Susan Predy, M.Ed. lives and works on unceded Quw’utsun traditional territory, in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. Susan worked in child protection for over 21 years primarily in a supervisory capacity on an assessment team that responded to high numbers of new domestic violence reports. Using response-based practice with child protection policies and legislation, Susan focused on supporting staff to respond to clients in ways that uphold dignity, while fully assessing for violence and safety in context. In interviews, staff focused on responses and resistance to violence and the use of accurate language that does not mutualize violence, blame or pathologize victims or obscure perpetrator responsibility. Susan brings response-based practice to her current role as manager at the BC Office of the Representative for Children and Youth as well as when she teaches undergraduate students as a sessional instructor.