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Child to parent violence: Realities, Enigmas and Ambiguities
A number of new papers – academic and discussion – have been published recently, and I have gathered them all up here together for ease. Kerry Clarke has published the findings from her doctoral...
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“Family Interventions with Non Violent Resistance”
It’s great to see a new book in the field of child to parent violence and abuse coming out later this year from Declan Coogan, who has driven the development of understanding and use of Non Violent...
View ArticleChild to parent abuse: a literature review
Sixty years of child-to-parent abuse research: What we know and where to go, is available on line from this month, and is published in the January / February 2018 volume of the journal, Aggression and...
View ArticleACEs: Not a winning hand after all?
When the concept of ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) broke onto the scene, with the dissemination and discussion of the CDC-Kaiser ACE study, this seemingly common-sense understanding of the link...
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CPV: when it’s too shameful to speak the words …
Joining a growing library of leaflets and booklets designed to help parents understand and obtain help around child to parent violence, is a publication from South Tyneside Adults and Children...
View ArticleReporting on the police response to #CPV
Some reading for you to occupy the next weeks and months! There is a lot of interest at the moment in developing an improved understanding of, and response to, child to parent violence and abuse from...
View ArticleAn innovative approach to working with adolescent family violence in DuPage...
Continuing the series of guest blogs, I am pleased to bring you this from Amanda Holt, information about a service in Illinois for families experiencing adolescent family violence. I was particularly...
View ArticleResponding to CCVAB / CPV: developing a dataset
The absence of consistent, reliable, and comparable incidence data in the field of child / adolescent to parent violence and abuse is not simply frustrating; it presents a significant barrier to...
View Article#CPV Resources for Practitioners
The Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare in Victoria has taken a strong interest in the issue of child / adolescent to parent violence and abuse, recognising gaps in knowledge and...
View ArticleLockdown brings differential impacts regarding #CPV, but the need for a...
One of the remarkable things about Lockdown globally has been the speed with which researchers have been able to shed important light on the impact of the COVID pandemic, whether in terms of education,...
View ArticleWhat works in CPV?
Just leaving this with you: an excerpt from the CSC Innovation Programme Newsletter of November 2020 which has just dropped in to my inbox, on the publication of the final Innovation Programme and...
View Article“Sharper focus and more detailed planning” needed for parents experiencing CPV
The need to work remotely during the Covid19 pandemic – and particularly during lockdown – has been challenging for practitioners and families alike. Some have managed to embrace new ways of working,...
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Understanding CAPVA: a rapid literature review
Last week saw the launch of a report commissioned by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s Office and produced by Respect, Understanding CAPVA – a rapid literature review of child and adolescent to parent...
View ArticleA Response to the Review of Children’s Social Care
The Independent Review of Children’s Social Care has been published less than a week, but there have already been many, many responses, analyses and commentaries. Most speak from their own particular...
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CAPVA Briefing Papers free to download
I am absolutely delighted to finally launch a series of Briefing Papers on the topic of child and adolescent to parent violence and abuse (CAPVA), which I have had in mind to create for over 5 years,...
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Hear ME project published
Dhriti Suresh-Eapen and AVA are thrilled to publish the findings and recommendations from their Hear ME project today. This one-year small scope project sought to centre the experiences of mothers...
View ArticleThe experiences of families caring for children with FASD: “no one came to help”
It is suggested that the prevalence of foetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) is greater than autism, and yet there remains significantly less understanding of this issue, information for families...
View ArticleThe Guardian Highlights the Reality of CAPVA—And Why It Needs More Attention
It was great to see us included in this piece in the Guardian by Moya Crockett: ‘My child would use anything as a weapon’: the parents who live in fear of their offspring | Parents and parenting | The...
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