Duration:
8 weeks
Target Group:
Young people age 13 to 16, who have lived with domestic
abuse.
Overview and Content:
- Getting to know each other
- What is violence?
- Sad and difficult things that can happen when there is violence
in the family.
- Violence is not ok
- I am not the only one this has happened to
- Feeling good about ourselves
- Knowing what is a healthy relationship
- Knowing what to do when you are worried
- What to do about those mixed up feelings
- Hopes and fears for the future
Intended Outcomes /
Qualifications:
- To provide a groupwork service to help young people understand
and cope with what has happened in their family.
- Young people will have an opportunity to meet with other young
people who have had similar experiences.
- Young people will develop an understanding that they are not
responsible for their parent’s abuse.
- Young people will develop an understanding of healthy
relationships and specifically their own relationship with their
carers and other people important to them.