The Impact of Domestic Violence on Children | July 12, 2025
Children exposed to domestic violence experience trauma on many levels. This presentation will look at the long and short term repercussions of experiencing this chronic trauma. Topics will include the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, attachment injuries as a result of trauma, and the effects of chronic stress on brain development.
Objectives:
Participants will understand the immediate effects of domestic violence on children of different ages and developmental stages.
Participants will be able to identify details of the brain state model and ways to apply this model to children experiencing trauma.
Participants will understand the role of attachment in typical childhood development and the way that trauma disrupts this process.
Children exposed to domestic violence experience trauma on many levels. This presentation will look at the long and short term repercussions of experiencing this chronic trauma. Topics will include the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, attachment injuries as a result of trauma, and the effects of chronic stress on brain development.
Objectives:
Participants will understand the immediate effects of domestic violence on children of different ages and developmental stages.
Participants will be able to identify details of the brain state model and ways to apply this model to children experiencing trauma.
Participants will understand the role of attachment in typical childhood development and the way that trauma disrupts this process.
Children exposed to domestic violence experience trauma on many levels. This presentation will look at the long and short term repercussions of experiencing this chronic trauma. Topics will include the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, attachment injuries as a result of trauma, and the effects of chronic stress on brain development.
Objectives:
Participants will understand the immediate effects of domestic violence on children of different ages and developmental stages.
Participants will be able to identify details of the brain state model and ways to apply this model to children experiencing trauma.
Participants will understand the role of attachment in typical childhood development and the way that trauma disrupts this process.