Associate Professor Eva Alisic

Children bereaved by domestic violence: understanding circumstances and improving care

Presentation by Associate Professor Eva Alisic

2.00-3.00pm Tuesday the 27^th August 2019

Level 7 C Auditorium, Queensland Children’s Hospital

Parental intimate partner homicide has a major impact on children, family members and their broader environment. It requires professionals to take decisions that have far-reaching consequences, such as regarding living arrangements and contact with the perpetrator. Little is known about children’s and carers’ own perspectives in this regard. This presentation homes in on the available literature as well as case file data and in-depth interviews with young people and caregivers. It considers international and national data, and explores the experiences of placement, custody and guardianship, contact between family members from the victim and the perpetrator side, contact between children and the perpetrator-parent, and the services received from relevant agencies.

Bio

Eva Alisic is Associate Professor, Child Trauma and Recovery, at the Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, aiming to improve support for young people and their families. Her focus is on mental health and resilience in the context of traumatic events ranging from violence at home to disaster and war. A/Prof Alisic has co-founded the Africa and ASEAN Science Leadership Programs for early- and mid-career scholars in low-resource settings and co-chairs the InterAcademy Partnership project regarding the role of science and scientists in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. She blogs at trauma-recovery.net and her Twitter name is @EvaAlisic