Helping child victims of family violence through school personnel: An evaluation of a training program

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 144-163

  Young, Hannah L ^a   Mancuso, Alfred F ^b   Faherty, Ellen ^a   Dorman, Sally A ^c   Umbrell, Jessica R ^d  

^a ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIAN COURT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Charles County Public Schools   (United States)

^d WellSpan Behavioral Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Children exposed to violence; Domestic violence; Prevention; Schools; Training curriculum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING PROGRAM; FAMILY VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; POLICY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL PERSONNEL; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; WORKER;

EID: 65749150815     PISSN: 10926771     EISSN: 1545083X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10926770801921386     Document Type: Article

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