Pat’s Finds-2006
A compilation of 2006 Monthly E-Zines
RESOURCES
Community Coordination for Women’s Safety most popular resource, Building Partnerships to End Violence Against Women, is now available on their website in pdf format. Go to www.endingviolence.org and click on Community Coordination for Women’s Safety, then follow the link to documents page.
Helping my child: A guide to supporting children exposed to domestic violence
Kids helping kids: A guide for children exposed to domestic violence
Interventions with children exposed to domestic violence: professionals
3 great new resources downloadable link from http://www.bcysth.ca/resources/resources.htm
or can be purchased for $20.00 for the set from B.C. Children’s bookstore
http://www.bcchildrens.ca/default.htm
The People’s Law School is branching into family law. They have a number of fact sheets including Separation Agreements and a new Caring for Children Parents’ Rights & Responsibilities. www.publiclegaled.bc.ca
A Workplace Toolkit www.toolkitnb.ca The Toolkit is meant for Businesses. It is complete and created in a modular fashion, includes fact sheets on how Domestic Violence affects workplaces, examples of what different businesses are doing to help, etc.
Ministry of Employment and Income Assistance
Online Resource
http://www.eia.gov.bc.ca/olr/
- British Columbia
"Effective March 27, 2006 the BCEA (welfare) Manual has been retired and
replaced with an exciting* new information source – the Online Resource.
The Online Resource incorporates information from a number of different
sources into one user-friendly website, which will save time spent
searching for up-to-date information and resources."
Getting Out A Process Learned from the Courage & Wisdom of Survivors-Available from www.stopstoviolence.com , though the resource pages would have to be changed to what area/province you are in this booklet is written from the perspective of and for a woman who may not know she is in an abusive relationship. Given the perspective I am unsure how this booklet could best be made available to those who could use it.
Working with Battered Women: A Handbook for Health Care Professionals; compiled in Saskatchewan and updated in 2001 this handbook is concise, contains myths & facts and a nice explanation why women return to their partners. Could be adapted for other use. www.hotpeachpages.net/canada/air/medbook
ACT-Adults and Children Together-Against Violence www.actagainstviolence.org
Various good resources, age appropriate available for download for adults to help raise non-violent children. Includes Understanding Child Development as a Violence Prevention Tool, Violence Prevention for Families of Young Children, When Children Experience Trauma: A Guide for Parents and Families and numerous one page
Guide to Court Services Online
The government of British Columbia has created a website - Court Services Online (CSO) - where you can access court documents in matters in Small Claims Court, the Supreme Court of BC and the Court of Appeal of BC. The multimedia presentations on the LCES site explains what you can access through the CSO website and the how you how to use the website.
http://www.lawcourtsed.ca/cso
Family Law and You: Representing yourself in BC Supreme Court
This video is now available online. It provides information about how someone who is representing themselves in BC Supreme Court may undertake legal proceedings. The online videos will assist anyone who needs to deal with matters such as divorce, custody, access, guardianship and/or child support.
http://www.lawcourtsed.ca/family_law
FASD Tool Kit for Aboriginal Communities-a “user-friendly” resource to help front line workers working with children, youth, adults and families affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Available from www.ofifc.org though stated for Aboriginal Communities can be used by anyone.
Working with Your Lawyer: a toolkit for survivors of domestic violence. Downloadable pamphlets cover Expectations, Communications and Decision-Making. Site also offers videos and though for Ontario most is applicable for the rest of Canada.
http://www.schliferclinic.com/legal/toolkit.htm
Though intended for lawyers BC Online Poverty Law Training Course can be printed and provides easy instructions and links to all the information, Acts and forms that you need. Available at www.probononet.bc.ca under resources.
A Handbook for Police Responding to Domestic Violence available from the Centre for Children & Families London Ont. http://www.lfcc.on.ca/handbook_police.html
Though printed in 2004 is a brief though thorough publication.
