the general public provides information on how domestic violence affects children.
SKU: 2-432 -
Helping Young Children Cope with Stress: Developing Resiliency
Fact Sheet, 2010
This fact sheet helps professionals and communities understand their roles in helping young children to develop resiliency. Resilience is the ability to cope with and recover from stressful situations, changes, or problems.
SKU: 8-602 -
Trauma, Stress, and Young Children
Fact Sheet, 2010
Many people believe that young children are not affected by stress and trauma. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Brain development, attachment, and emotional regulation can all be impacted by stress and trauma. This fact sheet outlines the differences between positive and negative stress as well as tolerable and toxic trauma. Professionals are given practical tips for working with children who have been traumatized.
SKU: 8-502 -
Trauma, Stress, and Young Children
Brochure, 2011
Written in plain language, this brochure helps parents to understand that stress is not always negative and that children should not be sheltered from mild stressors. The brochure also includes information about harmful stress and trauma and its impact on young children. Parents are given practical tips for helping their children who have experienced stress or trauma.
SKU: 8-501 -
Domestic Violence and Young Children
Fact Sheet, 2015
Intimate partner violence (domestic violence, partner abuse) refers to abuse that occurs within an intimate relationship. Intimate partner violence can happen in any intimate relationship regardless of income, length, living arrangements, marital status, or social status. This fact sheet discusses the impact of witnessing intimate partner violence on young children.
SKU: 8-302