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by helenbonnick | July 9, 2014 · 12:05 am

A new book about Adolescent Violence to Parents

I am pleased to post the following announcement, sent to me by Greg Routt and Lily Anderson.

Announcing the publication of a new book from Routledge on July 12, 2014 by the creators of Step Up in Seattle, Washington. Adolescent Violence in the Home Restorative Approaches to Building Healthy, Respectful Family Relationships Gregory Routt and Lily Anderson

Adolescent Violence in the Home examines a form of violence that has a profound impact on families but is often overlooked and frequently misunderstood: teen aggression and violence toward members of their family—especially parents. Adolescent Violence in the Home uses a restorative framework, developed by the authors and in use in court systems and organizations around the world, to situate violent behaviors in the context of power and the inter generational cycle of violence. Readers will come away from this book with a profound understanding of the social and individual factors that lead youth to use violence and how adolescent violence affects parents, and they’ll also learn about a variety of interventions that specifically address teen violence against parents. Continue reading →

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by helenbonnick | June 23, 2014 · 2:56 pm

A family therapy intervention in Portugal

Soon after viewing the Channel 5 documentary last week, I received this paper, from Neusa Patuleia, a clinical psychologist / family therapist in Portugal. (De)constructing Child-to-Parent Violence, discusses a particular therapeutic intervention at a residential establishment in that country. Continue reading →

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by helenbonnick | June 11, 2014 · 11:05 am

Child to parent violence: round the world in a week

A lot more bits and pieces from around the world in the last weeks…..

Good to see the Daphne RCPV website is now up and running. You will find it here, with information about the project and research as a whole, conferences and training events linked to the programme, ways to get involved and a link to the RCPV blog. Recent posts cover the progress of the research in the different participating countries: Sweden, Spain, Bulgaria and Ireland. Continue reading →

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Tagged as Adolescent to parent violence, Amanda Holt, Child to parent violence, Daphne RCPV, Parent abuse, Rachel Condry

by helenbonnick | April 17, 2014 · 7:46 pm

Child to Parent Violence: The Adoption Issue

A couple of years ago I was asked to write something about child to parent violence with reference to adoptive families. For a variety of reasons I wrote something with an entirely different focus, and in retrospect I’m glad I did. I had met and interviewed an adoptive mother as part of my Masters research but, while acknowledging that an adopted child might bring issues from their early life to a new family, I had no real understanding at that time of early trauma and its effect on attachment and behaviour. Continue reading →

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Tagged as adoption disruption, Beyond the Adoption Order, Break4Change, Child to parent violence, NVR, Parent abuse, Sally Donovan, violence to parents

by helenbonnick | April 11, 2014 · 8:54 am

Child to Parent Violence: the Learning Issue

I offer you a round up of various items that have cropped up in the last weeks, all with something of a learning theme, hence the title of the post.

A third year postgraduate Clinical Counselling student at the University of Chester, Jennifer Thomas, is looking for participants for her dissertation research, title: Exploring the place of counselling for parents who have lived with child-to-parent violence. This is specifically with reference to individual counselling for parents, rather than programmes working with the family. If you would like to know more, or know any one else who can help, I will be happy to pass on your details to Jennifer. Continue reading →

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by helenbonnick | March 12, 2014 · 9:33 am

A call to end violence against women and girls, revised action plan 2014

The revised edition of the Home Office’s ‘A Call to End Violence Against Women and Girls’ Action Plan (2014) has just been published and now includes specific references to child to parent violence, with two actions (reference 63 and 139) ‘Develop and disseminate information for practitioners working with children and families on how to identify and address the risks posed by adolescent to parent violence’. These are new and fall within the joint remit of the Home Office and Youth Justice Board, to be addressed by December 2014 and April 2015 respectively. Continue reading →

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by helenbonnick | February 27, 2014 · 1:11 pm

Parent abuse, news around the world

Florida State Senator, Geraldine Thompson, announced a bill this week to give protection to parents experiencing violence and abuse from their children. If passed, it would become the nation’s first parent abuse law. The bill, SB-904, Abuse of a Parent, which has already been filed would define parent abuse, make it a reportable crime and allow for criminal penalties. Homer Hartage, former County Commissioner and founder of the Parent Abuse Action Coalition has campaigned for better protection with the family of Rosemary Pate who was killed by her son in 2013. There is increasing awareness that this is not a small problem. According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 1,645 parents in Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Lake counties were victimized by their children — physically or sexually — in 2012, the latest statistics available. There has some been concern aired that legislation and criminalisation will not better protect families on its own, but should be accompanied by therapeutic interventions such as treatment and counselling. You can read the news coverage here and here. Continue reading →

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by helenbonnick | February 3, 2014 · 10:10 pm

Early Intervention Foundation report into the impact of Domestic Violence

The importance of intervening early on to support families experiencing domestic violence was underlined again last week with the launch of the report from the Early Intervention Foundation, Domestic Violence and Abuse, which considers the impact on children of witnessing such violence. It’s hard to believe that we once minimised the harm of such experience, provided children were in another room at the time. The children themselves could have told a different story of course. While recognising that progression from witness to perpetrator is far from inevitable, the report warns of the dangers of not intervening, and urges work to enable children to process their experiences and make more healthy relationships for themselves. Previous experience of domestic violence has been found in many studies to be strongly correlated with parent abuse, though by no means the only or greatest cause. Continue reading →

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by helenbonnick | October 11, 2013 · 3:19 pm

Addressing parent abuse through Juvenile Family Courts in USA

This piece from the Orlando Sentinel on 4^thOctober, reporting on responses to parent abuse following the death of Rosemary Pate at the hands of her son, has popped up a number of times in the last week, cross-posted in different places. It was good to see the topic of parent abuse getting a good airing after an earlier item appeared in the same paper in a couple of months ago (see my post of 24^th August); and encouraging to see a call for early intervention to prevent abuse before it reaches this stage. Continue reading →

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Category Archives: publications

A new book about Adolescent Violence to Parents

A family therapy intervention in Portugal

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Child to parent violence: round the world in a week

Child to Parent Violence: The Adoption Issue

Child to Parent Violence: the Learning Issue

A call to end violence against women and girls, revised action plan 2014

Parent abuse, news around the world

Early Intervention Foundation report into the impact of Domestic Violence

Addressing parent abuse through Juvenile Family Courts in USA

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