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
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…
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…
The use of section 20 placements in CPV
This post follows on from a small discussion I took part in on twitter on June 2nd, itself emerging from a conference…
A problem the size of Wales
Two eagerly awaited (by me) reports were published last week, coincidentally, both examining the issue of children’s violence to parents…
The Adoption Social: Listening to and supporting each other
One of the particular groups of people I follow on twitter has been the adoption community. Early on in my…
Thinking about Education
Something a bit different for a change today inspired by a compilation of essays on education, The Connected School from ncb.…
Non Violent Resistance
Non-Violent Resistance, as a response to child to parent violence, has attracted considerable attention and support among the adoption community,…
The value of student research in child to parent violence
One of the things that gives me hope for the growing awareness within mainstream services of the existence and issues…
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…