Preventing and Responding to Teen Dating Violence

This collection emphasizes collaborative and multilevel approaches to the prevention of and response to teen dating violence.

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Preventing and Responding to Teen Dating Violence (November 2009, Updated January 2013) by the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) for VAWnet, the National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women

This special collection emphasizes collaborative and multi-level approaches to the prevention of and response to teen dating violence (TDV). It draws on the work of many organizations and organizes the resources on TDV prevention and responses by different populations. The first section of this special collection provides general information about teen dating violence. The next six sections include TDV information related to: 1) young people, 2) parents and care takers, 3) men and boys, 4) teachers and school-based professionals, 5) health care professionals, and 6) domestic violence and sexual violence service providers. The final section presents documents on TDV-related laws and legislation. The special collection concludes with examples of national programs that address TDV and a list of national organizations.

This special collection is limited in that it only includes documents that are freely available online. While most materials in this collection focus on TDV prevention and response to young people in high schools, we acknowledge that TDV prevention also includes outreach to younger teens in middle schools and older college students, as well as youth who are not represented in our system of education (runaways, homeless youth, etc.).