Working with Misidentified Victim Survivors:
A practice resource for family violence practitioners
Informed by insights from lived experience advocates, this resource supports specialist family violence practitioners to strengthen their capacity to provide effective advocacy and support to misidentified victim survivors, deepen their understanding of misidentification and its impacts and address and mitigate the impacts of misidentification on victim survivors and their families.
This resource is intended for specialist family violence practitioners working with victim survivors who have been misidentified as the predominant aggressor.
This resource supports practitioners to:
- Deepen their understanding of misidentification and its impacts
- Strengthen their capacity to provide effective advocacy and support to misidentified victim survivors
- Address and mitigate the impacts of misidentification on victim survivors and their families
This resource combines insights from dedicated workshops with lived experience advocates who had been misidentified as predominant aggressors, with current research on family violence, systems abuse and misidentification.
Resource details
Resource type: Guide
Download file type: 11-page PDF
Best print size: A4
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