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Materials for Child Welfare Service Providers

• Connect: Supporting Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
  In-service Training for Resource Families, a Trainer’s Guide & Tools
  By the Family Violence Prevention Fund
  
  
• Cross-System Dialogue: An Effective Strategy to Promote Communication between the Domestic Violence Community, Child Welfare System, and the Courts (PDF)
  by Stacy M. Lowry and Olga Trujillo, 2008
  
  
• Bringing the Greenbook to Life: a Resource Guide for Communities. (PDF)
  By Ann Rosewater, Leigh Goodmark, 2008
  
  
• Building Capacity in Child Welfare Systems: Domestic Violence Specialized Positions by Ann Rosewater 2008
  
  
• Reflections from the Field: Considerations for Domestic Violence Specialists (PDF)
  Shellie Taggart, Lauren Litton, 2008 ( PDF)
  
  
• The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence: Guidelines for Case Management in Child Welfare. St. Louis County, Missouri, 2007
  
  
• Building Safety for Battered Women and their Children into the Child Protection System 2003
  
  
• Funding the Work: Community Efforts to End Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
  
  
• Reasonable Efforts Guidelines in Co-Occuring Cases of Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment. St. Louis County, Missouri, 2007
  
  
• Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment Resource Directory. St. Louis County, Missouri, 2007
  
  
• Domestic Violence Institute: St. Louis Greenbook Initiative on Domestic Violence & Child Maltreatment - Protecting Families: Multidisciplinary Strategies With Men Who Batter. St. Louis County, Missouri, 2007
  
  
• El Paso Cultural Competency Toolkit. El Paso County, Colorado, 2006
  
  
• Best Practice Series for CPSWs. Grafton County, New Hampshire
  
  • Living Domestic Violence: Prisoners of a Very Private War (PDF)
  • Batterers as Partners, Batterers as Parents (PDF)
  • Children Living Domestic Violence (PDF)
  • Screening and Documenting Coercive Control (PDF)
  • Batterer Accountability (PDF)
  • Guide to the Perspective and Safety Needs of Battered Women (PDF)
  
  
• Minnesota Department Of Human Services Guidelines for Responding To the Co-occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence
  
  
• Gender Biases in Child Welfare, by Christina Risley-Curtiss and Kristin Heffernan, AFFILIA, Vol. 18 No. 4, Winter 2003 395-410, © 2003 Sage Publications, posted by permission.
  
  
• Domestic Violence and Child Protection Court. by Hon. Leonard P. Edwards
  
  
• Accountability and Connection with Abusive Men: A New Child Protection Response to Increasing Family Safety Prepared by Fernando Mederos with the Massachusetts Department of Social Services Domestic Violence Unit
  
  
• Department of Human Services: Guidelines for Responding to the Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment & Domestic Violence. El Paso County, Colorado
  
  
• Domestic Violence Training Day One: Safety Engaging Adult Victims and Their Children
  Grafton County, New Hampshire 2007 (PDF)
  
  
• Domestic Violence Training Day One: Safety Engaging Adult Victims and Their Children-Handouts
  Grafton County, New Hampshire 2007 (PDF)
  
  
• Domestic Violence Training Day Two: Accountability and Connection with Abusive Men
  Grafton County, New Hampshire, 2007 (PDF)
  
  
• Domestic Violence Training Day Two: Accountability and Connection with Abusive Men-Handouts
  Grafton County, New Hampshire, 2007 (PDF)
  
  
• What’s Missing From Foster Care Reform?
  Theo Liebmann, 2007 (PDF)
  
  
• Defining Child Exposure to Domestic Violence as Neglect: Minnesota's Difficult Experience
  Jeffrey L. Edleson, Jenny Gassman-Pines, and Marissa B. Hill, 2006(PDF)
  
  
• American Humane Association. (1997). Linking a Response: Protocols for a Collaborative Approach to Child Abuse and Domestic Violence. Contact: 800.227.4645
  
  
• American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) and its affiliate, National Association of Public Child Welfare Administrators. (1999). Guidelines for a Model System of Protective Services for Abused and Neglected Children and Their Families. Washington, DC. Contact: 202.682.0100 www.aphsa.org
  
  
• Oregon State Office for Services to Children and Families (1999). Services to Children and Families Practice Guidelines for Cases of Domestic Violence. Contact: Bonnie Braeutigam at 503.945.6686 or Bonnie.Braeutigam@state.or.us.
  
