Choosing Positive Paths is a resource is for parents/carers who have been targeted by someone choosing to use family violence. It is also for professionals working to support victim survivors and their children.
This resource can help you understand the impact of family violence on your children. It provides practical tips to help you support your children to heal and recover from their experiences.
The Choosing Positive Paths resource kit is a joint initiative of GenWest and Berry Street.
The resource can be downloaded here for free and includes information on the following:
- Section 1: Parenting, violence and your safety
- Section 2: Pregnancy and violence
- Section 3: Parenting a baby who has experienced violence
- Section 4: Parenting a toddler who has experienced violence
- Section 5: Parenting a pre-schooler who has experienced violence
- Section 6: Parenting a primary schooler who has experienced violence
- Section 7: Parenting a teenager who has experienced violence
- Section 8: The effects of violence on children’s behaviour
- Section 9: Talking about separating, moving house and seeing the other parent
- Section 10: Parenting, violence and the legal system
Please consider if it is safe for you to download, print or take these brochures home. Workers are advised to be mindful of supplying hard copies of these brochures only when safe to do so.
You may need more support
Each family’s situation is unique and the information here is general. If you are concerned your child is unsafe or being harmed you need to seek risk and safety advice from a family violence service or police and legal advice from a lawyer. More information on these specialist services are included in the resource.
