Divorce/Parental Separation || Child Abuse & Domestic Violence
Understanding Divorce/Parental Separation
Informational Reports || Online Support || Publications
Informational Reports
How primary school children cope with family change
This site outlines and defines several psychological factors and risks a child may be faced with in a situation of divorce.
Children and Separation/Divorce
This Helpguide page discusses the different psychological effects of divorce on children.
Kids Home
Another fun website for parents and children with activities, articles, books, crafts, FAQs and many others.
Divorce and Children.com: Factors that effects Adjustment
Divorce and Children.com is a resourceful online website on divorce and the different factors that may interplay in the separation and/or formation of a new familial structure.
Children and Divorce
A Kids' Turn Central page with many resourceful online links on the effects of divorce on children.
Children & Divorce: The Different Age Stages: 11/18 years (Early-Late Adolescence)
Discusses teen developmental factors to take into consideration in a divorce/separation situation.
Online Support
Bonus Families.com
This non-profit organization focuses on post-divorce factors and the establishment of a new family system (step-families). It also contains message boards, support groups, online workshops and many elements that may smoothe the child's transition to this new familial structure.
Divorce: Helping your child cope with the breakup
This site is addressed to parents who need some guidelines on how to effectively diminish any psychological traumas to their child during this life-changing transition. It also provides advices based on the child's age, gender, personality and environmental upbringing.
Publications
Helping Children Cope with Divorce by Rose Mary Wells
A summary of the book content can be found here
Helping Children Cope With Divorce by Edward Teyber, Ph.D.
Describes the stress children experience and explains how best to shield them from the parents' own conflicts.
Surviving the pain of divorce and separation: Eight steps for parents and children by Janice Cohn
Purchase here (Amazon.com link)
Dinosaurs Divorce by Marc Brown, Laurie Krasny Brown
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Teens are Nondivorceable by Bonkowski, Sarah
Chicago, Illinois: ACTA Publications, 1990.
The Parental Alienation Syndrome: A Guide for Mental Health and Legal Professionals by Richard A. Gardner
Understanding Child Abuse & Domestic Violence
Informational Reports || Online Support || Publications
Informational Reports
Domestic Violence and Children
This article from BetterHealth.com provides heuristic information/definitions about domestic child abuse.
Child Abuse
This website provides diagnosis/symptoms depictions, treatment, prevention, coping issues and many other psychological/medical information on child abuse.
Child Abuse in Children
This website defines and explains the different types of child abuse.
Helping Kids Navigate Their Teenage Years: When Parents Need Help First
This 4Therapy.com webpage discusses the factors to take into consideration when treating a teen affected by their parents' actions.
Domestic Violence as a Form of Child Abuse
This website discusses the effects of domestic violence on children.
Domestic Violence linked to Child Abuse
This website links and discusses the effects of domestic violence on children.
The Youngest Victims of Domestic Violence
This website describes the effects of domestic violence based on children's developmental stages.
Children and Domestic Violence
This website further depicts the effects of domestic violence on children.
PTSD in Children
This website explains and discusses the PTSD symptoms arising from child domestic abuse.
Domestic Violence as a Form of Child Abuse
This website discusses the effects of domestic violence on children.
Online Support
Child Abuse.com
A website on child abuse with many articles, links, information, online group supports and many other helpful resources.
Welcome to the International Child Abuse Network
This international resourceful website contains a series of newsletters, a description of annual child abuse meetings, literature on the subject and many others.
International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Another international organization whose goal is to advocate prevention and diminish child abuse around the world.
Publications
Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide For The Concerned by Douglas J. Besharov
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Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (6th Edition) by Cynthia Crosson-Tower
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Child Abuse and Culture : Working with Diverse Families by Lisa Aronson Fontes
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Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide For The Concerned by Douglas J. Besharov
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Quick Reference Child Abuse by James A. Monteleone
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No More Hurt: A Child's Workbook about Recovering from Abuse by Wendy Deaton M.A., Kendall, Ph.D. Johnson
Purchase here (Amazon.com link)
*Discussed here are only abuses perpetrated by parents to a child. Please also keep in mind that any counselors who are knowledgeable of any forms of child abuse should notify local authorities.
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