PACT: the Leeds response to adolescent to parent violence
It’s always exciting to hear how different projects are going. Here Jenny Bright, of the Leeds Youth Offending Service, brings us…
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New Project for Abused Parents in Victoria.
There are exciting developments afoot in Australia, where the Victoria State government has agreed funding for a three year pilot…
Creating Change in Parent Abuse
People often ask me about what happens in parallel work with parents and young people – how do you get…
The Adolescent to Parent Violence Practitioner Forum – doing it different in Leeds
Jenny Bright, of Leeds YOS, has sent me the following report of a highly successful forum meeting in Leeds last…
News of Break4Change
The Brighton and Hove Argus recently published an article about the Break4Change project as part of a domestic violence feature.…
House of Commons Launch of Parent Abuse Report
The Adfam / AVA report into how parents deal with children who use substances and perpetrate abuse, “Between a rock…
No one could accuse the PAARS team of a lack of commitment!
I met with the practitioners from PAARS this week to find out more about what they are doing, and to…
Supporting families of substance using, abusive young people
While it has long been known that substance abuse by young people was in some cases associated with parent abuse,…
Respect 6th National Practitioners Seminar
I have come to anticipate a stimulating and informative experience from Respect’s Practitioner Seminars. Yesterday’s, in the London Borough of…
Parenting NI statistics show increase in calls for help
At the beginning of June, Parenting NI released figures showing a dramatic increase of 27% in the calls received by…