McBride, Dawn

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    Service providers' perspectives: reducing intimate partner violence in rural and northern regions of Canada
    (Sage, 2023) Letourneau, Nicole; McBride, Dawn; Barton, Sylvia S.; Griggs, Keira
    Background Intimate partner violence (IPV) persists as a serious challenge, globally, with regions in Central and Northern Canada reporting the highest rates of shelter use to escape abuse, of sexual assault, and of IPV in the country. Despite research into IPV, barriers and gaps exist in understanding what an effective response to IPV in rural and northern communities should look like. Methods To enhance this understanding, qualitative interviews and focus groups with a total of 55 participants were conducted with service providers, including shelter services, victims services, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, counselors, and others (e.g., psychologists). A grounded theory approach was used to analyze data, with findings illustrated in a schematic that conceptualize the challenges service providers experience. Results The findings reveal how an IPV environment, characterized by oppression, abuse, and illness, requires transformation into an IPV-free environment, characterized by empowerment, positive social connections, and wellness. As service providers work to influence this transition, they become experts in understanding the sociocultural context, formal services, and informal supports accessible or not for women experiencing IPV. Service providers encourage social media use into service delivery to improve communication; lobby for rural-specific IPV specialists; and recognize isolation as a barrier to seeking out safe shelter and housing, transportation, and economic assistance. Conclusion In order to reduce rates of IPV, the results suggest we must support service providers, document service gaps, and maximize policy change and community action based on IPV as it is experienced in rural and northern regions of Canada
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    Ethical implications of third-party record release
    (2022) Hodson, Jessica; McBride, Dawn
    In this article, the authors present a critical analysis of the ethical implications related to third-party record release, when a therapist is asked to release a client's counselling record information to an external party. Drawing from the values of the Canadian Psychological Association's (2017) code of ethics, the authors emphasize the need for therapists to balance their duty to protect client confidentiality with their responsibility to promote client self-determination through the informed consent process. Several recommendations are offered to enhance the informed consent process and to reduce the risk of harm to the client in the event the record is released to a third-party. An ethical checklist is provided for therapists to use when responding to a third-party record release request. This article may be of interest to lawyers who seek to understand why releasing counselling record information is a complex process for therapists.
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    From traumatized to energized: helping victim support volunteers cultivate compassion satisfaction in the face of crisis
    (Canada. Department of Justice, 2017) Shivji, Alisha M.; McBride, Dawn L.
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    Supervision issues in family violence cases
    (Charles C. Thomas, 2008) McBride, Dawn L.
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    When harshly criticized or verbally attacked: a six-step communication plan for teachers
    (2015) McBride, Dawn L.
    This article outlines a six-step communication plan to help teachers, particularly those new to the profession, handle critical, verbally abusive adults, particularly parents, in a respectful and assertive manner. The plan offers a step-by-step guide of how to engage in self-regulation, be assertive and use conflict resolution strategies to move the interaction from problem centered to solution focused. These strategies have been successfully presented to undergraduate education students, teachers in schools and counsellors working in community services. Research on the six-step plan revealed beneficial changes in student teachers' levels of confidence and abilities to stand up to verbally intimidating parents when they followed this plan of communication. Ample examples and author commentary are actively integrated to make the communication plan an informal read.