title: 'Watching from the stairs': towards an evidence-based practice in work with child witnesses of domestic violence.
abstract: This article describes the current practice of work with children who have witnessed domestic violence in the UK and North America. It examines this practice in the light of evidence of effectiveness and in the light of research that explains how witnessing domestic violence affects children. Finally it proposes guidelines for an evidenced-based practice which is built on this research.
authors.affiliation: School of Policy Studies, Bristol University, Bristol, UK. markrivett@beeb.net
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivett
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Howarth
authors.forename: Gordon
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Harold
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D002666:Psychology, Child; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012931:Social Environment