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Creating a Community of Reflective Practice

Supporting Children and Mothers in Recovery from Domestic Abuse

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Cedar (Children Experiencing Domestic Abuse Recovery) provides a therapeutic 12-week group work programme for children and young people in recovery from domestic abuse, alongside a concurrent group work programme for their mothers. The programme is an evidence-based approach originally developed in Canada (Marshall et al., 1995).

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Sharp, C. (2014). Creating a Community of Reflective Practice. In: Rauch, F., Schuster, A., Stern, T., Pribila, M., Townsend, A. (eds) Promoting Change through Action Research. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-803-9_16

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