Resilience is the child’s process of navigating through risk or adversity, drawing on resources that are both internal to the child and those that surround the child, to support healthy adaptation, recovery, and better live trajectories.  This podcast explores how fostering resilience relates to children in family court cases and situations of domestic violence. *Transcript […]

Dr. Peter Jaffe and Dr. Linda Baker, from the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at the University of Western Ontario, discuss the impact of domestic violence on children in the first podcast of the Centering Children Series. This series is facilitated by Aaron Polkey, Staff Attorney with Futures Without […]

One of the most challenging issues for judges and court-related professionals to work through are allegations of domestic violence and alienation in parenting disputes. Often one parent raises allegations of domestic violence and the other parent responds that the allegations are false or exaggerated in an attempt to undermine their relationship with the children.  This […]

Dr. Peter Jaffe and Dr. Katreena Scott from the Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children at the University of Western Ontario discuss the issues and challenges facing family courts in cases that involve fathers who use domestic violence. *Transcript available upon request. Guest Bios: Peter Jaffe is a Psychologist and […]