On this page you will find listings for organisations offering training packages around the issue of child / adolescent to parent violence and abuse, as well as one-off training events and conferences. Some of these will be aimed at a specific community, whether geographic (please check for country!) or professional; or family composition or circumstances. Some are more suitable for practitioners, and some for families themselves. Some are open to all. You might be looking for a brief introduction awareness-raising session, or for facilitator training for a particular programme. Much of what is offered is available online, but there is an increasing return to face-to-face training aswell.
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Capa First Response offers a series of training and support events throughout the year for practitioners supporting families experiencing harmful behaviour from their children, including Networking Meetings, Introductory Webinars, and Full and Half-Day Training Sessions (Fully CPD accredited) plus post-training follow up sessions. Full details and booking information on the website.
TRAINING DATES FOR 2025:
Full day: 11th December, 26th February 2026
Half Day: 13th November
Post-training follow up sessions: 4 sessions per year
With over 30 years of experience specifically focusing on family dynamics, 19 years devoted to addressing violence within families, and 15 years of direct collaboration with both families and professionals, Jane offers a comprehensive understanding of the intricate dynamics at play and the most effective strategies to support parents and young people.
Our specialised training in this behaviour area, spanning over 15 years, ensures that attendees of our training events, whether in person or online, receive cutting-edge strategies and interventions that can be implemented immediately with families.
Partnership Projects Monthly (FREE) Special Interest Groups for Non-Violent Resistance Professionals
Separate 90 minute groups for Commissioners / Service Leads and for School Practitioners.
More information and registration here.
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We’re holding a range of events over the next few months to raise awareness of the impact of Childhood Challenging Violent and Aggressive Behaviour. ‘Living with CCVAB’ ‘Supporting Families living with CCVAB’
Details and booking for events for the coming months can be found here.
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http://www.safeproject.org.uk/
Protective Behaviours is an internationally recognised approach to building emotional literacy and resilience in children, young people and adults. It is a flexible and pragmatic approach to personal safety awareness encouraging empowerment to individuals and groups to keep themselves safe and teaching strategies to counter abusive behaviour. During these challenging times, protective behaviours is so relevant and provides us with a range of tools to not only inform our physical safety but to improve our well-being and provide practical support to help someone recognise and take action to improve their well-being. The training will develop helpful exercises and approaches to be used widely in work with all children, young people and vulnerable adults.
If you are not sure if the Protective Behaviours Foundation course is right for you? then the Protective Behaviours Taster session is the ideal introduction. It’s a good opportunity to find out what it’s all about, explore how it can support your current work and find out how it can be used in a variety of settings and organisations. This taster session will provide individuals, managers, service leads and commissioners with an opportunity to explore what Protective Behaviours can offer to you and your teams/organisations as an effective, flexible, adaptable tool, in a wide range of services.
To book a place on one or more of these courses, please email training@safeproject.org.uk
Protective Behaviours Foundation Course – £280
We’re pleased to announce our 2026 training dates for professionals working with children, young people and families.
2026 course options:
• Taster Session – A 2-hour introduction to explore how it can
support your work and how it can be used in a variety of settings and
organisations.
• 2-Day Level 2 Accredited Foundation Course – Full training for
using PB confidently across a range of settings.
• 1-Day Refresher Course – For those who trained previously and
want practical tools and updated ideas.
Introduction to CAPVA – CPD Accredited
This course is an interactive, practical session introducing the themes
of CAPVA. It is designed to raise awareness and provide
professionals with an opportunity to explore the dynamics of the issue
and general strategies to support families.
The session aims to increase practitioner knowledge of CAPVA,
explore ways to respond and offer some useful activities for
supporting both parents and young people.
Whether you’re new to these topics or looking to refresh your skills,
our courses offer practical strategies you can use straight away.
For further information, course dates and pricing click here
We also provide bespoke in-house training to whole teams and
organisations, please contact us for more information –
training@safesupport.org.uk
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This conference has been postponed till next year. Please contact the organisers for more information.”
“Whether you are a parent, a mental health professional, or both, join us at the first North American NVR conference to discover how NonViolent Resistance practice can make a real-life difference for yourself, your family, your child, or your clients. Registration starts on January 4. More information here.”
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Register here for the next NVRnorthampton NVR – ‘Beginner’s Mind’ group. No prior knowledge of NVR is necessary, just curiosity and willingness to explore a new way of approaching troubling behaviours.
NVRnorthampton also regularly offer NVR Foundation Training for Professionals, one-day Introduction to NVR Workshops, and NVR Supervision to professionals. Further information on the website.
