Responser overfor unge der begår sexualiseret vold

I dags kursus

Responding to Sexualized Violence:

We will illustrate the application of response-based practice in working with adult and youth victims/survivors of sexualized violence, using examples from practice, and addressing Sexualized Violence.

Sexualized Violence and Social Responses: We will show how, in practice, we take into account the role of social network and institutional practices, from early in the process, and present examples from literature to help support analysis and practice.

 ¨Trauma” & Violence, Perpetrators commit violence, not trauma.  We will discuss how to use the language of “trauma” judiciously while honouring the ever-present resistance and insatiable desire for justice evident in victim/survivor responses.

The Pornification of Children: We will provide examples of our work with children who sexually assaulted younger children after viewing extensive pornography, drawing on the work of Meghan Donovan and others.

Accurate Language: We will discuss the connection between violence and language, drawing on Danish and other examples, show how common misrepresentations affect victim/survivor experience and social responses, and highlight the importance of using accurate language sensitively.

 Prevention & Community Development, We will describe two prevention and community development projects used to improve institutional responses in cases of sexualized violence; Youth4Dignity and Together4Justice.

Bio: Shelly Dean, Ph.D. gratefully lives on the traditional unceded ancestral lands of the Secwépemc Nation, known as Kamloops, BC, Canada. She has been working in the social service sector for over 25 years as a therapist with  children, youth, couples and families, along with consulting with a wide range of organizations, teaching in Universities, and engaged in clinical supervision and organizational development in the social service sector.  Shelly has a keen interest in child protection – centering children’s dignity and resistance to violence.  She is currently operating a Response-Based counselling office in Kamloops, BC, Turtle Island/Canada and works locally, nationally, and internationally. Shelly is a researcher, a supervisor, a wife, a mother and a nana.

Shelly has extensive experience in child advocacy, family court systems, risk assessment and report writing on behalf of children – interviewing children and assisting them to navigate safety within their family system. Along with her team, she works with children who have harmed other children, pornography assessments and assessing all other forms of violence perpetrated by adults.  Above all else, upholding the dignity of every individual is central within Shelly’s practice and the work of her colleagues.

Allan Wade, Ph.D. lives on the unceded territory of the Quw’utsun First Nation, on southern Vancouver Island, B.C.  He works as a family therapist, researcher and consultant with a primary interest in promoting socially just and effective responses to violence and other forms of adversity.  Allan works with individuals and families, with youth and adults, with people who have committed violence and people who have been harmed by violence.  Allan works extensively with Indigenous peoples locally, in the Canadian north, and abroad.

Allan provides training to the network of service providers who become involved in cases of violence: child protection, police, lawyers and judges, counsellors, shelter and refuge staff, youth workers, victim assistance workers, and educators.  He teaches locally and internationally and has published many articles on the power of dignity and resistance, working with victims/survivors and offenders, the importance of institutional responses to violence, and the connection between violence and language.