In addition, the staff may have statistics about the rate of domestic violence for your area and other information that would personalize your presentation. Consider writing definitions and key facts on newsprint or poster board for visuals. Begin by asking participants to share the first words that come to their minds when they think of the word home. Write these on the newsprint. Do the same for the word violence on a separate sheet of paper.
Teaching Put the two pieces of paper side by side.
But in many families, they do. Domestic violence has been happening throughout our history, but only recently are more people talking about it and doing something about it. It is more complicated than occasional beatings. Those who commit domestic violence generally use many means of belittling, controlling, and making miserable the person they victimize. The abuser s desire is to have power over that person.