Article Summary
Behan, K., Erp, M., Harrington, R., and Souers, K. Winter 2008.
Crisis intervention for children and caregivers exposed to intimate partner violence.
C. Blodgett, Best Practices in Mental Health 4(1):4–91. http://lyceumbooks.com/MentalHJournal.htm.
Pointing out that few people exposed to violence ever receive formal treatment, the authors propose that crisis intervention programs may help identify these people and help them. The article summarizes a study of the Spokane Safe Start crisis response, which served 464 families and 972 children who had been exposed to some form of intimate partner violence. The study found that there was an increase in family and child functioning and violence termination for 13 percent of the children served. Furthermore, the study showed that families served were more responsive to support and that many engaged in more extended services with resulting benefits. The authors conclude that crisis intervention for violence exposure shows significant promise as a method of engaging and hopefully finding aid for families who might otherwise not receive treatment.
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