Bounce Back Case Study

Name of Model Project Bounce Back: Forgotten Victims of Domestic Violence is a program that was created to care for the children that are involved in Domestic Violence. Domestic Violence is a rising problem in America and is a major problem, but people don’t see that the children are effected from the crime itself. “Research suggests that between 3.3 million and 10 million children in the United States are exposed to domes- tic violence each year. And more than a decade of empirical studies indi-cates that this exposure can have significant negative effects on children 's behavioral, emotional, social, and cognitive development” (Carter, L., Weithorn, L., & Behrman, R. ,1999, pg.4). That’s an enormous amount of children …show more content…
They are a wonderful group that puts the kids first as well. They help us out with activities and playing as role models for the children. Without their support we wouldn’t be able to operate and care for the effective children. Also local law enforcement and community redevelopment work groups help out as well. Also police academy students volunteer to work with the kids and learn a different aspect of domestic violence. Several agencies give us the knowledge on how to help the kids. “Professional organizations, including the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the American Bar Association, the American Medical Association, and the American Psychological Association, have published intervention recommendations, convened task forces, commissioned reports, or spon- sored conferences to address this problem” (Carter, L., Weithorn, L., & Behrman, R., 1999, …show more content…
Teaching the children to love instead of hate is a way to lower future recidivism in domestic violence. Kids are like sponges that absorb anything they see, even if they don’t know it. Showing the kids that violence is not the answer, and teaching them how to resolve a problem the correct way can stop this vicious cycle. Having psychiatrists evaluate the children and parents shows us what we need to work on. One child might hate a parent for what they do to the other parent, or one child could be scared of mommy or daddy the way they act. There are many aspects of the domestic situation we look at to resolve the problem. If we can open the parents eyes to how the children are effected from the violence; we hope they realize what they are doing to their children and stop the