Centering Children

Latest Episodes:

Centering Children: Fostering Resilience Feb 29, 2024

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 available upon request.

Guest Bios:

Dr. Peter Jaffe is a Psychologist and Professor in the Faculty of Education at Western University and the Director Emeritus of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children. He is the Director Emeritus for the London Family Court Clinic, a children’s mental health centre specializing in issues that bring children and families into the justice system in London, Ontario. Dr. Jaffe has co-authored ten books, 29 chapters and over 80 articles related to domestic violence, the impact of domestic violence on children, homicide prevention and the role of the criminal and family justice systems.

Dr. Linda Baker is a Psychologist, Assistant Professor – Standing Appointment, and the former Learning Director of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) at Western University. Dr. Baker led the Learning Network and the Knowledge Hub at the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children. She has over 25 years of experience in the mental health and justice systems, working with and learning from children, youth and families dealing with experiences of violence and trauma. Dr. Baker has co-authored numerous publications/resources related to intimate partner violence exposed children and families.

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Centering Children: Understanding Exposure to Domestic Violence for Children in the Justice System Feb 29, 2024

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 Violence, and hosted by the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence.

*Transcript available upon request.

Guest Bios:

Peter Jaffe is a Psychologist and Professor in the Faculty of Education at Western University and the Director Emeritus of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children at Western University. He is the Director Emeritus for the London Family Court Clinic, a children’s mental health centre specializing in issues that bring children and families into the justice system in London, Ontario. Dr. Jaffe has co-authored ten books, 29 chapters and over 80 articles related to domestic violence, the impact of domestic violence on children, homicide prevention and the role of the criminal and family justice systems.

Dr. Linda Baker is a Psychologist, Assistant Professor – Standing Appointment, and the former Learning Director of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children at Western University. Dr. Baker led the Learning Network and the Knowledge Hub at the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children. She has over 25 years of experience in the mental health and justice systems, working with and learning from children, youth and families dealing with experiences of violence and trauma. Dr. Baker has co-authored numerous publications/resources related to intimate partner violence exposed children and families.

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Centering Children: Recognizing Domestic Violence When Determining Custody Feb 29, 2024

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 podcast delves into parental alienation and domestic violence when determining custody.

*Transcript available upon request.

Guest Bios:

Dr. Linda Baker is a Psychologist, Assistant Professor – Standing Appointment, and the former Learning Director of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children at Western University. Dr. Baker led the Learning Network and the Knowledge Hub at the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children. She has over 25 years of experience in the mental health and justice systems, working with and learning from children, youth and families dealing with experiences of violence and trauma. Dr. Baker has co-authored numerous publications/resources related to intimate partner violence exposed children and families.

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Centering Children: Fathers and Domestic Violence Feb 29, 2024

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:

Dr. Katreena Scott is the Academic Director of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children. As the Academic Director of the Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, Dr. Scott leads a team of students and research associates who are working to understand and prevent violence in relationships. have spent most of my career at the University of Toronto where I held a Canada Research Chair in Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention.

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