Arnon Bentovim - Episteme

Models to understand the family as a
violence prone institution
• Cumulative models the numbers of biological, family and
environmental stressors rather than particular combination
• Biosocial model –the interactional and cumulative effects of
biological and environmental adversity
• Eco-systemic models- looks at the way family and
environmental stressors affect parenting and the impact on how
children's needs are met
• Trauma-organised systems organising the realities of
relationships