Links of Interest to Professionals
ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES
- For information about health services in Alberta
www.albertahealthservices.ca - For specific information related to parenting
www.albertahealthservices.ca/2434.asp - For new parents
www.healthyparentshealthychildren.ca
ALBERTA RESOURCES
- A Framework to end Family Violence in Alberta
- Domestic Violence Handbook – For Police and Crown Prosecuters in Alberta
- Alberta Family and Community Support Services
- Alberta Home Visitation Network Association
- Alberta Perinatal Health Program
- Health Link Alberta
- La Leche League Alberta
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL
PARENTING
FATHERS
FAMILY VIOLENCE
- Helping Children Thrive: Supporting Woman Abuse Survivors as Mothers
- Spousal Violence (2011) Family Violence in Canada: A Statistical Profile. Ottawa, ON: Canada Centre for Justice Statistics
CHILDREN EXPOSED TO FAMILY VIOLENCE
- Baker L.L., Jaffe P.G., & Berkowitz S.J. Berkman M. (2002). Children Exposed to Violence: A Handbook for Police Trainers to Increase Understanding and Improve Community Responses
- Baker L.L., Jaffe P.G., Moore K.J. (2001). Understanding the Effects of Domestic Violence: A Handbook for Early Childhood Educators
- Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System
- Child Trauma Academy
- Hanson R., Self-Brown S, Fricker-Elhai A.E, Kilpatrick D.G., Saunders B.E,. and Resnick S.H. The Relations Between Family Environment and Violence Exposure Among Youth: Findings From the National Survey of Adolescents; Child Maltreat 2006; 11; 3
- Hilton N.Z. (1992) Battered Women’s Concerns about Their Children Witnessing Wife Assault. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Vol.7.
- Middlebrooks JS, Audage NC. The Effects of Childhood Stress on Health Across the Lifespan. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2008.
- National Scientific Council on the Developing Child
- Perry, B.D. (1997). Incubated in Terror: Neurodevelopmental Factors in the ‘Cycle of Violence.’ In J. Osofsky (ed.),Children, Youth and Violence: The Search for Solutions. New York: Guilford Press, pp. 124- 148.