Long ignored, adolescent family violence needs our attention
This piece was originally published in The Conversation (politics and society) July 3rd 2017 Adolescent family violence has detrimental…
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Cake – or no cake?
I spent last Friday at the NVR UK 2017 conference in London, where it was great to catch up with…
Adopting: real life stories
I was a bit surprised when this book first dropped through my letter box. I hadn’t offered to review it and…
#CPV: What does it look like, part 2. Intent stuff
One of the issues that makes it difficult for us all to talk about child to parent violence and abuse…
“An Act Relating to Support for Parental Victims of Child Domestic Violence”
Fantastic news this week from Florida, where Alice Flowers has been campaigning for legislation in this field, since the tragic…
Adolescent to parent violence – take part in this new research project
A team at Monash University is conducting new research into Adolescent Family Violence and seeks participants. Although focus groups will only…
Breaking the Silence on Violent Challenging Behaviour: a conference review
Last week I brought you the reflections of Dr Girish Vaidya, who had attended the Violent Challenging Behaviour conference, organised by…
Child on Parent Violence: Beginning of a paradigm shift?
I am grateful to Dr Girish Vaidya, Clinical Director at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, for allowing me to repost…
Child to parent violence: Realities, Enigmas and Ambiguities
A number of new papers – academic and discussion – have been published recently, and I have gathered them all…
Child on Parent Violence – DfE Expert Advisory Group
With permission, I am reblogging this post by Al Coates, from his site: Misadventures of an Adoptive Dad. (Wednesday March 29th…