Sessions in Brief

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MOUNT ISA
PO Box 502, Mt Isa QLD 4825 Phone: 07 4749 0275 Fax: 07 4743 7999 Mobile: 0408 456 469 Email: mp.isa@nqdvrs.org.au

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Other Contacts
Mensline (confidential counselling, referral & support 24/7): 1300 789 978 Mens Info Line: 1800 600 636 Life Line: 13 1114 Relationships Australia: 1300 364 277 Murri Mens Group: 07 4743 0343 Murri Court: 07 4747 2377 NWQPHC: 07 4749 4615 Centacare: 07 4743 4449

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A North Queensland Domestic Service initiative in partnership wit Communities and XST

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What Will be Covered by the Program?

The program will explore what it means to be a father. Participants will address how domestic and family violence negatively impacts on their children, the childrens mother and upon themselves. The group will increase their understanding of how to provide non-violent discipline and how to negotiate the discipline of their children with the childrens mother. Participants will be equiped with some tools to prevent violence. The group will discuss the benefits of being in a healthy relationship and the consequences of unhealthy relationships.

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Children and Domestic Violence

Many people believe that if domestic violence occurs between two partners, their children will not be affected, that they are too young to understand and that they will just forget about it. It is also often assumed that if a man is a good dad, his children will not be impacted by the violence he uses against their mother. Using violence against your childrens mother is not being a good dad. In many ways, you may be seriously harming your children.

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