The Importance Of Domestic Violence In Schools

The SCCDVDRT has made the recommendation annual that an educational program addressing domestic violence be established in the schools. This education program would not only cover how to handle parents who are in a domestic violence, but as children become teenagers, how to prevent themselves from getting into and being in a violent relationship. If educators were present in the Council and/or Team they would be able to provide feedback for successful or successful programs, or if the programs exist at all. The team would see that if educational programs were established over the past 25 years that the annual reports would indicate a need to update curriculum with new findings, as opposed to just establishing the program. With the recommendation, still being to establish the program it makes it seem as if there has been no action on the recommendations. If there is to be no action taken after the recommendation, there is no need to make the recommendation. If educators are brought into the conversation, it allows them to give feedback on the education that is being provided in the schools. The reporting allows the team to say what has been successful and what hasn’t been. In …show more content…
(Futures Without Violence, 2016) Violence was not talked about and was considered a family matter. Violence lives and thrives in the secrets. Victims appeared in public with wounds and made up excuses to cover for the source of the wounds. A man’s role was to keep his wife in line by any means necessary. In recent years, the conversations have been questioning why victims have not left their batterer. Leaving victims and survivors able to defend themselves yet again. Times changes what once was no longer is. The SCCDVDRT should revisit their practices to determine if there is a better way to do things, if they make changes will they be more