Adolescent Violence to Parents Conference report
The Adolescent Violence to Parents (APV) conference held this week (September 23rd 2013) in Oxford was an important landmark in…
Step Up
An update on Step Up in the UK
Today we have a guest post from LynetteRobinson, of Alternative Restoratives. Lynette is thrilled to have had her work in…
Changing the DV definition: the debate continues
My attention was drawn this week to the recently released Home Office Guidance, Information for Local Areas on the change…
A “ground-breaking” and “inspiring” conference on adolescent violence in the home
I’m really pleased to have received the following report from Jo Howard on the recent conference held in Melbourne, Australia…
Emerging themes 1: CPV and IPV
In my last post I referred to the emergence of a number of themes through the day as we met…
Domestic abuse by children against parents conference, March 14th
What a fantastic day yesterday was! I’m still buzzing and full of ideas on how to take things forward. It…
Keeping Families Safe
The official announcement of the piloting of a new programme to address family violence in the state of Victoria, coinciding…
Understanding Parent Abuse in under 90 minutes?
Writing some training materials recently, I’ve been forced to be more concise than usual about the main issues facing practitioners…
Alternative Restoratives: Training and awareness
Lynette Robinson, of Alternative Restoratives reports a busy but successful year for her organisation: It has been a busy year…
More from Australia
Nicely furthering the debate on police and courts’ involvement, Jo Howard discusses the possibility of introducing the American Step Up…