1st Edition

Domestic Abuse Safety Planning with Young Children: A Professional Guide

By Catherine Lawler Copyright 2024
52 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Speechmark

52 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Speechmark

This guidebook is an essential companion to the Pilgrim’s Bumpy Flight story and is designed to be read by professionals to ensure the effective and safe use of the storybook. Pilgrims Bumpy Flight has been created to help young children aged 5–7 experiencing domestic abuse, to explore the concepts of physical and emotional safety. Safety planning with a child offers a way to help them... Read more

1 Before you read this book

2 Leaving

3 Cast of Characters

4 Page by Page Helpers Notes

5 Toxic Stress

6 Childhood Trauma

7 A Childs Place within the Family

8 Direct work and Safety Planning with Children

9 Safety Planning Tips for Adults

10 Relationship Rights for Adults

11 Appendix Outline

12 Appendices 1-9

13 Websites and Helplines

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Catherine Lawler is a qualified specialist children’s counsellor, trauma practitioner and childhood survivor of domestic abuse and coercive control. She has extensive experience working with children, young people, adult survivors and families as well as developing and facilitating training on the issues of domestic abuse and coercive control. Catherine is co-author of Domestic Violence and Children: A Handbook for Schools and Early Years, Floss and the Boss: Helping Children Learn About Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control, and Luna Little Legs: Helping Young Children to Understand Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control.

Nicky Armstrong B.A.(Hons) Theatre Design, M.A. Slade School of Fine Arts, has illustrated 30 books which have been translated and published in 7 countries. She has achieved major commissions in both mural and fine art painting.