For professionals working with pregnant woman and children

• How perpetrators use pregnancy to further their control and abuse
• Possible short- & long-term effects of abuse & violence on a foetus
• 5 stages of child development and how abuse, violence & trauma impact affect each stage
• How perpetrators use children at each stage of their development
• Children’s mental health
• Barriers to accessing identified services

For professionals working directly with pregnant woman and children, manage case workers and/or responsible for services for families

• How perpetrators use pregnancy to further their control and abuse
• Possible short- & long-term effects of abuse & violence on a foetus
• 5 stages of child development and how abuse, violence & trauma impact and affect each stage
• The impact of abuse on the developing ‘emotional brain’ and potential long term affects
• How perpetrators use children at each stage of their development
• Healthy & unhealthy coping strategies children adopt
• Children’s mental health
• Case studies
• When to refer to Children’s Social Care
• Best practice in the workplace
• Barriers to accessing identified services