Promising Practices

Research-Informed Promising Practices

As part of a grant from Community Initiatives Fund, PATHS has created a Research-Informed Promising Practices Manual. The purpose of this manual is to guide your practice when working with those affected by Intimate Partner Violence.

Here you will find links to all of the documents found in the manual, as well as links to the “further resources” from each section.

Introduction to Manual

Section 1: Principles of Practice

1. Anti-Oppressive Practice
   1. A Guide to Critical Reflection: Understanding and using a Feminist Anti-Oppression Framework
   2. Intersectionality – The Learning Network
   3. Intersectionality Wheel
   4. Power and Control Wheel
2. Trauma-Informed Practice
   1. Trauma-Informed Practice Guide
   2. Trauma-and-Violence Informed Care (TVIC) – brief tool
   3. Trauma Informed Client-Centred Practice Policy – The Redwood
   4. Further Resources:
      1. A Guide for using the Trauma-Informed Practics (TIP) Scales
      2. Trauma-informed, the Trauma Toolkit: Resource for service organizations
      3. Women Healing from Trauma: A facilitator’s guide

Section 2: Putting Principles into Practice

1. Safety & Assessment Planning
   1. ODARA PATHS
   2. ODARA Waypoint
   3. Safety Plan Fillable Worksheet
   4. Domestic Violence Risk Assessment: Informing Safety Planning & Risk Management
   5. Redwood safety assessment and risk management package
   6. Further Resources:
      1. Fillable Safety Plan Guide Government of Saskatchewan
      2. Safety Planning for Women who are abused (online resource)
2. Mental Health & Substance Abuse
   1. Mental health and substance abuse– What you need to know
   2. Saying Yes
   3. Further Resources:
      1. Reducing Barriers to Support for Women Fleeing Violence
3. Tech Safety
   1. Privacy & Safety on Facebook
   2. Further Resources:
      1. A Guide to staying safe on Facebook
      2. Agency’s use of technology (online resource)
4. Strangulation
   1. The identification, care, and advocacy of strangulation victims
5. Stalking
   1. Stalking and the Crime of Criminal Harassment
   2. Stalking Log
6. Legal
   1. The Victims of Interpersonal Violence Act Saskatchewan
   2. A Guide to the Law for SK Women
   3. Further Resources:
      1. Family Law Saskatchewan (online resource)
      2. VAW Legal Information Resource: Supporting Aboriginal Women Facing Violence (online resources)
7. Sexual Violence
   1. Further Resources:
      1. Intimate Partner Sexual Violence – Learning Network

Section 3: Working with Diverse Populations

1. Children Exposed to Violence
   1. Saskatchewan Child Abuse Protocol
   2. Honor Our Voices: A guide for practice when responding to children exposed to domestic violence
   3. Infographic: Impacts and Costs of Exposure to IPV to Children and Youth in Canada
   4. Facing Facts: Children Exposed to Violence
   5. Safety for Adults means safety for Children – Information Sheet
   6. Further Resources:
      1. Children’s Exposure –Learning Network (CREVAWC)
      2. Online training module for SK Child Abuse Protocol
      3. Nineteen Child Homicides
2. Indigenous Women
   1. You are Not Alone
   2. Legal Information Manual
   3. Further Resources:
      1. Sharing Our Knowledge: Training for Saskatchewan Shelter Workers
      2. The Healing Journey: Family Violence Prevention in Aboriginal Communities
3. Gender Diversity
   1. Sheltering Transgender Women
   2. PATHS Infographic – Transgender Women
   3. Creating a Welcoming Environment
   4. Further Resources:
      1. Gender Diversity in the VAW Sector: Identifying Barriers and Recommendations for Consideration
4. Newcomer Women
   1. Considerations when working with Newcomer Women / How immigration status can affect women in situations of violence or abuse
   2. Humanitarian & Compassionate (H&C) applications and Refugee Claims: How are they different?
   3. Further Resources:
      1. Canadian Council for Refugees (online resource)
5. Women Who Are Older
   1. Promising Practices Across Canada for Housing Women who are Older and Fleeing Abuse
   2. Learning Network: Violence Against Women Who are Older
   3. Further Resources:
      1. Online Training Modules (PATHS)
6. Women Experiencing Disability
   1. Violence Against Women with DisAbilities and Deaf Women – Learning Network
   2. Disability Self Assessment
   3. Model Protocol on Safety Planning for Domestic Violence Victims with Disabilities
7. Pet Friendly
   1. Pets & Women’s Shelter (PAWS) Program
   2. Further Resources:
      1. The Link: Interpersonal Violence and Abuse and Animal Safekeeping
      2. Sheltering Animals and Families Together: SAF-T Program Start-up Manual

Section 4: Policy Guidelines and Templates for Saskatchewan Shelters and Services

1. PATHS Shelter Standards
2. How the Earth Didn’t Fly into the Sun: Reducing Rules in Domestic Violence Shelters
3. Further Resources:
   1. Anti-Oppressive Practice – An integrated Anti-Oppression Framework for Reviewing and Developing Policy
   2. Emergency Shelter Program: Sample Policies and Procedures for Emergency Shelters

Section 5: Online Resources for Shelter and Services Staff

1. Online Directories of Best Practices – Knowledge Hub
2. Practice Exchange Project – Canadian Network of Women’s Shelters & Transition Houses
3. Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH) Resource Library
4. Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses (OAITH) Online Training Courses