  
• Del Tufo, Alisa R. Collaborative Engagement; helping child welfare service providers support families struggling with domestic violence, mental illness, substance abuse and poverty. Log on to www.connectnyc.org
  
  
• Aron, L.Y. & Olson, K.K. (1997). Efforts by child welfare agencies to address domestic violence: The experiences of five communities. Contact: The Urban Institute, 21000 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; Publications, 202.261.5687; orders only, 877.847.7377.
  
  
• Shepard, M. & Raschick, M. (1999). How child welfare workers assess and intervene around issues of domestic violence. Child Maltreatment, 4(2), 148-156.
  
  
• Whitney, P. & Davis, L. (1999). Child abuse and domestic violence in Massachusetts: Can practice be integrated in a public child welfare setting? Child Maltreatment, 4(2), 158-166.
  
  
• GREENBOOK CPS TOOLBOX MEETING (2002). Executive Summary of July 19, 2002 meeting.
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• Ganley, A.L. & Schechter, S. (1995). Domestic Violence: A National Curriculum for Family Preservation Practitioners. San Francisco, CA: Family Violence Prevention Fund. Contact: 415.252.8900. www.endabuse.org
  
  
• Ganley, A.L. & Schechter, S. (1996). Domestic Violence: A National Curriculum for Child Protective Services. San Francisco, CA: Family Violence Prevention Fund. Contact: 415.252.8900. www.endabuse.org
  
  
• Carrillo, R. and Carter, J. (2001). Guidelines for Conducting Family Team Conferences When There is a History of Domestic Violence. San Francisco, CA: Family Violence Prevention Fund. Contact: 415.252.8900.
  
  
• New Hampshire State Office of Victim/Witness Assistance. (2004). Division for Children Youth and Families: Domestic Violence Protocol. Contact: State Office of Victims/Witness Assistance, Department of Justice, State of New Hampshire. www.doj.nh.gov
  
  
• Wilson, C. (1998). Are Battered Women Responsible for Protection of Their Children in Domestic Violence Cases? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 13(2), 289-293.
  
  
• Zorza, J. (1995). Recognizing and protecting the privacy and confidentiality needs of battered women. Family Law Quarterly, 29(2), 273-311.
  
  
• Beeman, S.K, Hagermeister, A.K., & Edleson, J.L. (1999). Child protection and battered women's services: From conflict to collaboration. Child Maltreatment 4(2), 116-126.
  
  
• Betcher, J. & Diao, M. Approaches to Child Abuse and Domestic Violence: Working Together to Make Peace at Home. Contact: Family Violence Prevention Fund, 415.252.8900. www.endabuse.org
  
  
• Edleson, J.L. & Schechter, S. (Eds.) (1999). In the best interests of women and children: Child welfare and domestic violence services working together. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  
  
• Findlater, J.E. & Kelly, S. (1999). Reframing child safety in Michigan: Building collaboration among domestic violence, family preservation and child protection services. Child Maltreatment, 4(2), 167-174.
  
  
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Materials for Domestic Violence Service Providers

• Cross-System Dialogue: An Effective Strategy to Promote Communication between the Domestic Violence Community, Child Welfare System, and the Courts (PDF)
  by Stacy M. Lowry and Olga Trujillo, 2008
  
  
• Bringing the Greenbook to Life: a Resource Guide for Communities. (PDF)
  By Ann Rosewater, Leigh Goodmark, 2008
  
  
• Reflections from the Field: Considerations for Domestic Violence Specialists (PDF)
  Shellie Taggart, Lauren Litton, 2008
  
  
• Building Capacity in Child Welfare Systems: Domestic Violence Specialized Positions by Ann Rosewater 2008
  
  
• The Co-Occurrence of Child Abuse/Neglect and Domestic Violence: Guide for Crisis Center Advocates Grafton County, New Hampshire, (Draft) August 2006
  
