“Helping parents to be the parents they want to be.” Non-violent Resistance as a response to Child to Parent Violence
Two particular things stuck with me after my recent visit to listen to the Birmingham CAMHS team on the adoption…
Non Violent Resistance
The use of NVR in residential care.
As I was reminded recently while reading a report about the use of residential care for adolescents on the edge…
Non-Violent Resistance, a review of one day training
This post was written for The Adoption Social website by Sarah last week, and I have reposted it here with…
Non Violent Resistance
Non-Violent Resistance, as a response to child to parent violence, has attracted considerable attention and support among the adoption community,…
Support for adoptive families experiencing violence and abuse from children
The publication last April of the research report: Beyond the Adoption Order highlighted the urgent need within the adoption community for…
New Year, New Reading
I have recently been sent links to new and additional published articles in the field of adolescent to parent abuse;…
Daphne RCPV Conference in Galway
The recent conference in Galway, hosted by the National University of Ireland in Galway, was an opportunity to hear about…
East Midlands Practitioners Peer Learning
I have just spent an exciting and inspiring morning with representatives of the Youth Offending Service across the East Midlands…
A growing problem in Ireland
This piece in the Irish Times dropped into my inbox over the weekend. Declan Coogan addressed the Annual Work Conference in Dublin,…
Non-Violent Resistance: the story so far
Of the different techniques and programmes in place to work with parents experiencing abuse from their children, the one we…