Symposium: Parenting After Domestic Violence

Posted by on April 16, 2004

Parenting After Violence:
A Symposium Exploring the Myriad Issues Affecting Parenting After Domestic Violence
May 4, 2004 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Temple University?s Health and Science Center located at 3340 North Broad Street in Philadelphia.

Parenting After Violence is a unique symposium presented by the Philadelphia Department of Human Services (DHS) in Collaboration with the Institute for Safe Families (ISF). The symposium will consist of five different workshops that explore a variety of strategies, program models, and issues that arise when working with families affected by domestic violence.

Workshops include:

Building Bridges Between Fatherhood and Domestic Violence Programs
Juan Carlos Arean, Ph.D

Children Affected By Domestic Violence: Lessons From
The Child Witness To Violence Project
Betsy McAlister Groves, MSW, LICSW

Implications For Systems: Co-Parenting by Victims of Domestic Violence
and the Men Who Batter Them
Oliver Williams, PhD

Parenting In the Aftermath Of Domestic Violence: Mothers As Healers
Darla Spence Coffey, PhD

Legal Issues in Parenting After Violence
Patricia Dubin, Esq

We hope that you will join us for this educational experience. Admission is free.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact Martha Davis at the Institute for Safe Families at (215) 843-2046. To register call Donna Mundaca 215-683-6012 at the Department of Human Services.