The Child Witness to Violence Project (CWVP) is a therapeutic, advocacy, and outreach project that focuses on the growing number of young children who are hidden victims of domestic and community violence and other trauma-related events.
CWVP is staffed by a multi-cultural staff of social workers, psychologists, early childhood specialists, a consulting pediatrician and consulting attorney. It is run under the auspices of the Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center.
Goals of the project include:
CWVP is staffed by a multi-cultural staff of social workers, psychologists, early childhood specialists, a consulting pediatrician and consulting attorney. It is run under the auspices of the Department of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at Boston Medical Center.
Goals of the project include:
- To identify young children who witness acts of significant violence.
- To help young children heal from the trauma of witnessing violence by providing developmentally appropriate counseling for them and for their families.
- To provide consultation and training to the network of caregivers in the lives of young children in order that they may more effectively identify and respond to children who are exposed to violence.
Boston Marathon 2013
Tips for parents on talking with your children about this tragedy, please click here.
For more information on talking to children about this tragedy, please click here.
For information in Spanish, click here.
For more information on talking to children about this tragedy, please click here.
For information in Spanish, click here.
- Betsy Groves, Founder of CWVP, wrote a Letter to the Editor regarding the Boston Marathon bombing. It was publishing on April 24, 2013. Click here to read the full article.
- Jenifer Goldman Fraser, Associate Director of Research & Program Development, was interviewed regarding the Boston Marathon bombing by JewishBoston.com. Her interview was published on April 22, 1013. Click here to read the full article.
- Rick Townley of the Washington Post, cited CWVP in an article on April 17, 2013 that discussed the Boston Marathon bombing. In the article Mr. Townley lists several books that CWVP suggests for helping children who have experienced violence. Click here to read the full article.
- Betsy Groves, Founder of CWVP, participated in a Podcast on April 16, 2013 hosted by Harvard to discuss how both parents and teachers can discuss with their children the meaning and impact of the recent tragedy in Boston. Click here to listen to the Podcast.
CWVP Group for Mothers
Beginning March 25th and running through April 29th, the Child Witness to Violence Project will be hosting a six week skill-building group for mothers who have a history of trauma and feel that it is affecting their parenting.
Please click here for more information.
Please click here for more information.
Featured Work
- Jenifer Goldman Fraser and Carmen Rosa Noroña presented at The Steven J. Parker Memorial Developmental-Behavioral Pediatric Conference: Clinical Problems in Primary Care on March 9, 2013.
Evidence-Based Intervention for Children Exposed to Maltreatment: State of the Science and Implication for Practice and Research
Jenifer Goldman Fraser, PhD
Infusing Fussy Baby into Pediatric Settings: Lessons Learned From the Field
Margot Kaplan Sanoff, EdD and Carmen Rosa Noroña, MSW, MS Ed
- Carmen Rosa Noroña, MS Ed, co-authored three articles in the November issue of ZERO TO THREE's Journal (Volume 33, No.2). The articles are:
Infant Mental Health Professional Development: Together in the Struggle for Social Justice
Maria Seymour St. John, Kandace Thomas, and Carmen Rosa Noroña with The Irving Harris Foundation Professional Development Network Tenets Working Group
From Tenet to Practice: Putting Diversity-Informed Services Into Action
Chandra Ghosh Ippen, Carmen Rosa Noroña, and Kandace Thomas
Broadening The Scope: Next Steps in Reflective Supervision Training
Carmen Rosa Noroña, Mary Claire Heffron, Sara Grunstein, and Ayannakai Nalo
Child Witness to Violence Project Newsletter 2012
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Safe Start Center Series on Children Exposed to Violence
In this issue brief, Betsy McAlister Groves and Marilyn Augustyn discuss the role pediatric care practitioners play in screening children for health and social risks, especially exposure to violence.
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Children Who See Too Much
This valuable book by Betsy McAlister Groves alerts parents and clinicians to the pain which children experience after witnessing violence. >>more |
Tips for Parents and Other Caregivers
This guide provides parents and caregivers with information about how to support children in a violent world. To download, click here. |
Hope and Healing dd
This is a guide for early childhood professionals who care for children in a variety of early care and education settings. The authors define trauma and help readers recognize its effects on young children. They also offer tips, resources, and proven intervention strategies for working with traumatized children and their families and for managing stress.
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The Child Witness to Violence Project is a distributor of the Safe Havens Training Curriculum developed by Family Communications, Inc. producers of Mister Roger’s Neighborhood. >>order We also have compiled information on many useful tools providing easy access to: Reference Library |
