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This document reviews the new research, policies, and programs focused on children who have witnessed adult domestic violence. It argues that the diversity of children’s experiences requires equally diverse responses from those who serve them.

Although the sky is the limit when it comes to advocates’ creativity and resourcefulness, advocates seem eager to learn from each other and gain new ideas about innovative approaches to provide a more holistic, engaging and comprehensive set of services to victims and survivors. NRCDV's July 2011 TA Question of the Month provides ideas for incorporating experiential outdoor activities into programming for domestic violence survivors.

This issue of "Partners in Social Change" examines what it looks like to engage men in sexual violence prevention. Much of the work we do focuses on how communities can prevent sexual violence; therefore this issue seeks to examine men as a community that has the potential to help create social change.

This report outlines goals for men’s action, identifies how speaking up and activism make a difference, explores what men can do, notes the strategies with which to nourish personal strength, support and inspiration, and acknowledges the mistakes that are easy to make.

This report describes how many men use violence against women, what men think about violence against women, and what role men can and do play in reducing and preventing this violence. The report is guided by the fundamental belief that men can play a positive role in preventing men’s violence against women.

These materials highlight the work of one site in Virginia’s “Enhancing Services to Children and Youth” demonstration project.

As part of CDCs DELTA program, this summary outlines Delaware's plan to influence systemic change in four key priority areas and ultimately prevent domestic violence.

These materials highlight the work of one site in Virginia's Enhancing Services to Children and Youth demonstration project.

It is our hope that this manual will challenge assumptions, foster critical thinking, and provide a fundamental understanding of the needs of battered women in jail. Our goal is to support an ever-expanding community of people providing effective advocacy to battered women in jail.

This article introduces the concept of Deaf gain, reframing deaf people as a group with sensory and cognitive diversity rather than a group lacking hearing.

This article provides a broad overview of art therapy and includes examples of different approaches to art therapy within the domestic violence advocacy community.

This Applied Research paper examines restorative justice for sexual assault from the perspective of survivors. A large international literature promotes restorative justice options as satisfying and empowering to crime victims.