Voices of Professionals
Challenges Teens Experience
Teens experience challenges just by being in the developmental stage of adolescence. Below, social workers describe some of the challenges these teens face, specifically in romantic relationships.
Advice from Social Workers
Many social workers have already been doing the work of teen dating violence prevention and intervention. Hear their advice for navigating this work in the videos below.
As these professionals voice, teens face unique challenges due to the developmental stage they are in accompanied by their limited life experience. Teens are in a vulnerable stage of life and as members of their village we must be intentional with prevention and intervention efforts to help minimize their exposure to TDV and any negative impacts that TDV can have on them. Now that you have the perspective of other professionals, click below to learn about assessing for TDV.