Amelia Reyes, MSW
Trauma Counsellor
Crisis response & survivor brief development
Clinical reviewerEditorial Standards
How DV Support earns and keeps survivor trust
Every legal or clinical article is written by trauma-informed researchers, double-reviewed by licensed professionals, and refreshed on a documented schedule. Below is the exact playbook we follow.
Editorial leads
Evelyn Grant, LLM · Amelia Reyes, MSW
Last audited
June 2026 (updates logged in our publishing register)
Contact
Editorial board
10-person rotating review council
We assign every draft to one legal expert and one trauma counsellor. The roster below rotates so no single reviewer becomes a bottleneck and specialties align with each topic.
Priya Nadar, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker
Immigration trauma & safety planning
Clinical reviewerGabriel Méndez, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Technology-facilitated abuse & behavioral science
Clinical reviewerLila Thompson, LMFT
Trauma-Focused Therapist
Family systems and custody transitions
Clinical reviewerHarper Liu, LPC
Crisis Counsellor
Shelter intake & support group facilitation
Clinical reviewerDaniel Cho, JD
Family Lawyer · 18 years experience
Protection orders, enforcement, and strategy
Legal reviewerSoraya Patel, JD
Cross-Border Family Lawyer
Immigration-linked DV cases & Hague matters
Legal reviewerMarcus Bell, JD
Former DV Prosecutor
Criminal process & evidence preservation
Legal reviewerEvelyn Grant, LLM
Survivors’ Rights Attorney
Housing, benefits, and appellate advocacy
Legal reviewerKarim Okafor, LLB
Family & Immigration Lawyer
Custody across borders & newcomer protections
Legal reviewerHow content is written
Evidence-backed, survivor-led writing
Writers work from structured briefs that demand primary sources, interviews with advocates, and trauma-informed language checks. Every sentence that states a fact must cite a trusted institution and render as a footnote in the article body.
Survivor-first reporting
Articles begin with a survivor brief. Our writers interview advocates, cross-check hotline trends, and document trauma-informed language before the first draft is written.
Plain-language legal guidance
Every fact must be cited with numbered superscripts (CDC, WHO, Justice Canada, US DOJ, National DV Hotline, peer-reviewed journals, provincial/State statutes).
Context + next steps
Practical next actions are mandatory: forms to download, offices to contact, questions to ask a lawyer, or safety planning prompts.
How content is reviewed
Four-layer editorial & legal review
1. Draft & self-check
- Writers log every citation inside our CMS and attach PDF copies of statutes or studies.
- AI tools may summarize long rulings but cannot write final copy; humans verify every line.
2. Subject-matter legal review
- A licensed family lawyer (18+ yrs avg experience) verifies accuracy, jurisdictional nuance, and practical viability.
- Conflicts-of-interest are declared before review assignments (see policy below).
3. Clinical & lived-experience review
- A trauma counsellor and a survivor advisor confirm tone, accessibility, and safety guidance.
- High-risk resources (immigration, housing, tech safety) receive an additional digital-safety review.
4. Final editorial QA
- An editor confirms citations render as superscripts, links open in new tabs with accurate rel attributes, and structured data is current.
- Updates are logged in the publishing register with reviewer names and timestamps.
Update schedule
Cadence by topic
Each resource automatically enters our refresh queue. Urgent legislative changes trigger an immediate re-review.
Monthly
Protection orders, restraining orders, and criminal procedure guides.
Quarterly
Immigration, custody, housing subsidies, and cross-border enforcement topics.
Real-time
Emergency alerts, recall notices, policy changes impacting survivor safety (published within 48 hours).
Citations
Cite everything
Writers cite CDC, WHO, Justice Canada, U.S. DOJ, National Domestic Violence Hotline, state/provincial statutes, and peer-reviewed journals. Statements like “Emotional abuse often escalates” must display as “Emotional abuse often escalates.^1”. Each footnote links to the primary source and is mirrored in our internal source register.
Conflict of interest policy
Reviewers must disclose active cases, client relationships, or paid partnerships tied to a topic. Conflicted experts are recused and a second reviewer is appointed. Sponsored content is labelled and cannot bypass the editorial workflow.
Responsible AI usage
AI assistance is limited to brainstorming outlines, summarizing legislation, or generating alt text drafts. AI-generated prose is never published verbatim. Every citation must reference the original statute or study, not an AI output.
Corrections & feedback
Submit corrections to team@dv.support with the article URL, quoted passage, and supporting source. We acknowledge within 2 business days, investigate within 7, and publish redlines + timestamps at the bottom of the article.
Corrections
See something that needs to change?
Email team@dv.support with the subject “Editorial correction”. Include the URL, quotation, and the authoritative source. We publish correction notes on-page and in our monthly transparency report.
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