Off-the-Shelf Conversations: Read, Engage, & Grow
These conversations are opportunities to read and discuss current publications related to the field of supervised visitation, where we deepen our learning, enhance our work, and build community.
Previous Off-the-Shelf Conversations
Written in partnership between Inspire and the Confidentiality Institute.
This publication provides information, resources, and support to help providers better navigate documentation, record-keeping, court orders, subpoenas, requests for information, and other legal components of operating a supervised visitation and safe exchange program.
Conducting orientations is the first opportunity to lay the groundwork for building trust and establishing a relationship with every person using supervised visitation and safe exchange services, but it should not be the only intentional opportunity to engage with each person. The practice of meaningful engagement and checking in are important and intentional opportunities to stay connected to every person using services. A promising practice in the field of supervised visitation and safe exchange work is establishing check-ins, which are intentional times to talk (check-in) with every person who uses program services. Check-ins provide a space for every person using center services to engage with staff and have intentional time with staff that isn’t rushed or would require extra steps to set up or be requested. This resource outlines techniques and examples for staff of supervised visitation and safe exchange programs to employ when checking in with each other and the families they serve.
Understanding why intimate partner violence survivors are losing custody and ordered to use supervised visitation is a complex challenge that does not have an easy solution. Inspire Action for Social Change, in partnership with the Office on Violence Against Women and Justice For Families Grantees, facilitated a process to explore strategies to best support a process for healing and change for adult survivors who are visiting their children in supervised visitation programs. This publication offers key strategies for supervised visitation programs to support survivor-visiting parents and recommendations for enhancing the larger community response for survivors who lose custody of their children.
Responding to Stalking: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Program Guide is for staff of supervised visitation and safe exchange programs to help identify stalking and respond appropriately to potentially dangerous situations. It provides basic information about the dynamics of stalking, how it intersects with intimate partner abuse, specific stalking tactics used when supervised visitation and safe exchange programs are involved, and issues to consider for policies and procedures.
In this Off-the-Shelf Conversation, we were joined by the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC).
"Hamlette and Their Perfectly Imperfect Egg," eBook follows a young pig through their journey into supervised visitation services. In conjunction with an online course and avatar creator, this book is intended to help supervised visitation providers help normalize and validate the feelings of children and youth and aid in building rapport and relationships with children you are just getting to know!
