D#2, HW#4 - How do research processes compare?

PERSONAL

1. My children were involved in a child abuse case. Their stepmother was abusing them physically and mentally so I needed to find out some "guidelines" to help my children overcome the consequences of her actions.

2. How can I help prevent child abuse? How can I be an effective stepparent? How do I deal with children who have been abused? How do abused children heal? How can I help them heal?

3. Online with a few articles and websites, then I branched off of those links.

4. Everything wasn't always just physical and mental abuse, there were a lot of articles that also included sexual abuse which didn't pertain to my situation. It was difficult to find information that was on just the physical and mental aspects. There was so much information out there!

5. I ended up reading books I found while researching. I was able to read them at my leisure and take notes. All-in-all this research was very helpful in helping me with my daughters.

6. I would like to sit down with a mental professional and pick his brain about this issue but everything else was good.