Domestic Abuse: The Impact on Children and Young People

In this course, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of domestic abuse within the context of an educational setting. You will learn to define domestic abuse, explore its various categories, and understand the causes behind it. The course will examine the different types of trauma experienced by children, young people, and adults as a result of abuse, and highlight how behaviour can be a form of communication. You will also learn about the impact of domestic abuse, strategies for supporting victims, and ways to reduce the long-term effects of trauma. Finally, the course will help you understand how to support children and young people in developing healthy, positive relationships.

Domestic abuse can be a difficult for many people. Please be aware that there may be content in this course that may be triggering. Do take time to look after yourself whilst also considering how your own experiences might be helpful in understanding this issue for both child and adult victims. In particular places where you are asked to think through how your own experiences influence your behaviour around domestic abuse victims a TRIGGER WARNING is given in the text.

In this module, we will be looking at what domestic abuse is and some of the issues associated with it.

In this module, we will be looking at the trauma that children, young people and adults experience as a result of domestic abuse and what this means for them.

In this module, we will look at strategies to support victims of domestic abuse. Most importantly, how we can make sure that the hurt experienced by being the victim does not become a lifelong trauma?

In this module, we will look at how we can support children and young people to develop positive relationships of their own.

Domestic Abuse: The Impact on Children and Young People

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Course content

Module One: What is Domestic Abuse?

Module Two: How Domestic Abuse Affects Children, Young People and Adult Victims

Module Three: Strategies to Support Victims of Domestic Abuse

Module Four: Helping Children and Young People to Develop Positive Relationships