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Family Based Solutions have a one-day CPD accredited workshop for practitioners
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This Canadian Permanence Support Organisation (formerly Adopt4Life) has a full programme of events and training, many of which are relevant for families, friends – and practitioners working with families – where children are using harmful and aggressive behaviour towards caregivers.
See their website Events Page for full details and booking.
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Introducing The No Matter What, a group of professionals experienced in foster care, adoption, social work, residential care and therapeutic practice established by author and therapeutic parent Sally Donovan. TNMW are running affordable webinars and events on a range of topics likely to appeal to those offering, or promoting, Therapeutic Parenting.
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Silenced offers a range of training events for professionals, all online. More details on the website.
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ONLINE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FROM NVR PRACTITIONERS CONSORTIUM
The NVR Practitioners Consortium website offers lists of practitioners, as well as details of upcoming courses.
Currently there are monthly introduction sessions running for parents and carers, with details here and booking on Eventbrite.
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Respect offer a number of separate training packages regarding young people’s violence.
RYPP* IMPLEMENTATION TRAINING: The package includes 4 days training delivered by our team at a venue of your choice. The delivery manual for family, parent and young people’s sessions, as well as guidance in relation to implementation, referrals, case and risk management and video materials.
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TRAINING FOR POLICE OFFICERS RESPONDING TO CAPVA: This session is designed to support police officers to explore their perception of CAPVA, understand the risks and look at a range of policing responses that have proved effective in responding to this increasing common form of domestic abuse. This is ½ day training for around 30 officers per session.
The Early Response and Police training can be adapted to include local data, case studies or reference to local incidents if appropriate and provided in advance to our training team.
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS AND CAPVA: Introduction to new Respect RSE resources for schools for KS3/4. Working with young people and schools within County Durham, Respect has developed 3 lessons to use with students in KS3 and KS4 that introduces this topic and ensures that young people are made aware of support that is out there to help them.
For further information about any of Respects Young People’s Services please contact …
amanda.flanagan@respect.uk.net
* RYPP = Respect Young People’s Programme
** CAPVA = Child and adolescent to parent violence and abuse
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Adfam offer a one-day training course for practitioners working with families affected by substance use, to bring about a greater understanding of how children (including adult children) with drug or alcohol problems can go on to use violence and abuse against their parents. See the website for more information, and to commission a course.
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Cathy Press and Carole Baker are the UK approved trainers for the Multi-Agency Three-Day Facilitator Training course for the WHO’S IN CHARGE? parent support programme.
Who’s in Charge? offers training for professionals, nationally a internationally, who wish to facilitate the programme in their local area and support parents. The 3-day intensive training programme runs face to face and online. It is offered as open training, or can be commissioned by individual agencies.
Please see the Who’s in Charge? website for more information about both Cathy and Carole, about the Who’s in Charge? programme and about training opportunities.
This CPD certificated training is aimed primarily at those intending to facilitate the Who’s in Charge? group programme, although it has practical application to those working 1:1 and with parents generally. The workshop is largely experiential, based around the exercises and discussions of a Who’s in Charge? group programme.
ON COMPLETION OF THE THREE-DAY FACILITATOR TRAINING PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO RUN THE WHO’S IN CHARGE? PROGRAMME AND WILL GAIN ACCESS TO ALL THE PROGRAMME MATERIALS NEEDED TO RUN THE NINE WEEK PROGRAMME. THERE ARE NO FURTHER LICENCE FEES, ENABLING PRACTITIONERS TO RUN PROGRAMMES IMMEDIATELY.
More details of all courses, see the Who’s in Charge? website
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DVIP run a range of training courses concerned with domestic violence, including a one day course on Responding to Child to Parent Violence.
This course can be booked for your organisation, or applications are invited to attend the course when it runs in London.
Further details and booking form on the DVIP website.
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TRAINING IN NON VIOLENT RESISTANCE
Partnership Projects offers training at Foundation Level as well as an Advanced Course, both with a choice of in-person or online training. Also courses in delivering NVR in groups, and Supervisor training. The highest level of training offered is the 12-week online Accreditation module.
You will find a full list of all the training offered by Partnership Projects on their website.
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Amity Relationship Solutions offer a half day training session to support the frontline workforce to recognise child to parent violence and abuse (also known as adolescent parent violence, child on parent violence) and confidently support parents and practitioners to implement strategies, undertake safety planning and signpost to local agencies.
Details on their website.
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Family Futures offer courses for both professionals and parents / families, including Non Violent Resistance (NVR) Training.
