April 8 th , 2016 Expanding Healthy Moms/Happy Babies: Spotlight on Our New Young Mothers Safety Card Presenters: • Heather Baeckel, MSW , Supervisor, Insights Teen Parent Services • Rebecca Levenson, MA, Consultant, Futures Without Violence • Erin Fairchild, MSW, Defending Childhood Initiative Coordinator, Multnomah County Facilitator: Jennifer Rose, Consultant, Futures Without Violence Welcome to the Webinar We will begin at 11:00am (PT) / 2:00pm (ET). A recording will be available after the webinar. Your line will be muted to cut down on background interference so please use the chat box to share your name, your organization, your location and any questions you have for our featured speakers.
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Feder ederal al Coordina rdination tion • US Department of – Office on Violence Justice Against Women – Office of the Attorney – Office of Community General Oriented Policing – Office of Justice – Executive Office of US Programs Attorneys • Office of Juvenile • US Department of Health Justice and and Human Services Delinquency Prevention • US Department of • Office for Victims of Education Crime • National Institute of Justice 3
Go Goal als of th the Defendin ending g Childh ildhoo ood d Init itia iativ tive • Prevent children’s exposure to violence. • Mitigate the negative effects experienced by children exposed to violence. • Develop knowledge about and spread awareness of this issue. 4
Over ver $30 30 M Invest ested ed From rom FY2 Y2010 0 – FY2 Y2012 2 • Research and Evaluation • Direct Action in Communities – Comprehensive Demonstration Project – Safe Start Program (www.safestartcenter.org) – OVW Children Exposed to Violence grants • Training and Technical Assistance • Attorney General’s Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence (www.justice.gov/defendingchildhood/cev-rpt-full.pdf) • Action Partnerships with Professional Organizations 5
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Expanding Healthy Moms/Happy Babies: Spotlight on our New Young Mothers Safety Card
Multnomah Defending Childhood Site • Partnership with Insights through Defending Childhood • Need identified through HMHB training — no tools nationally that addressed the needs of young moms • New module and safety card created • Insights helped with the fine tuning of the card with their participants--
Insights Teen Parent Services Who we are: • Located in Portland, Oregon • All services are specifically for young parents ages 22 and younger Interviewing Moms for feedback on the card • 2 staff members • 10 Moms • Partnership with Defending Childhood in Portland for the qualitative data
Vetting the Strong Moms Card through Insights Participating Programs: 1. Echo: provides intensive case management, and life skills, child development, and parenting education for young moms who are in foster care themselves or whose children are in foster care, or both. 2. Homesafe: provides housing assistance and intensive case management for young moms experiencing homelessness. Who participated: • Ten women interviewed age range: 19-22 years old • Race/ethnicity: Volunteers represented a diverse mix of Latinas, African- Americans, Caucasians, Native Americans, and multi-racial moms • Number of children: 1 to 2 each • Education level: More than half have a high school diploma or GED • Employment status: Nearly all were working at the time of the interview • Some of the Moms identified experiencing IPV and some Moms did not
What young moms said about the card The moms frequently said, “I can relate to that!” They said it was a good way to help them think about all their relationships. Most said they would share the card with others. Two moms said, “ I wish I had this card when I was in an unhealthy relationship.” Moms appreciated that the information contained in the card is getting out – and felt there is just enough information in each panel to get the idea out.
Healthy Moms, Happy Babies: A Train-the-Trainers Curriculum on Trauma Informed Domestic Violence Programming and Practice Second Edition Linda Chamberlain, MPH, PhD and Rebecca Levenson, MA
Learning Objectives After this training, participants will be better able to: 1. Identify two barriers to providers, including home visitors and others doing domestic violence assessment with clients. 2. Describe why universal education using the Young Mom Strong Kids (YMSK)safety card is important for helping clients experiencing domestic violence. 3. Understand why the YMSK safety card is an empowerment tool for youth 13
Self Reflection: On a Scale of 1 to 5 How comfortable are you with a positive disclosure of domestic violence? 14
Barriers to Identifying and Addressing Domestic Violence Providers identified the following barriers during the implementation phase of a perinatal home visitation program to reduce domestic violence (DV): • Comfort levels with initiating conversations with clients about DV • Feelings of frustration and stress when working with clients experiencing DV. • Concerns about personal safety when working in homes where DV may escalate. (Eddy et al., 2008) 15
Poll Questions (True False) • Starting and ending conversations about difficult or stigmatizing issues like domestic violence can be challenging during home visits. • We take care of ourselves by presenting questions and educational messages in a way that feels most comfortable to us. 16
True Domestic Violence Screening Stories • “No one is hurting you at home, right?” (Partner seated next to client as this is asked) — How do you think that felt to the client? • “Within the last year has he ever hurt you or hit you?” (Nurse with back to you at her computer screen) — Tell me about that interaction… • “I’m really sorry I have to ask you these questions, it’s a requirement of the program.” (Screening tool in hand) — What was the staff communicating to the client? 17
MICVE Story • Under Obama care all home visited moms screened routinely for DV • Prevalence of DV 14-52% among HV moms • State average positive disclosure rate? 4-5% • Why were Mom’s not telling us what was happening to them?
Poll Question: What Is a Mother’s Greatest Fear? Please type answers into the chat box. 19
“If mandatory reporting was not an issue, she would tell the nurse everything about the abuse…” • “I say no [when my home visitor asks about abuse] because that’s how you play the game... People are afraid of social services. That’s my biggest fear….” • “Like I was saying about my friend, the reason she don’t [disclose] is because she thinks the nurse is going to call children’s services…she avoids the nurse a lot” (Davidov et al, 2012) 20
No matter what your state law actually says about whether or not childhood exposure (no direct physical abuse or neglect to child) to domestic violence is reportable, clearly it is an issue either way for moms and maybe even for you. 21
Universal Education and Screening for DV • To overcome barriers created by mandatory reporting we need to combine universal education with screening for DV • Starting with universal education followed by face-to- face screening can facilitate conversation 22
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PO POLL LL QUE UESTION ION Why di y did d we d e devel elop op this panel th el? ? Please ase typ ype e answ nswers s int nto o the he chat box. cha x. 27
Quotes from Insights • “If this panel can read my mind, then other moms must feel like that.” “Sometimes we forget to think about ourselves.” “It helps to know that other moms go through this too; it’s validating.”
Why Does This Matter? “Most social support studies have emphasized one -way support, getting love, getting help. . . . The power of social support is more about mutuality than about getting for self. . . . That is, there is a need to give, to matter, to make a difference; we find meaning in contributing to the well- being of others” (Jordan, 2006). Helping mothers connect to family and friends should include providing opportunities for mothers to give help as well as receive help, “which lessens feelings of indebtedness” (Gay, 2005)
Client interview “[Getting the card] makes me actually feel like I have a lot of power to help somebody…”
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