Dyadic Intervention for Young Children Exposed to Interpersonal Violence

Authors

  • Robert Herman-Smith UNC Charlotte School of Social Work
  • Rosa Espinosa Women's Division Community Support Services of Mecklenburg County Charlotte, NC

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55370/hsdialog.v19i1.403

Keywords:

early childhood mental health, domestic violence, early intervention, preschool

Abstract

Children aged five years and younger are more likely to be exposed to intimate partner violence than any other age group.  Until recently, there was little literature devoted to the social and emotional needs of young children exposed to family violence.  However, research over the past two decades has found links between a number of stressful and traumatic events early in life and later social and emotional problems.  This has led to increased clinical research on intervention for young children exposed to intimate partner violence.  Intervention that targets the parent-child relationship holds the most promise for changing developmental outcomes for children birth through five years of age.

Author Biographies

Robert Herman-Smith, UNC Charlotte School of Social Work

Robert Herman-Smith, PhD, MSW, is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at UNC Charlotte. 

 

Rosa Espinosa, Women's Division Community Support Services of Mecklenburg County Charlotte, NC

Rosa Espinosa, MSW, is a social worker with the Women's Division, Community Support Services of Mecklenburg County in Charlotte.

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Published

2016-02-09

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Dialog from the Field