Boston Resources

Help Is Available
If you or someone you know needs child witness to violence information or resources, you may want to contact one or more of the following programs:

AWAKE (Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergency)
Children’s Hospital
300 Longwood Avenue
Gardner House 812
Boston, MA
617-355-4760

The Child Witness to Violence Project
Boston Medical Center
One Boston Medical Center place
Boston, MA
617-414-4244

The Children’s Charter
77 Rumford Avenue
Waltham, MA
781-894-4307
The Children’s Charter Website

Wayside Youth and Family Support Network
Child Violence Intervention Project
88 Lincoln Street
Framingham, MA 01701
Contact: Jack Hagenbuch
508-620-0010 ext. 204
jackhagenbuch@wayside.org

Reading Resources:

  • When Dad Hurts Mom: Helping Your Children Heal the Wounds of Witnessing Abuse by Lundy Bancroft (Putnam Adult, 2004)
  • The Batterer as Parent by Lundy Bancroft and Jay G. Silverman (Sage Publications, Inc. 2002