Support for professionals and caregivers working with children impacted by fatal family violence.
What Ally Needs Now (eBook) | 2026 | FREE Access A children’s storybook, co-created with people with lived experience of losing a parent to intimate partner homicide. The book is designed to support children navigating grief, silence, and stigma after fatal family violence. Access to the e-book version is FREE.
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Home after Homicide – How do children and young people experience home following bereavement through intimate partner homicide? A practitioner resource | 2026 | FREE digital access Request print copy This resource summarises evidence on how children and young people experience home following the death of a parent through intimate partner homicide. It is designed to help practitioners understand the home-related support needs of these children and young people and to prompt critical reflection on professional practice.
Life After Intimate Partner Homicide: Children and young people bereaved by parental intimate partner homicide reclaim their stories (eBook) | 2025 | FREE digital access Request print copy This book of autobiographic stories focuses on the experiences of children and young people bereaved by parental intimate partner homicide, often highlighting their journeys to reclaim their stories, navigate grief, and deal with complex legal, social, and emotional aftermaths.
Listen: a resource for practitioners | 2021 This series of resources is for professionals who are supporting a child or young person who lost a parent due to fatal family violence. Sections include audio, video, text and reflective questions, designed to help start conversations. Topics include:
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KillJoy (ATOM Study Guide) for teachers | Read more
KillJoy is suitable viewing for students in Years 10–12 in:
SociologyEnglishEthicsHealth and Human DevelopmentLegal StudiesMediaPsychology
Please note: KillJoy explores themes of suicide, mental health, domestic violence and homicide that some viewers may find distressing.
Raising a child bereaved by domestic homicide: caregivers’ experiences | 2025 | Read articleThis article provides an in-depth exploration of the experiences of caregivers raising children after the loss of a parent due to intimate partner homicide.
Rethinking advocacy: child-centred approaches to child protection legal services | 2023 | Download reportThis report explores child-centred approaches to child protection legal services and makes a series of recommendations.
Supporting children and young people bereaved by domestic homicide | AIFS, 2023 | Open in new tabThis webinar will help practitioners in child and family services to understand the prevalence and impact of domestic homicide on children and young people, including their experiences of trauma and bereavement.
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