Jo Howard has sent me details of the first national conference on Adolescent Violence in the Home, to be held in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday and Tuesday, 18th and 19th February 2013. Details as below, including a link to register. Further information on the conference, including the programme, and more information about the training being delivered by Lily Anderson on 21st February is also available. Continue reading
Category Archives: Training opportunities
Free training on child to parent violence
Adfam and AVA have recently announced FREE training for practitioners working with parents abused by substance using children. Training details are available here.
The courses will be held across England, starting in October, with some dates still to be confirmed.
The course follows the release of their report Between a Rock and a Hard Place.
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Respect in Cardiff
Just received details of the speakers for the National Practitioners’ Network seminar in Cardiff on October 16th. A very full programme around young people’s use of violence in close relationships. Details and booking form available here or from the Respect website.
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October Training in Nottingham
Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum are running a repeat of their June training day on October 5th 2012.
Addressing Young People’s Abuse of Their Parents, 9.45am – 4.30pm
Fee: £85 per delegate, inclusive of lunch and refreshments
Nottingham Voluntary Action Centre: Ash Room
Trainers: Kate Iwi and Dr Chris Newman
This course will explore the issue of young people’s abuse of parents. The
day will cover the impact of domestic violence on young people, prevalence
and dynamics of parent abuse, building strengths in the parent/ child
relationship,. The afternoon will focus on practical skills for working
with parents experiencing abuse from their children, exploring family
systems work and identifying simple techniques to utilise with young people
to help stop their abuse.
The trainers are both experienced practitioners and trainers; having worked
extensively with perpetrators.
The booking form is available here.
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Respect 7th National Practitioner’s Network Meeting
Respect have announced the date of their next national practitioners’ network meeting, to take place in Cardiff, Wales, on October 16th 2012. Details available on their website. Offers of leading a workshop or sharing practice requested by September 7th.
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Respect 6th National Practitioners Seminar
I have come to anticipate a stimulating and informative experience from Respect’s Practitioner Seminars. Yesterday’s, in the London Borough of Haringey, was the 6th national conference, the first to be held in partnership with a local authority, and it certainly lived up to all expectations. Continue reading
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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 for Alternative Restoratives in delivering awareness raising presentations at events across the UK and also a workshop at the International Conference for Restorative Practices (IIRP) held in Nova Scotia, Canada in June 2011. We have held two Professional Awareness Raising Days Understanding Adolescent to Parent Abuse, in September, 2011 and March 2012, in which parents as service users and professionals from the public, private and voluntary sectors shared their experiences in this issue. Both events were attended by delegates from a range of family service areas. Many went away with new awareness and understanding of this issue, and inspired to develop their own practice and services. It is wonderful to hear of the many new pilots that are now becoming established in many authorities across our country, and encouraging to know that awareness and understanding of this ‘hidden’ form of family violence is growing across professionals. Continue reading
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Addressing young people’s abuse of their parents
The Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum (NDVF) is hosting a course exploring issues around young people’s abuse of parents on Thursday 19th July.
The day will cover the impact of domestic violence on young people, prevalence and dynamics of parent abuse, and building strengths in the parent and child relationship. The afternoon will focus on practical skills for working with parents experiencing abuse from their children, exploring family systems work and identifying simple techniques to utilise with young people to help stop their abuse.
Full details and booking instructions are available on the Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service website.
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Respect workshop details and booking form
More information is now available about the workshops and presentations planned for the Respect National Practitioners’ Seminar on July 4th. This is the sixth seminar of its kind, for those addressing young people’s use of violence in close relationships, and will be held this year in London.
Of particular interest to those in the field of parent abuse will be a presentation about the Yuva Project. Shem Williams, from DVIP, will be talking about their work on adolescent to parent violence. Peter Misch also returns after a successful presentation last year. This year he discusses Empathy Deficits from a mental health perspective. And there are two presentations about the work of Respect and the young people’s project itself.
The full programme of speakers and booking forms are available on the Respect website.
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