About This Toolkit
The purpose of this toolkit is to raise awareness and provide information about how to recognize the signs of exposure to domestic violence for children ages 0-5. You will find tips for how to safely respond and key provincial resources and helpline numbers at the end of this toolkit.
This toolkit is intended as a practical guide of helpful tips, but it is not exhaustive or meant to be used as a stand-alone training tool.
Topics:
- The impact of domestic violence on children
- Duty to report, including Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA)
- What you can do to help
- Diverse community considerations including indigenous, immigrant and refugee, LGBTQ+ communities, and people with disabilities
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Project Leads
- Colleen MacPherson, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Child Welfare Policy
- Julie Czeck, Provincial Office of Domestic Violence
Expert Working Group Members
- Amy FitzGerald, BC Society of Transition Houses
- Catherine Jensen, Ministry of Education, Early Years Learning Division
- Corinne Sagmeister, Provincial Office of the Early Years Dawn Williams, Ministry of Health, Community Care Licensing and Assisted Living
- Dawne Persson, Carrier Sekani Family Services
- Diana Elliott, Aboriginal Infant Development Program
- Irene Wilsie, Women’s Contact
- Jessica Day, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Aboriginal Policy
- Dr. Kathie MacKinnon, Secwepemc Child and Family Services
- Leanne Seddon-Howell, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Early Years Policy
- Melanie Foster, Ministry of Health, Population and Public Health Melanie Hudson, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Aboriginal Policy
- Sara Cameron, MOSAIC
Executive Steering Committee
- Catherine Talbott, Provincial Office of Domestic Violence
- Cheryl May, Ministry of Children and Family Development
- Emily Horton, Provincial Office of the Early Years
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