See the website for more information.
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Green Moon Training operate in the south east of Ireland.
They offer a two-day training package in Non-Violent Resistance for practitioners working with families.
On completion of this training, practitioners will have the skills and knowledge to:
- Demonstrate increased confidence and skill in assessing and responding effectively to child to parent violence and abuse
- Understand the key concepts and skills of the Non Violent Resistance Intervention model
- Relate these concepts and skills to their own or to other areas of practice with children and families.
- Help parents/carers develop skills and confidence in responding to child to parent violence
- Raise awareness of the nature and extent of child to parent violence, controlling behaviour and reversal of power in families
- Identify the challenges and the potential for resolution of these challenges in applying NVR principles to practice
For more information contact Emma Ryan here.
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NVR INNOVATIONS, a Southampton based service, offers training to both practitioners and parents in the use of Non-Violent Resistance. This includes courses at Level 1, 2 and 3 and the opportunity to join evening training sessions for those in full time work. More details on their website.
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Phoenix Domestic Abuse Services, based in Blaenau Gwent, offer a range of training options for professionals, including Adolescent to Parent Violence. See the website for more details.
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For those interested in learning more about issues around adoption, including aspects of violence, PAC offer as series of public seminars, training for adoptive parents and carers and special guardians, and CPD opportunities for professionals around the country. These include training in Non Violent Resistance, as well as issues to do with Adoption Disruption, Adolescence and Attachment.
Training for parents is now offered online as well as in groups.
Full details about the services available can be found here.
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Adoption UK offer a full programme of training events for families, including the use of Non Violent Resistance.
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Adoption UK Cymru offer training around challenging behaviour and child to parent violence, based on Non-Violent Resistance, for families Wales. Details here and via Eventbrite
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Connective Family (was Sarah Fisher Coaching) provides online support and community, free resources and a wide range of training courses for parents, carers and professionals. Based on NVR principles, Sarah teaches her holistic approach, called Connective Parenting NVR, with an understanding of trauma, attachment, neurodiversity and child development. She is an adoptive parent, author and experienced NVR UK accredited practitioner and educator.
Much more on the website: www.connectivefamily.com
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The Centre for Adoption Support offers workshops on Child to Parent Violence, for adoptive families managing physical and verbal aggression at home.
See the newsletter, available via the website, for more information.
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Gill Tree started Stressed Parent in 2014 after adopting a highly challenging three-year old boy. She has walked in the shoes of many parents who are on the receiving end of defiance, aggression and manipulation, providing her with a unique empathy and understanding. An intervention called Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) turned things around for Gill, leading her to train in it professionally.
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PEGS (Parental Education Growth Support) offers child to parent awareness training and also a programme for Safeguarding Leads and managers, highlighting responsibilities as well as discussing policies and procedures. More information on their website.
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Marilyn Hawes, of Freedom from Abuse, offers a series of training programmes about relationships and abuse to both adults and young people. Most of this work is directed at schools, but she has addressed sports clubs, businesses, police forces, and early years work with information that helps identify abuse and keep families and children safe. Her programmes now include “Devil in Disguise or Unresolved Trauma”, moving away from a blaming approach and unpacking issues that can be found behind child to parent violence. Contact Marilyn for more information and to make a booking.
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The New Authority Network International has been established by a team of NVR practitioners at Schneider Children’s Medical Centre of Israel, to promote the advancement of ideas and to provide a space for professionals to connect and share knowledge about NVR and New Authority. They offer a programme of conferences and training days, around the world, led by the team.
You will find more information and full details of the training on the NANI website.
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The National Association of Therapeutic Parents, based in Gloucestershire, works with both parents and professionals to promote better outcomes for children who have experienced early trauma. They offer a range of training courses and events around the country.
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A series of webinars for parents and professionals about extreme behaviour in children with additional needs.
16 separate sessions are available including:
- How to reduce extreme behaviour in SEND children
- Understanding childhood controlling behaviour and how to address it
- How to help a demand avoidant child cope better with life
- Understanding anxiety and how to reduce it in both you and your child
- Additional needs, the teenage years & how to navigate extreme behaviour
Further details about these training sessions, and other similar events, can be found on Yvonne’s website and through Eventbrite.
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Break4Change, one of the original providers of a specific support programme in Britain, now offer training opportunities for those wanting to know more about Adolescent to Parent Violence.
Both a half-day Basic Awareness, and a one-day Introduction training course are available. In addition to the basic awareness, the one-day training course will offer strategies for professionals working with families.
For more information, please email: break4change@riseuk.org.uk
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