Abuse and Violence Education Links

What is Intimate Partner Violence? Video https://youtu.be/VuMCzU54334

The Difference Between Healthy and Unhealthy Relationships: https://www.ted.com/talks/katie_hood_the_difference_between_healthy_and_unhealthy_love?language=en

Power & Control Wheel: http://www.ncdsv.org/images/powercontrolwheelnoshading.pdf

Equality Wheel: http://www.ncdsv.org/images/equalitywheelnoshading.pdf

Safety Plan Checklist: https://www.endvawnow.org/en/articles/669-safety-assessment-and-planning.html

Wayne Cty. - First Step https://www.firststep-mi.org/

Monroe Cty. - Family Counseling Shelter http://www.fcssmc.org/

Washtenaw Cty. - SafeHouse Center https://www.safehousecenter.org/

National Domestic Violence Hotline https://www.thehotline.org/

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

MDHHS Domestic Violence Info: www.Michigan.gov/DomesticViolence

The Hotline:  www.TheHotline.org

Domestic violence is physical, emotional, or sexual abuse by your current (or past) partner.

Domestic violence:

• Happens to people of all ages, races, income levels, and faiths

• Is about getting control over another person

• Can result in serious injuries and life-long disabilities

• Happens to people who are or have been dating, living together, or married

• Happens over and over again, even if the abuser promises it will not

How does it affect my baby if I am abused while I am pregnant?

• Your baby could be at risk for brain damage, injuries like broken bones, and slow growth.

• Your baby would also hear, react and feel the violence you experience.

How do I know if I am really in an abusive relationship? Does your partner:

• Embarrass you?

• Call you names or put you down?

• Shove you, slap you, kick you, or hit you?

• Say “I’m sorry,” but then does it again?

• Look at you or act in ways that scare you?

• Say it is your fault, or blame you or others for everything?

• Control what you do, who you see or talk to, or where you go?

• Stop you from talking to friends or family?

• Take your money or refuse to give you money?

• Tell you that you are a bad parent?

• Threaten to take away or hurt your children?

• Destroy your property or threaten to kill your pets?

• Threaten to kill himself or herself?

• Threaten to kill you?

 Reproductive Coercion: https://www.bedsider.org/features/252-abuse-by-birth-control-sabotage 

If you answer “yes” to one or more of these questions, you are probably in an abusive relationship.