When Dad Hurts Mum

Patricia Scotland, Sheila Hollins

Description

After her dad is violent towards her mum, Katie is sad and distracted at college. Her teacher supports the family to get the help of an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate and the police. Katie and her mum are kept safe. Katie's dad is court-ordered to join a group to stop his abusive behaviour. Growing up in a family where there is domestic abuse can leave a young person with painful and overwhelming feelings. It can have a considerable impact on how they grow up and form their own relationships. Sometimes this leads to repeated patterns of abuse in later life. This book will help young people and adults with intellectual or communication difficulties to learn about domestic abuse and how to get help. It will also help people to deal with their own experiences of an abusive home.

Informations

• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 17 avril 2018
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781784580438
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 46 Mo

Extrait

When Dad Hurts Mum
Sheila Hollins, Patricia Scotland and Noëlle Blackman
illustrated by Anne-Marie Perks
Beyond Words
London


Who is this book for?
This book is for anyone who finds pictures easier to understand than words.
People with intellectual disabilities are currently the main group of people finding the book useful. In the UK we talk about someone having a ‘learning disability’, or sometimes ‘learning difficulty’. ‘Intellectual disability’ is the term that people use in other parts of the world.
Someone with an intellectual disability may find it hard to understand new or complex information and to learn new skills. They may need support to live as independently as they choose. Their condition will have started before adulthood and have a lasting impact on their life.
Having an intellectual disability does not mean that a person is not capable of understanding the advice, support or treatment they are given. Many people will be able to understand a situation more easily and make good decisions with the help of the pictures in this book. Some may benefit from just one or two well-chosen pictures. Others will need extra time and support to understand information, whether presented in simplified language or non-verbally.
People with intellectual disabilities have helped to develop each of the books in the Beyond Words series.
Other people will find the picture stories in Books Beyond Words useful too:
• people with other cognitive or communication difficulties, such as dementia
• people who have difficulty with reading, including some Deaf people
• people who do not use the language of the country where they are living.


When Dad Hurts Mum
After her dad is violent towards her mum, Katie is sad and distracted at college. Her teacher supports the family to get the help of an Independent Domestic Violence Advocate and the police. Katie and her mum are kept safe. Katie’s dad is court-ordered to join a group to stop his abusive behaviour.
Growing up in a family where there is domestic abuse can leave a young person with painful and overwhelming feelings.