Talk:Management of domestic violence

WP:Class Assignment
As part of our college course, a classmate and I were assigned to contribute to the domestic violence article. Editors on that page, and  suggested that our content would be better placed in this sub-page. We are putting the proposed additions on this talk page to get feedback from any of the other regular editors. We really appreciate your input. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lyoh (talk • contribs)

Occupational Therapy
Occupational Therapy can impact the health and well-being of survivors of domestic violence by enabling participation in occupation and addressing a diminished skill-set caused by a prolonged situation of occupational apartheid. Occupational therapists work with individuals to develop the skills needed to acquire desired occupational roles and satisfactorily perform everyday tasks. Occupational therapy practitioners can provide services through direct or indirect treatment, advocacy efforts, consultation, or group sessions. They may work with survivors of domestic violence and their families in a variety of settings such as hospitals, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation centers, long-term care facilities, mental health facilities, schools, homes, and in shelters or other community programs.

Within any of the practice settings, occupational therapists may encounter victims or survivors of domestic violence including individuals who have not reported abuse. Occupational therapists are in a position to uncover information that leads to suspicion of violence or identification of abuse that has occurred. As health care professionals, occupational therapists follow state mandated requirements to report abuse. In treatment sessions, they may encounter individuals who have either chosen to remain in or must move on from an intimate relationship where abuse has occurred. Occupational therapists may see patients for complications directly related to abuse, such as physical injuries. On the other hand, occupational therapy services may be requested for unrelated issues but consequences of violence are addressed after the survivor reveals abuse to the therapist.

The consequences of domestic violence may impact the ability to perform daily occupations. Occupational therapy contributes to recovery by enabling survivors to create new roles, develop satisfying and productive routines, and gain the self-efficacy necessary to overcome the effects of domestic violence. Occupational therapy interventions for this population include :
 * Decision-making skills regarding employment opportunities
 * Assertiveness skills training
 * Stress management, calming techniques, and coping strategies
 * Time and money management
 * Home management
 * Community mobility
 * Parenting skill-building
 * Communication and interpersonal skills
 * Self-esteem and self-efficacy
 * Social participation
 * Lifestyle modification to establish healthy routines for self-care and sleep

OT interventions with children who are exposed to domestic violence are focused on promoting age appropriate academic, play, and social skills to facilitate proper development and success in school activities. This may include activities to improve organization, study habits, or attention. Adolescents who have seen or experienced domestic abuse may also benefit from occupational therapy to work on relationship and life skills and learn coping strategies

Lyoh (talk) 19:16, 24 November 2014 (UTC)

Overall I think this section looks really great! Just a couple suggestions: In the first paragraph, the term occupational roles might not be clear to readers who don't know about OT so maybe link that to the occupational therapy page if occupational roles are defined there. Or just drop the "occupational" part and say "roles". In the second paragraph, consider using "intervention" instead of "treatment" sessions. Kemady (talk) 17:42, 3 December 2014 (UTC) ___

Talk Page for LYoh and Sam
AFter reading the article, there are only a few things I might edit/change. The first, is to link occupational apartheid. Also, you mentioned how it can limit one's daily occupations...maybe elaborate and provide specific examples. Papp.jacob (talk) 02:54, 3 December 2014 (UTC)papp.jacob

Article title
Hantsheroes, I reverted your move of the article. This is because moves like this should be discussed first. See WP:Requested moves.

The article is not simply about intervention. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:35, 30 December 2017 (UTC)


 * The article seems to be only about intervention, that is, initiatives that are taken after an offence has been committed. In the field the terms intervention and prevention are used. "Management" of domestic violence is not, which may account for the very low statistics/ readers for this page.--Hantsheroes (talk) 01:42, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Hantsheroes, I was speaking of sources that use the terms "prevention" and "intervention" to mean two different things rather than the same thing. We can do a WP:GOOGLEHITS test and see what terms are the most common. WP:Common name applies. But we should still go about an official WP:Requested moves discussion before moving the article. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 01:59, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Yes. I think a discussion before moving the article is important. Prevention and intervention are distinct from each other = prevention happening before an offence and intervention is what happens after. It would be great to do a test to see what language is most common so that can be reflected in the articles. I don't know how to proceed with such a test.--Hantsheroes (talk) 02:04, 30 December 2017 (UTC)


 * A WP:GOOGLEHITS test is simply Googling the terms and seeing which is more prevalent via the hit numbers. Some editors look at Google Ngram and Google Trends as well. As for a discussion, just do what WP:Requested moves states for starting one. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:22, 30 December 2017 (UTC)


 * Also, enough sources uses "prevention and intervention" in their titles for this topic. Flyer22 Reborn (talk) 02:23, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Adding a new section
Hello everyone I would like to add a new section titled community based healing for this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Queenbook2021 (talk • contribs) 22:15, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

I forgot to mention that under this new section I was thinking of adding spiritual healing as a form of dealing with the pain. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Queenbook2021 (talk • contribs) 23:04, 25 April 2019 (UTC)