Maternal Alienation - South Australian Policy Online

• “getting the message out to others so we can have a sharedunderstanding of the issue with our colleagues (in particularpsychologists)”• “Having updated information/training on this topic would be usefulfor other services outside of FAYS…which would make our work alittle easier”• “needs to be more societal recognition as to what m.a. is”• “I found this training very interesting and applicable to mypractice”Below are comments from Domestic Violence services afterPresentation on Maternal AlienationSouthern Domestic Violence ServiceMegan Hughes, Manager:• Very relevant and important for our client assessments• Requires different responses from workers - in particular theexpectations we have on mother’s capacity to influence therelationship between her and her children• Highlights a greater need for advocacy on behalf of these familieswithin systems eg. FAYS and DECS• Greater coordination and collaboration between system responsesis required for these families• Identified the need for some relevant quantitative data in thisarea so that domestic violence services can drive the differentresponses needed in these situations• Significant and really important learnings identified from thistraining that - it was great to have a framework to "hang" what wesee in our work to clearly articulated theory.19