Re: Child witnesses of DV

["Randy Webber" <rwebber@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Illinois Dept of Children and Family Services has a protocol for addressing
domestic violence within the context of child maltreatment investigations. 
You can contact DCFS at 312/814-6800.  If they have trouble finding the
right person for you to talk to, ask for the training section, since they
are responsible for teaching the protocol to DCFS staff.

-Randy


Randall Webber, M.P.H. <rwebber@chestnut.org>
Director of Training and Publications
Lighthouse Institute
Chestnut Health Systems
720 W. Chestnut St
Bloomington, IL  67101
309/827-6026    309/829-4661 (fax)
www.chestnut.org

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> From: David Finkelhor <David.Finkelhor@unh.edu>
> To: Child Maltreatment Researchers  
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
> Subject: Child witnesses of DV
> Date: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 12:26 PM
> 
> 
> 	There has been some recent debate about the issue of child
> protection investigations triggered when police or other service
providers
> trying to assist battered women recognize that their children have been
> exposed to domestic violence. Does anyone know of any communities or
> groups that have developed protocols for trying to specify conditions
> under which child protective reports might be warranted or guidelines for
> police, shelter workers and others who work with wife abuse victims? Do
> anyone know of any research going on on this topic?  
> 
> David Finkelhor
> Family Research Lab
> University of New Hampshire
> Durham, NH 03824
> 
> davidf@christa.unh.edu (or)
> david.finkelhor@unh.edu
> 
> 
> (603) 862-2761
> 
> The FRL now has a website: http://www.unh.edu/frl/index.html