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Something to celebrate!

This week I celebrate one year of this blog.

When I first became aware of the issue of parent abuse, in the early 80s, we had no idea of what to suggest to help the parent who had approached us. By the time I engaged in some serious research, in 2004-6, there was a small but growing body of knowledge about this aspect of family violence, and a number of programmes had been developed, mostly in Australia, New Zealand and the USA and Canada. A year later, a discussion on parent abuse was one of the items in the BBC’s Woman’s Hour, a flagship radio programme, which goes out 6 days a week. Continue reading

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Dr. Amanda Holt’s forthcoming talk

A reminder about Dr. Amanda Holts seminar: “Youth-to-Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research, Policy and Practice“, on Wednesday 2nd May 2012. Please note that this event at the University of Surrey, UK, begins and ends 30 minutes earlier than was first posted – from 15.30 to 17.00.

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Current understandings in research, policy and practice

Staff, students and public are invited to hear Amanda Holt speak at a seminar, “Youth-to-Parent Abuse: Current Understandings in Research, Policy and Practice”, on Wednesday 2nd May 2012. The event will be held at the University of Surrey, UK, from 16.00 to 17.30. Dr Amanda Holt also has an article in the most recent edition of Social Policy and Society, a parent abuse themed issue.

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