  
• Confidentiality & Information Sharing Issues: For Domestic Violence Advocates Working with Child Protection and Juvenile Court Systems By Attorney Jill Davies Greater Hartford Legal Aid, Inc. For the Greenbook National Technical Assistance Team
  
  
• Funding the Work: Community Efforts to End Domestic Violence and Child Abuse
  
  
• Advocacy Matters Helping Mothers and their Children Involved With the Child Protection System
  Advocacy Matters Poster
  Prepared By Family Violence Prevention Fund
  
  
• Helping Children Who Witness Domestic Violence: A Guide for Parents (Instructor's Manual), by Meg Crager and Lily Anderson
  
  
• Co-occurence of Child Abuse/Neglect and Domestic Violence: Guide for New Hampshire Court Appointed Special Advocates Grafton County, New Hampshire, (Draft) August 2006
  
  
• Negotiating Programs Administered Through the Missouri Department of Social Services: Manual for Domestic Violence Advocates. St. Louis County, Missouri, April 2006.
  
  
• Assisting Battered Women Involved in the Child Protection System. San Francisco County, California, July 2007.
  
  
• T-E-S-S-A Guidelines: Confidentiality, Mandated Reporting of Child Abuse, and Information Sharing. El Paso County, October 2006
  
  
• El Paso Cultural Competency Toolkit. El Paso County, Colorado, 2006
  
  
• Helping Battered Women and Their Children: A Guide for Domestic Violence Advocates on the Co-Occurrence of Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment. St. Louis County, Missouri, February 2008
  
  
• Aron, L.Y. & Olson, K.K. (1997). Efforts by child welfare agencies to address domestic violence: The experiences of five communities. Contact: The Urban Institute, 21000 M Street, NW, Washington, DC 20037; Publications, 202.261.5687; orders only, 877.847.7377.
  
  
• Shepard, M. & Raschick, M. (1999). How child welfare workers assess and intervene around issues of domestic violence. Child Maltreatment, 4(2), 148-156.
  
  
• Whitney, P. & Davis, L. (1999). Child abuse and domestic violence in Massachusetts: Can practice be integrated in a public child welfare setting? Child Maltreatment, 4(2), 158-166.
  
  
• Carrillo, R. and Carter, J. (2001). Guidelines for Conducting Family Team Conferences When There is a History of Domestic Violence. San Francisco, CA: Family Violence Prevention Fund. Contact: 415.252.8900. www.endabuse.org
  
  
• Volpp, L. (1995). Working with Battered Immigrant Women: A Handbook to Make Services Accessible. San Francisco, CA: Family Violence Prevention Fund. Contact: 415.252.8900.
  
  
• Carlson, B.E. (1984). Children's observations of inter-parental violence. In A.R. Roberts (Ed.), Battered women and their families. (pp. 147-167), New York: Springer
  
  
• Edleson, J.L. (1999). Children's witnessing of adult domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14(8), 839-870.
  
  
• Gundlach, C. (1999). Examining the recommendations for domestic violence service providers in effective intervention in domestic violence and child maltreatment cases: recommendations for policy and practice. Synergy, 4(2), 6&8. Contact: 800.527.3223
  
  
• Wilson, C. (1998). Are battered women responsible for protection of their children in domestic violence cases? Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 13(2), 289-293.
  
  
• Zorza, J. (1995). Recognizing and protecting the privacy and confidentiality needs of battered women. Family Law Quarterly, 29(2), 273-311.
  
  
• Beeman, S.K, Hagermeister, A.K., & Edleson, J.L. (1999). Child protection and battered women's services: From conflict to collaboration. Child Maltreatment 4(2), 116-126.
  
  
• Betcher, J. & Diao, M. Approaches to Child Abuse and Domestic Violence: Working Together to Make Peace at Home. Contact: Family Violence Prevention Fund, 415.252.8900. www.endabuse.org
  
  
• Edleson, J.L. & Schechter, S. (Eds.) (1999). In the best interests of women and children: Child welfare and domestic violence services working together. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  
  
• Findlater, J.E. & Kelly, S. (1999). Reframing child safety in Michigan: Building collaboration among domestic violence, family preservation and child protection services. Child Maltreatment, 4(2), 167-174.
  
