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A silent shame: exploring the lived experience

adolescent violence, family violence
2024

Dave Burck's published PhD thesis, from University of Queensland. This qualitative study centres on 15 face-to-face interviews with women and 10 face-to-face interviews with young people ages 12 to 17 (five boys and five girls) who have experienced IPV, Family Violence and Adolescent-Mother-Violence.

AVITH in Context Webinar: Neuroaffirmative Practice

adolescent violence, Neurodivergence
2024

In Victoria, young person violence has typically been viewed through the lens of intergenerational family violence. Many specialist AVITH practitioners here report that many of the young people they work with are neurodivergent. Is it time to consider new ways of conceptualising this issue to bring about changes in language, prevention and response? Panellists discuss considerations for working with young people who use violence in the home and their families through a trauma-informed and neuro-affirmative lens.

Claire’s son was having violent meltdowns — here’s what she wished she knew

adolescent violence, family violence
2024

Claire* thought that she'd escaped domestic violence after leaving her abusive partner, but she then struggled to find help with the violent meltdowns from her trauma-affected son. Warning: This story contains details of domestic violence that some viewers may find distressing.

Understanding how interoception helps young people understand reactions

adolescent violence, disability, Neurodivergence

You’re probably familiar with the five basic senses: taste, touch, smell, sight, and hearing. But did you know there are three additional ‘hidden’ senses that we use constantly to guide our bodies? These senses – proprioception, vestibular, and interoception – work together to organise how our body moves in space and interacts with our surroundings.

Webinar: Young people’s experiences and use of violence in the home

adolescent violence, CEDV, child maltreatment, FVSV
2024

This AVITH in Context webinar focused on the 2024 report, ‘Young people’s experiences and use of violence in the home’ which investigates four types of child maltreatment, their intersections and self-reported use of violence in the home.  

Policy Brief: Young women’s mental health

adolescent violence, mental health
2024

The significance of gender-based violence as a key driver in young women’s disproportionate experiences of mental ill-health.

Child to parent violence and abuse: New Zealand’s invisible family violence

adolescent violence, Neurodivergence
2024

This report explores research on CPVA and discusses the assumptions, beliefs and discourses that exist. A lack of awareness, knowledge and support means that if parents seek help, they are often blamed and the violence in their homes minimised. Contemporary research is indicating that there is an overrepresentation of CPVA within the neurodivergent community.

Video Games, Violence Justification and Child-to-Parent Violence

adolescent violence
2024

The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship of exposure to violent video games, pathological video-gaming, and justification of violence with the use of Child-to-Parent Violence (CPV) against the mother and the father, controlling for the sex, educational level, and violent TV exposure of the participant.

Young people’s experiences and use of violence in the home: Examining four types of child maltreatment, their intersections and self-reported use of violence in the home

adolescent violence, family violence
2024

This report examines the intersection of child maltreatment types and the intergenerational transmission of violence through young people's use of violence in the home.

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