A Sense of Belonging:Supporting Healthy Child Development in Aboriginal Families . Though written from an Ontario perspective gives an overview of the difficulties faced by Aboriginal peoples and how Cultural differences can be misinterpreted. http://www.opc.on.ca/beststart/resources/hlthy_chld_dev/index.html
Bulletins/Fact sheets. Ending Relationship Abuse Society of BC have a posted a number of 1 page Bulletins mainly concerning counseling programs for men but they also include Relationship Violence Treatment: Answers to Common Questions Women Ask, Abuse & Drug Abuse and Relationship Violence and others. Available at www.erabc.ca
Custody & Access Calendar www.jointparents.com though I personally have not used this site it has been recommended by others and does have a 30 day free trial and appears to be reasonably priced -$9.95/month. I think this might be a great way for women to communicate with their abusive spouse.
Free From Fear-Sexual Assault Prevention for Teens available at http://www.womensdirectorate.gov.yk.ca/general/publications.html
Easy to read booklet which includes quizzes for youth.
ARTICLES/Research
Housing Thousands of Women: An edited collection
of the works of the Women’s Housing Action Team
http://www.qolchallenge.ca/Housing%20Thousands%20of%20Women%20Final%20Version.pdf
YWCA Canada Effective Practices in Sheltering Women Leaving Violence in Intimate Relationships: Phase II (2006) A national study that indicates an alarmingly high percentage of women coming to shelters are at risk of being murdered.
Full report and related materials available at www.ywca.ca
Study: Family income and the well-being of children, 1994 to 1998
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/060511/d060511c.htm
The well-being of children appears to be almost always associated with
the household income of their family, according to a study recently
published jointly by Human Resources and Social Development Canada and
the Research Data Centre program.
Complete study:
Income and the Outcomes of Children, 1994 to 1998
http://www.statcan.ca/english/research/11F0019MIE/11F0019MIE2006281.pdf
(PDF file - 388K, 66 pages)
“There is growing recognition that children are severely victimized in the context of intimate partner violence, and not necessarily in the way that many researchers, clinicians and other professional conceptualize as direct child abuse”. Ontario’s Domestic Violence Death Review Committee Annual Report to the Chief Coroner 2005 now available at http://www.mpss.jus.gov.on.ca/english/home/pubs.html
Aboriginal Healing Foundation www.ahf.ca
Intended for Aboriginal peoples I feel that some of the following reports include information/lessons that could be applicable and useful to others. Though none are overly long (most less than 100 pages) I found that they could take a long time to print. Though the web site doesn’t state it I understand you can also order hard copies.
http://www.ahf.ca/e_ResearchSeries.aspx
- Warrior-Caregivers: Understanding the Challenges and Healing of First Nations Men-Includes great questions to start a dialogue
- Aboriginal Domestic Violence in Canada
http://www.ahf.ca/e_LegalDocuments.aspx
- Ethics Guidelines for Aboriginal Communities Doing Healing Work-nice list of items required for an ethical non-profit
Family Violence in Canada A Statistical Profile 2006
http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/downpub/listpub.cgi?catno=85-224-XIE2006000
Through the Eyes of Young People: Meaningful Child Participation in B.C. Family Court Processes available at http://www.iicrd.org/familycourt/ is a great look at the current state of child participation in BC Family Court Process.
Violence Against Women: Statistical Trends, 2006
http://www.statcan.ca/cgi-bin/downpub/listpub.cgi?catno=85-570-XIE2006001
Statistics Canada today released a comprehensive summary of what is
currently known about the prevalence and severity of violence against
women in Canada. The report pulls together previously released data from
victimization surveys, police services, courts and service agencies to
assess the nature of violence against women.
What About Me’ Seeking to Understand a Child’s View of Violence in the Family available from London Family Court Clinic http://www.lfcc.on.ca/children_exposed_to_domestic_violence.html . Though an older publication-2004 I feel it is one of their better ones and deals with witnessing family violence from various view points i.e. ages of children when witnessing, length of time from witnessing etc.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Study- Two short reports-7 pages & 13 pages are available on-line at http://www.acestudy.org/publications.php and are well worth the read. This is a large, long-term study that is being widely quoted elsewhere.
