Abstract:
This Guide for Practice is one of the results of the Honor Our Voices project,
a collaborative effort of the Avon Foundation for Women and two centers at
the University of Minnesota: the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse
(MINCAVA) and the Center for Advanced Studies in Child Welfare (CASCW).
Honor Our Voices is a multi-faceted effort to increase the awareness and
sensitivity of shelter advocates and other social service professionals to the
needs of children exposed to domestic violence and to suggest promising ways
of responding to these children’s needs. A major element of the Honor Our Voices
project is an online training module that includes the stories of three children
exposed to domestic violence and highlights the effects of domestic violence
on children and the promising practices that may respond to these children
at different ages. The online training module is freely available at
www.honorourvoices.org. A third result of our project is a free digital library
of short audio programs that highlight specific promising practices through the
voices of children. They can be found at on the Honor Our Voices website.