Empowering young people who experienced domestic violence and abuse: The development of a group therapy intervention

This article describes the development of a group-based therapeutic intervention for young people (YP) who have lived with domestic violence and abuse. The intervention was informed by interviews with 107 YP, focused on their experiences of coping, resilience and agency. The intervention draws on resources from systemic, creative and narrative approaches to group work, and aims to facilitate YP's expression of distress in a way that recognizes that it is embodied, contextual and relational. The intervention also explores YP's existing strategies for coping and maintaining a sense of agency, and works to harness, enhance and further develop those skills. We report on the pilot of this intervention, and its development and application across four European countries (the United Kingdom, Greece, Italy and Spain). We outline the goals, strengths and limitations of this group intervention, as well as the main challenges, hindrances and ethical dilemmas experienced by the research and intervention team. Implications for therapeutic practice and training are addressed

Author Correction: Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts

1 Pág. Correción errata.In the version of this Article originally published, the surname of author Tina Parkhurst was incorrectly written as Schroeder. This has now been corrected.Peer reviewe

Children's experiences of domestic violence (UNARS): an exhibition

UNARS (‘Understanding Agency and Resistance Strategies: Young People Living with Domestic Violence’) is a two-year European project exploring the ways children and young people cope and manage in situations of domestic violence. The project is led by an academic team from the University of Northampton with partners in Italy, Greece, Spain and the UK. One of the key aspects of the project is the enablement of children’s ‘voices’: we think it is important that children’s experiences are heard. The exhibition presents photovoice collages, drawings and interview extracts that enable a better understanding of the way that children experience and live with domestic violence. The imagery the children have produced provides an insight into the many and varied creative and resourceful ways that children find to manage their emotions, embodied experiences and relational spaces. The work illustrates children as impacted by domestic violence, but also as active agents in their own lives, making purposeful attempts to protect themselves and other family members, to heal and to build positive self-identities during and after living in contexts of violence

Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts

Restoration of degraded drylands is urgently needed to mitigate climate change, reverse desertification and secure livelihoods for the two billion people who live in these areas. Bold global targets have been set for dryland restoration to restore millions of hectares of degraded land. These targets have been questioned as overly ambitious, but without a global evaluation of successes and failures it is impossible to gauge feasibility. Here we examine restoration seeding outcomes across 174 sites on six continents, encompassing 594,065 observations of 671 plant species. Our findings suggest reasons for optimism. Seeding had a positive impact on species presence: in almost a third of all treatments, 100% of species seeded were growing at first monitoring. However, dryland restoration is risky: 17% of projects failed, with no establishment of any seeded species, and consistent declines were found in seeded species as projects matured. Across projects, higher seeding rates and larger seed sizes resulted in a greater probability of recruitment, with further influences on species success including site aridity, taxonomic identity and species life form. Our findings suggest that investigations examining these predictive factors will yield more effective andinformed restoration decision-making.Fil: Shackelford, Nancy. University of Victoria; Canadá. State University of Colorado at Boulder; Estados UnidosFil: Paterno, Gustavo B.. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Brasil. Universitat Technical Zu Munich; AlemaniaFil: Winkler, Daniel E.. Southwest Biological Science Center; Estados UnidosFil: Erickson, Todd E.. University of Western Australia; Australia. Kings Park; AustraliaFil: Leger, Elizabeth A.. University of Nevada; Estados UnidosFil: Svejcar, Lauren N.. Eastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center; Estados UnidosFil: Breed, Martin F.. Flinders University. College Of Science And Engineering.; AustraliaFil: Faist, Akasha M.. New Mexico State University.; Estados UnidosFil: Harrison, Peter A.. University of Tasmania; AustraliaFil: Curran, Michael F.. University of Wyoming; Estados UnidosFil: Guo, Qinfeng. Southern Research Station; Estados UnidosFil: Kirmer, Anita. Anhalt University of Applied Sciences; AlemaniaFil: Law, Darin J.. University of Arizona; Estados UnidosFil: Mganga, Kevin Z.. South Eastern Kenya University; KeniaFil: Munson, Seth M.. US Geological Survey; Estados UnidosFil: Porensky, Lauren. Agricultural Research Service Rangeland Resources and Systems Research Unit; Estados UnidosFil: Quiroga, Raul Emiliano. Universidad Nacional de Catamarca. Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias. Departamento de Sanidad Vegetal.; Argentina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Catamarca-La Rioja. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Catamarca; ArgentinaFil: Török, Péter. MTA-DE Lendület Functional and Restoration Ecology Research Group; HungríaFil: Wainwright, Claire E.. Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation; Estados UnidosFil: Abdullahi, Ali. Hirola Conservation Programme; KeniaFil: Bahm, Matt A.. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service; Estados UnidosFil: Ballenger, Elizabeth A.. National Park Service; Estados UnidosFil: Barger, Nichole. State University of Colorado at Boulder; Estados UnidosFil: Baughman, Owen W.. The Nature Conservancy of Oregon; Estados UnidosFil: Becker, Carina. University of Cape Town; SudáfricaFil: Lucas Borja, Manuel Esteban. Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha; EspañaFil: Boyd, Chad S.. USDA Agricultural Research Service; Estados UnidosFil: Burton, Carla M.. University of Northern British Columbia; CanadáFil: Burton, Philip J.. University of Northern British Columbia; CanadáFil: Peri, Pablo Luis. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro Regional Patagonia Sur. Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Santa Cruz; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Santa Cruz. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Santa Cruz. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Santa Cruz. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral. Centro de Investigaciones y Transferencia de Santa Cruz; Argentin

Drivers of seedling establishment success in dryland restoration efforts

Restoration of degraded drylands is urgently needed to mitigate climate change, reverse desertification and secure livelihoods for the two billion people who live in these areas. Bold global targets have been set for dryland restoration to restore millions of hectares of degraded land. These targets have been questioned as overly ambitious, but without a global evaluation of successes and failures it is impossible to gauge feasibility. Here we examine restoration seeding outcomes across 174 sites on six continents, encompassing 594,065 observations of 671 plant species. Our findings suggest reasons for optimism. Seeding had a positive impact on species presence: in almost a third of all treatments, 100% of species seeded were growing at first monitoring. However, dryland restoration is risky: 17% of projects failed, with no establishment of any seeded species, and consistent declines were found in seeded species as projects matured. Across projects, higher seeding rates and larger seed sizes resulted in a greater probability of recruitment, with further influences on species success including site aridity, taxonomic identity and species life form. Our findings suggest that investigations examining these predictive factors will yield more effective and informed restoration decision-making.6 month embargo; published: 22 July 2021This item from the UA Faculty Publications collection is made available by the University of Arizona with support from the University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions, please contact us at [email protected]