Are you searching for the long-term solution to bring peace and harmony back to support your family?
If you’re experiencing challenging behaviours from your child including aggression, opposition or manipulation then ‘From Hostility to Harmony- Changing A Child’s Challenging Behaviour’ will start you on your journey to improving your child’s behaviour.
Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) is a simple and non-physical empowering method for families to connect with children of any age, with the aim to support parents who might be seeing some emerging challenging behaviour. Gill M Tree, NVR Trainer and Mentor, supported by Natalie Tate from Adopt South West, will be running this virtual course.
- ‘From Hostility to Harmony- Changing A Child’s Challenging Behaviour’
- Monday 23 September to 15 December 2024, 12:30pm to 2:30pm (break for half term holidays)
- Seven-week online course, plus 1:1 sessions and a review meeting, via Zoom
- Includes seven two-hour sessions in a small group and each family will have four 1:1 one-hour online mentoring sessions
- Please book by Monday 5 August
If you’re experiencing any of these behaviours (below) from your child, then ‘From Hostility to Harmony- Changing A Child’s Challenging Behaviour’ will start you on your journey to improving your child’s behaviour
- Reactive – with angry outbursts where things can get thrown or broken
- Demanding – they call the shots and dictates terms
- Controlling – you feel like a puppet with your child pulling the strings
- Manipulative – they twist what you say and out argue you
- Aggression or violence – towards you, siblings, pets and your home
- Threatening – to you and themselves; they will run away
- Defiance and opposition – they simply will not listen to the rules and your “no” triggers anger from them
- Sense of entitlement – they treat you like their servant and expect money and things on tap
- Extreme sibling rivalry – and possible violence, manipulation and coercion
Following principles from a parenting intervention called Non-Violent Resistance combined with other disciplines, you will learn to:
- de-escalate conflict during emotionally charged incidents
- break the ‘seal of silence’, overcome your isolation and develop support networks within your community
- raise your authority
- enhance your relationship through reconciliation gestures, repair and relationship-based play
- develop reflective forms of communication and non-verbal communication
How to book: To register your interest, please email us by 5 August: adoptsouthwestsupport@devon.gov.uk
Please include your children’s names, their date of birth, the named social worker, telephone number and confirmation of your email address.
Notes
This course is eligible for Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF) support.