Maternal Alienation - South Australian Policy Online

• Training the trainers of Education Centre Against Violence, Sydney.As a result ECAV has included maternal alienation in its training ofpractitioners in NSW.• Initiating discussions with VIP and the Director of Cedar Cottage(pre-trial diversion program for child sex offenders, NSW), toorganise a workshop to examine how understandings from programswith child sex offenders can be transferred to programs for domesticviolence perpetrators.2. Systems ChangeIntersectoral relationshipsWhile situated in Community and Women's Health, The MaternalAlienation Project worked across sectors, forming particular connectionswith Family and Youth Services, domestic violence services, nongovernmentorganisations, Attorney-General's Department, SouthAustralian Police, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, the FamilyCourt of Australia, and the Office for the Status of Women (SeeAppendix IV for Mapping of Project’s Areas of Influence). Theserelationships were consolidated by the participation of many of theseorganisations within the project's Reference Group. One role of theReference Group was to assist the project to achieve its outcomesparticularly in the area of systems change.Early Intervention and PreventionThe Maternal Alienation Project represents an important initiative in anearly intervention/prevention approach. The following Table indicates howappropriate responses to maternal alienation are also earlyintervention/prevention responses.6