Strategies for Action Preventing and Responding to Violence and Abuse in Intimate and family relationships

Prevention Strategies Primary Prevention Primary Prevention Target the general population Target the general population Secondary Prevention Secondary Prevention Target groups at high risk for family violence and abuse Target groups at high risk for family violence and abuse Tertiary Prevention Tertiary Prevention target families who have experienced abuse target families who have experienced abuse

Primary Prevention Create new norms, public education, media campaigns, focus on parent education Create new norms, public education, media campaigns, focus on parent education Alternatives to corporal punishment? Alternatives to corporal punishment? Positive role model Positive role model Set rules and consequences Set rules and consequences Encourage and reward good behavior Encourage and reward good behavior Create charts Create charts Give time outs Give time outs Should corporal punishment be abolished? Should corporal punishment be abolished?

Secondary Prevention Strategies Do you think abuse is generational? Do you think the cycle can be broken?

Tertiary Prevention National Domestic Violence Hotline National Domestic Violence Hotline Shelters or Safe Houses Shelters or Safe Houses Is there a difference? Is there a difference? Child Protective Services Child Protective Services Sheriff Department Sheriff Department

Weekend Assignment due on Monday October 8th Objective- You develop a strategy to prevent family violence and abuse. Objective- You develop a strategy to prevent family violence and abuse. Requirements: Requirements: You must outline your program. Make sure you develop a program which is fiscally realistic and can be effectively managed. (You can model your program after a pre-existing program but you must have some components which are unique to yours. You must outline your program. Make sure you develop a program which is fiscally realistic and can be effectively managed. (You can model your program after a pre-existing program but you must have some components which are unique to yours. Justification of why your program would prevent family violence and abuse (you “might” include some statistics or studies which would support this) Justification of why your program would prevent family violence and abuse (you “might” include some statistics or studies which would support this) Which type of prevention strategy are you advocating? Primary, secondary or tertiary Yes you must prove it to me base on the definition. Which type of prevention strategy are you advocating? Primary, secondary or tertiary Yes you must prove it to me base on the definition.