Working with Adolescent Violence and Abuse Towards Parents: book review
With many papers and now two books to her name, Amanda Holt is a leading voice in the field of…
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Two new films from the APV project
The APV (Adolescent to Parent Violence Project) website has two new films on the home page, which were created to publicise and promote…
Child to parent violence, nothing new under the sun
An article from the Independent newspaper from 1995 was brought to my attention by a tweet from Amanda Holt. The…
Child to parent violence: law and research in Florida
When Rosemary Pate was killed by her son in Florida in 2013, family and friends began a campaign to raise…
Discussion about CPV going mainstream?
When the Guardian carries two pieces in a weekend alluding to violence and abuse from child to parent, (A letter to my…
Child to Parent Abuse: some new resources for professionals
As a comprehensive introduction to child to parent abuse, and guidance for professionals, a booklet from the North East Hampshire…
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…
Where are the specialist services?
Readers of this blog will be familiar with my dream of mapping specialist services around the country for those experiencing…
When children kill their parents.
The book currently at the top of my “to read” pile is Kathleen Heide‘s Understanding Parricide. Twenty years on from her…
When holidays turn violent
While there are many, many different routes to violence and abuse, we know that for some children and young people,…