Domestic Abuse webinar

Virtual Reality – Understanding Domestic Abuse Through The Lens of a Child

YOUR SPEAKERS AND GUESTS Presenting today

Alison Alexander Strategic Director at Antser

Caroline Brixton Associate at Antser

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OUR HISTORY The journey

1990

2001

Training, consultancy and children’s services specialist, and also the UK’s largest provider of ‘Independent Visitors’

2006

UK’s largest provider of multidisciplinary assessments

2019

2016

Online procedures for children’s and adult’s services with 95% Local Authority market share

Pioneers of the world’s first VR experience for fostering and adoption services

PRESENT

Antser, an organisation providing transformation products to enable our partners to transform how they deliver direct services in health, education and social care

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Through the eyes of children - immersive VR training for professionals across the children’s sector

Window to our World Fostering and adoption

Being Me

Between Us

Childhood

Adolescence

Our mission is to use immersive storytelling to present life through the eyes of the child

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Why VR Social care challenges can be aided through using: • • • •

Visual expression of social constructions The benefit of hindsight Alternative perspective taking Visualising future consequences

Perpetrators of domestic abuse reflections of VR: • “The feeling was like you were there... [it is] something new, something different to the TV and different screens.”

“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of

view -- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” (Harper Lee)

• “I cried a bit. I had some tears, I’m not a guy who cries, but I was moved.”

• “I’m more aware of the way I am as an individual now.”

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86%

strongly agreed that it helped them understand how behaviour/responses affected children

100%

85%

agreed that it gave them an insight of the child's perspective

agreed that it made them think differently about their behaviour and decisions

Virtual Reality immersive films used in: • • •

The Respect programme – perpetrators Triple P programme – parents One to one parenting interventions – survivors

Family outcome survey confirmed an increase of 9.5 points

Figures based on ten families reducing from six to zero domestic incidents per year.

“I’m more aware of the way I am as an individual now.”

Through immersive virtual reality, aggressive people’s perspectives like emotional recognition can be modified.

(University of Barcelona)

PwC 2020 findings: Putting learners in VR allows for a ‘greater depth’ learning experience compared to online, classroom, selfstudy or work packs.

*VR learners are

*VR learners are

*VR learners are

*VR learners are

4x 4x 4x 40% faster

more emotionally connected

more focused

more confident

Putting learners in VR can increase their pace of learning and their application of the learning – leading to accelerated learning

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Issues that raise the risk of abuse Pathways to harm/Pathways to protection – May 2016

Domestic Abuse 19%

19%

17% 39% Parental Substance Misuse

17%

Parental Mental Health Issues

10%

Serious Case Reviews | funded by Department of Education (rip.org.uk)

18%

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Issues that raise the risk of abuse Complexity and Challenge – March 2020

DOMESTIC ABUSE – 164 (59%)

TRANSIENT LIFESTYLE - 81 (29%)

SOCIAL ISOLATION - 51 (18%)

MULTIPLE PARTNERS - 67 (24%)

Impact of Covid-19

Total Number (%) where characteristic reported

POVERTY - 97 (35%)

PARENTAL SEPARATION – 150 (54%) ACRIMONIOUS SEPARATION – 41 (15%)

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In utero

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Carnaby street

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The power of Virtual Reality

Questions and answers

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Findings were beyond our expectations

86% of our Certified VR Practitioners met the aims of their sessions when using the VR with clients.

• 85% of professionals on Certification Courses felt the course equipped them to use Antser VR impactfully.

Strongly agree Agree

• 88% of professionals would consider alternative ways to approach situations in their work after attending a Certification Course.

Neither agree or disagree

• 90% of professionals had a deeper understanding of the child’s perspective after attending Certification Courses.

Strongly disagree No answer

• 84% of professionals on Certification Course felt the Course taught them to use the VR across their work.

EMPATHY

ATTITUDE

UNDERSTANDING

50

49

66

BEHAVIOUR 43

24

45 35

35 2

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I have a deeper understanding of the child’s perspective

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The Certification Course taught me how to use Antser VR in my work

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2

The Certification Course equipped me to use Antser VR in an impactful way in my work

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I will consider alternative ways to approach situations in my work

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