Child and Family Abuse Sites

Health Canada's National Clearinghouse on Family Violence
Health Canada has a deep site with lots of material but one of the most interesting sections is the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence. From that section's home page you can see various new publications and get to their Index of Publications. They have scores of publications viewable in either PDF or HTML format on the full gamut of family violence topics: Abuse of Older Adults, Child Abuse, Child Sexual Abuse, Family Violence, and Woman Abuse. Throughout all of the many, many downloadable and printable publications there's even one titled with Husband Abuse: An Overview of Research and Perspectives. If abuse in any form is a factor in any of your cases, here's the place to get informed in a meaningful way. Congratulations to our federal government in action.

The Public Legal Education Service of New Brunswick
This site has an outstanding section on Family Violence with all sorts of information, including a section on coping strategies and a PDF booklet "A Legal Rights Handbook for Abused Women". If you have a client dealing with abuse, this is another great site to refer them to.

Centre for Children & Families in the Justice System of the London Family Court Clinic
This is a non-profit agency "advocates for the special needs of children and families involved in the justice system" and has, amongst other features, detailed Links pages for Child Abuse and Relationship Abuse. Each of these pages has the links collected under Canadian sites and U.S. & International Sites. There are links to resources in many individual Canadian cities and you might want to see if this is an easy way to start finding resources in your own community.