  
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Materials for Court Systems

• Cross-System Dialogue: An Effective Strategy to Promote Communication between the Domestic Violence Community, Child Welfare System, and the Courts (PDF)
  by Stacy M. Lowry and Olga Trujillo, 2008
  
  
• Bringing the Greenbook to Life: a Resource Guide for Communities. (PDF)
  By Ann Rosewater, Leigh Goodmark, 2008
  
  
• Greenbook Initiative 2003 Judges' Toolbox Meeting Executive Summary
  
  
• Greenbook Court Guide for Co-occurence Cases. Grafton County, New Hampshire, (Draft) August 2006
  
  
• The Co-Occurrence of Child Abuse/Neglect and Domestic Violence - Guide for New Hampshire Court Appointed Special Advocates. Grafton County, New Hampshire, (Draft) August 2006
  
  
• The Co-Occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence: Guidelines for Case Management for Deputy Juvenile Officers. St. Louis County, Missouri, 2007
  
  
• Protocol Governing Filing of Child Order of Protection Petition by Juvenile Officer. St. Louis County, Missouri, 2007
  
  
• Court Responses to Batterer Program Noncompliance.
  By Melissa Labriola, Michael Rempel, Chris S. O' Sullivan, and Phyllis B. Frank March 2007
  
  
• Helping St. Louis County Families: A Guide for Court Professionals on the Co-Occurence of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse/Neglect. St. Louis County, Missouri, 2007
  
  
• Mediation Proposal. El Paso County, Colorado
  
  
• Key Questions for Domestic Relations Mediation. El Paso County, Colorado
  
  
• Mediating When Domestic Violence/Control Exists. El Paso County, Colorado
  
  
• Domestic Relations Mediation and Family Violence Brochure. El Paso County, Colorado
  
  
• Mediation Questionnaire on Domestic Violence. El Paso County, Colorado
  
  
• Motion Re: Exemption from Mediation/ADR Order. El Paso County, Colorado, 2006
  
  
• Access to Justice: Civil Legal Representation for Victims of Domestic Violence. El Paso County, Colorado, July 2006
  
  
• Domestic Violence Legal Resource Guide. El Paso County, Colorado, 2007
  
  
• La Violencia Domestica: Una Guia Legal de Recursos (DV Legal Resource Guide - Spanish). El Paso County, Colorado, 2007
  
  
• El Paso Cultural Competency Toolkit. El Paso County, Colorado, 2006
  
  
• Institutional Safety & Accountability Audit Report. El Paso County, Colorado, 2007
  
  
• For Domestic Violence Case Monitor Forms and Survey Analysis, please go to El Paso County, Colorado webpage.
  
  
• Accountability and Connection with Abusive Men: A New Child Protection Response to Increasing Family Safety Prepared by Fernando Mederos with the Massachusetts Department of Social Services Domestic Violence Unit
  
  
• Defining Child Exposure to Domestic Violence as Neglect: Minnesota's Difficult Experience
  Jeffrey L. Edleson, Jenny Gassman-Pines, and Marissa B. Hill, 2006(PDF)
  
  
• Judicial Leadership: The Role of Judges in Local Community Initiatives. Interactive Training Tool that includes a PowerPoint presentation, video and supplemental materials. Available from the Resourse Center on Domestic Violence: Child Protection and Custody, 1-800-527-3223.
  
  
• Lecklitner, G.L., Malik, N.M., Aaron, S.M., & Lederman, C.S. (1999). Promoting safety for abused children and battered mothers: Miami-Dade County's model dependency court intervention program. Child Maltreatment, 4(2), 175-182.
  
