Tip Sheet 4 – Well-Being as a Pathway to Safety in Child Protection

Engagement with children and families dramatically changed under necessary COVID-19 related constraints. Tip Sheet 4 provides valuable lessons learned about addressing safety and well-being during the height of the pandemic and offers the following strategies to be used where domestic violence is of concern:

1. Assess stress and burden and work to reduce it

2. Reduce distress and strengthen connections

3. Promote skills for short- and long- term coping