Sibling Aggression and Abuse

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When Is It Unsafe for Siblings to Live Together?
SAARA Bulletin #10. This bulletin aims to help professionals and practitioners identify factors that indicate when it is unsafe for siblings to live together due to physical or psychological abuse, severe aggression, or harmful sexual behaviors.
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Practical Tips for K-12 Personnel to Address Sibling Aggression and Abuse
This handout includes ten practical tips to help K-12 personnel identify and respond to sibling aggression and abuse experienced by their students.
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Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Clarifying labels, constructs, and definitions: Sibling aggression and abuse are family violence
This critical review article explores the distinctions between sibling rivalry, conflict, aggression, and abuse, challenging traditional perceptions and emphasizing the need for more precise terminology in understanding family violence. We offer recommendations for…
Sibling Aggression and Abuse, Sibling Rivalry and Conflict
Tips for Choosing a Therapist to Treat Harmful Sibling Dynamics
Finding a therapist who is knowledgeable of sibling dynamics can be a bit overwhelming. With all the different types of treatments and therapists out there, how do you know what you really need and where to start? How can you find someone who will take your…
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Sibling Aggression and Abuse Screening Handout
This handout provides professional resources and suggested questions to use when screening children and adults for sibling aggression and abuse in a clinical or therapeutic setting.
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Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Addressing Sibling Aggression is Key to Reducing Peer Bullying
The next step in bullying prevention is the dissemination of information on sibling aggression and its impacts. Sibling aggression is not harmless and should be taken as seriously as its peer equivalents. Adapting peer bullying education efforts to include…
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Sibling Aggression and Abuse are ACEs
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) screenings for children, parents, and adults should be broadened to include sibling aggression and abuse (SAA) experiences. Positive screenings for SAA necessitate training for practitioners and professionals on SAA and the…
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
Recognizing and Responding to Sibling Sexual Abuse
The goal of this bulletin is to define sibling sexual abuse (SSA) and provide guidance for parents and professionals on how to respond. Professionals responding to sibling sexual behavior may find their training on child sexual abuse and maltreatment to be helpful;…
Sibling Aggression and Abuse
An Opportunity to Address the Most Common Form of Family Violence: Sibling Aggression
Given the prevalence and impacts of sibling aggression, parenting education is needed. Yet evidence-based parent education programs generally do not address it. This represents an opportunity for parenting education. We propose how such information could be infused…
Positive Sibling Relationships, Sibling Aggression and Abuse, Sibling Rivalry and Conflict
Do State Child Abuse and Neglect Policies Address Sibling Abuse?
Sibling abuse can be just as harmful as parental child maltreatment, leaving injuries and mental distress, yet there are no consistent statutory policies for responding to it.
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Sibling Aggression and Abuse