  
• GREENBOOK INITIATIVE 2002 JUDGES' TOOLBOX MEETING (2002). Executive Summary
  
  
• GREENBOOK INITIATIVE 2003 JUDGES' TOOLBOX MEETING (2003). Executive Summary
  
  
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Readings of General Interest and Greenbook Related Articles

• Effective Intervention in Domestic Violence & Child Maltreatment Cases:
  
  
  • Executive Summary
    
    
  • A Summary of Recommendations for Child Welfare Agencies
    
    
  • A Summary of Recommendations for Domestic Violence Agencies
    
    
  • A Summary of Recommendations for Judges
    
    
  • Greenbook Implementation Plan
  
  
• Cross-System Dialogue: An Effective Strategy to Promote Communication between the Domestic Violence Community, Child Welfare System, and the Courts (PDF)
  by Stacy M. Lowry and Olga Trujillo, 2008
  
  
• "Susan Schechter Leadership Development Fellowship" [ Go to story]
  
  
• "Susan Schechter, Greenbook Co-Author dies" [ Go to story ]
  
  
• "Home violence gets state attention," The Raleigh (NC) News & Observer, February 11, 2003, reprinted by permission of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina. [Go to story]
  
  
• "High court mulls landmark domestic violence ruling; Case centers on change of venue to another state," The Great Falls Tribune, October 16, 2002. Reprinted by permission of the Great Falls Tribune. [Go to story]
  
  
• "Domestic Violence: Coordination is beginning to improve service," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, guest editorial by Norma Ellington-Twitty, Ph.D., October 29, 2002. Reprinted by permission of the author. [Go to story]
  
  
• "St. Louis County Family Court teaches legal professionals about family violence issues," The St. Charles County Business Record, June 20, 2002. [Go to story]
  
  
• “What’s best for Children from violent homes?,” The Charlotte Observer, February 16, 2001,” guest editorial by Judge Leonard P. Edwards and Judge William G. Jones. Reprinted with permission from The Charlotte Observer. Copyright owned by The Charlotte Observer. [Go to story]
  
  
• "St. Louis County included in new federal domestic violence program," The St. Charles County Business Record, October 19, 2001. [Go to story]
  
• Blaming victims: Abused women should not suffer again by having their children taken away," guest editorial by Kenneth J. Theisen, Bay Area Legal Aid, The San Francisco Daily Journal, October 12, 2001. [Go to story]
  
  
• "Coordinate efforts," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, guest editorial by Judge Susan Block, August 2, 2001. Reprinted by permission of the author. [Go to story]
  
  
• Implementing Recommendations in the Greenbook: Lessons Learned in Santa Clara County
  
  
• Testimony by David B. Mitchell at Stop Violence Against Women Congressional Briefing (March 7, 2002)
  
  
• National Conference of State Legislatures State Legislative Report article by Steve Christian, "Children's Exposure to Domestic Violence: Is It Child Abuse?"
  
  
• Exploring New Directions for Systems Change to Address the Co-Occurrence of Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment (Final Report). El Paso County, Colorado, 2007
  
  
• Carlson, B.E. (1984). Children's observations of inter-parental violence. In A.R. Roberts (Ed.), Battered women and their families. (pp. 147-167), New York: Springer
  
  
• Bennett, L. (1998). Substance Abuse and Woman Abuse by Male Partners [On-line] Available: http://new.vawnet.org/category/main_doc.php?docid=395.
  
  
• Pearce, D.M. (1999). Doing the triple combination: Negotiating the domestic violence, child welfare and welfare systems. In R.A. Brandwein (Ed.), Battered women, children and welfare reform: The ties that bind. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
  
  
• Edleson, J.L. (1999). Children's witnessing of adult domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 14(8), 839-870.
  
  
• UN Report Finds Violence Against Children Pervasive November 22, 2006
  
  
• Government Reports Drop in Domestic Violence. December 19, 2007.
  
  
• Violence From Male Partners Associated With Serious Health Threats to Pregnant Women and Newborns, Harvard School of Public Health
  
  
• Assessing Child Exposure to Adult Domestic Violence Jeffrey L. Edleson, Amanda L. Ellerton, Ellen A. Seagren, Staci L. Kirchberg, Sarah O. Schmidt, Amirthini T. Ambrose, 2007(PDF)
  
  
• Emerging Responses to Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
  Jeffrey L. Edleson, 2006 (PDF)
  
  
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