Edleson Revisited: Reviewing Children’s Witnessing of Domestic Violence 15 Years Later

Identifying the key components of a ‘whole family’ intervention for families experiencing domestic violence and abuse

“…In the UK, Australia and North America, child protection social work has increased its capacity to identify DVA and its impact on children (Kimball, 2016). In England and Wales, DVA was the factor most frequently identified by children in need assessments in 2016 with DVA being identified in 49.6% of all such assessments (DfE 2016).…”

‘My daughter is a drug addict’: grandparents caring for the children of addicted parents

“…In a recent review article, Kimble (2016) examined 15 years of research on how children experienced family violence and abuse. One response shown in some of the literature is a higher likelihood of children becoming violent, although in this study that happens in only a small minority of cases.…”

Take These Broken Wings and Learn to Fly: Applying Resilience Concepts to Practice with Children and Youth Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence

“…Despite the well-documented negative effects (Holt et al, 2008), a good number of studies indicate that not all children are negatively affected and that some IPV-exposed children and youth retain healthy functioning or develop positive adaptation and are able to follow normal trajectories of human development (Edleson, 1999;Graham-Bermann et al, 2009;Herman-Smith, 2013;Holt et al, 2008;Kimball, 2016;Laing, Humphreys, & Cavanagh, 2013;Margolin, 2005;Stith et al, 2000). For example, in a recent extensive review of the literature, Laing and colleagues (Laing et al, 2013) found that 26% to 50% of IPV-exposed children were functioning as well as those who were not exposed.…”

“…With consistently high rates of child exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) being reported, investigated, and substantiated (Fallon et al, 2015;Sinha, 2010) and heightened risks for harmful effects (Holt, Buckley, & Whelan, 2008;Kimball, 2016;Wolfe, Crooks, Lee, McIntyre-Smith, & Jaffe, 2003), it is timely to propose a resilience-informed lens for working with this vulnerable population. This article summarizes the growing research literature on resilience and IPV-exposed children, offers a working definition of resilience and discussion of related concepts to IPV-exposed children, and provides two case examples to explore ways of understanding and fostering resilience with children and youth exposed to IPV.…”

“…For example, compared with their nonexposed peers, exposed children and youth experience more depression, anxiety, social withdrawal, impairment in regulating emotions, aggression and conduct problems, insecure attachment, and trauma effects (Carpenter & Stacks, 2009;Graham-Bermann, Gruber, Howell, & Girz, 2009;HermanSmith, 2013;Holt et al, 2008;Katz, Stettler, & Gurtovenko, 2016;Kimball, 2016;Kitzmann, Gaylord, Holt, & Kenny, 2003;Margolin & Vickerman, 2011;Moylan et al, 2010;Wolfe et al, 2003). As well, diminished school performance and compromised academic achievement have been noted in IPV-exposed children (Kimball, 2016). These consequences constitute serious psychosocial problems in a child's functioning that can create vulnerabilities over the life course.…”