ALERTS
Changes to Child Support Guidelines Coming Amendments to come into effect on May 1, 2006 From J.P. Boyd’s Family Law Site www.bcfamilylawresource.com
“A number of changes to the Child Support Guidelines will come into effect in the spring of 2006, the first amendments to the Guidelines since they became law in 1997. Some of the changes are not particularly significant, although they do clean up a few issues.
The most significant change is the publication of fresh child support tables that reflect the changed taxation regimes in the different provinces since 1997. A sp4ecial provision of the revised Guidelines expressly states that the new tables constitute a “change in circumstances” allowing anyone to apply to vary a child support order that predates the changes.
Though intended for lawyers BC Online Poverty Law Training Course can be printed and provides easy instructions and links to all the information, Acts and forms that you need. Available at www.probononet.bc.ca under resources.
A Handbook for Police Responding to Domestic Violence available from the Centre for Children & Families London Ont. http://www.lfcc.on.ca/handbook_police.html
Though printed in 2004 is a brief though thorough publication.
A Sense of Belonging:Supporting Healthy Child Development in Aboriginal Families . Though written from an Ontario perspective gives an overview of the difficulties faced by Aboriginal peoples and how Cultural differences can be misinterpreted. http://www.opc.on.ca/beststart/resources/hlthy_chld_dev/index.html
Custody & Access Calendar www.jointparents.com though I personally have not used this site it has been recommended by others and does have a 30 day free trial and appears to be reasonably priced -$9.95/month. I think this might be a great way for women to communicate with their abusive spouse.
Free From Fear-Sexual Assault Prevention for Teens available at http://www.womensdirectorate.gov.yk.ca/general/publications.html
Easy to read booklet which includes quizzes for youth.
Federal Child Support Guidelines have recently been amended. The New Guidelines come into force on May 1, 2006 The amended Guidelines, new Tables and a new booklet will be available May 1 from
http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/sup/grl/glp.html
Legal Aid Coverage for Family Cases now covers the kidnapping of a client’s child by a person who has access but not custody, maintenance enforcement committal proceedings where the respondent faces imprisonment, and the serious denial of access to children.
The Community Advocate Support Line (CASL) is a direct phone service for Community workers and advocates. Brief legal advice, information, and coaching will be provided to support advocates’ work on behalf of clients. Assistance can be provided on a variety of legal subjects, including income assistance, residential tenancy and housing issues (including foreclosure), family law, employment insurance, the Canada Pension Plan (including disability benefits), debt collection and bankruptcy, consumer contracts, and judicial reviews.
Victim Safety Unit (VSU) now offers after hours release from custody notifications, including confirmation of weekend and statutory holiday “sentence end” releases, releases at court, release on Parole and escape from custody. Plus Victim Travel Fund offers up to a maximum of $3,000.00 per victim to facilitate victim or immediate family member attendance and participation in justice-related proceedings. For more information or how to register for notification please see http://www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/victim_services/notification/index.htm
Interjurisdictional Support Orders New website to help people with ISO applications. The website is intended to simplify the process by automatically generating the forms needed as the user answers questions on the website. If users do not have access to a printer, they can order the forms they complete on-line.
The website is: www.isoforms.bc.ca
An additional tip: if an FDC client complains to you that they made an ISO application and never received any response, refer the client to your local family justice counsellor’s office. The FJC can request that the government’s Maintenance Enforcement and Locate Service track down the application and moving the matter along, even in other jurisdictions.
STRATEGIES
From the Family Violence Prevention & Health Practice:
“One survivor in Virginia purchased a cell phone and gave that number only to her ex-husband for visitation arrangements. A judge held the abuser accountable when the cell phone and billing records documented hundreds of hang-up calls on a phone only the abuser knew about, a clear violation of her restraining order. |
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