Domestic Abuse: Parents & Carers

Delivered by Innovating Minds

Resourcing parents and carers to support children affected by domestic abuse

This evidence-based programme has been put together by clinical and trauma informed experts to ensure that parents and carers, children and young people affected by domestic abuse are able to access early trauma informed help.

 

Each session has been carefully crafted so that parents and carers can learn about how their body and brain works together when they are feeling safe and unsafe. They can use the strategies to help themselves and the children they care for. This is calm and simple way of learning to regulate, start to heal and enjoy life with their children again. 

 

The programme is 6 sessions, each session is 60 minutes. The programme is delivered on a one to one or group basis. Please note, Innovating Minds will make the assessment regarding whether 1:1 or group sessions are appropriate. 

 

Please note: This programme does not ask anyone to talk about their experiences of domestic abuse and there is no reference to domestic abuse in the programme. This is a pure trauma informed programme. 

 

 

Eligibility Criteria for Referrals:

          ✅ A referral can only be accepted for the safe parent/care giver

          ✅ The parent/carer must have a device suitable for using Zoom, and have internet access.

          ✅ Parents/carers must be safe during their attendance to the programme.
 
          ✅ Parent/carer must be committed to attend the six 60 minute sessions, delivered weekly.
 
Please note:
The programme helps parents/carers to feel and be more emotionally regulated. The abusive adult may pick up on these changes and therefore this may put the safe parent/carer at risk.

 

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Session Outline

1: Calm Breathing

2: My Brain

3. My Senses

4. My Feelings

5. Calming Strategies

6. Feeling Safe Plan

The Benefits 

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Quickly mobilise the service
It is an amazing program which has helped me with the children and their emotions, and how they can best communicate it to me as well as how I can identify how they are feeling and how to best manage it
Carer
I have found this group helpful as a tool for reconnecting with my daughter.
Parent
It is an amazing program which has helped me with the children and their emotions, and how they can best communicate it to me as well as how I can identify how they are feeling and how to best manage it
Carer
I have found this group helpful as a tool for reconnecting with my daughter.
Parent
It is an amazing program which has helped me with the children and their emotions, and how they can best communicate it to me as well as how I can identify how they are feeling and how to best manage it
Carer
I have found this group helpful as a tool for reconnecting with my daughter.
Parent