The 10 weekly sessions (except school holidays) for adoptive parents and carers of Children and Young People presenting Challenging, Destructive and Violent Behaviour will take place from 12.30pm to 2.00pm on Wednesday afternoons via Zoom on the following dates:

September 18 & 25
October 2, 9, 16 & 23
November 6, 13, 20 & 27

The group includes one follow-up group session on 11 December 2024 plus one initial consultation meeting, one review meeting and one report per participant or couple.

We will be coordinating with the different half terms over the country and may adapt the above.

Who should attend

Adoptive parents and special guardians.

Participants will learn to:

- Take a firm stance against violence
- Hold back from physical or verbal violence
- Increase positive presence in your child’s life
- De-escalate conflicts
- Break the cycle of shame and silence
- Make changes in relating to your child in the long term
- Reduce distress for parent and child
- Feel more in control
- Recruit and use supporters
- Enjoy the benefits of being part of a group

Facilitators

Charlene Campbell is a PTUK qualified Play Therapist, registered with BACP. Charlene has worked with children and young people for 20 years. Some of this time has been spent helping primary aged children break down barriers to learning within an educational context. This consisted of delivering sessions to groups of young people to help tackle difficulties such as self-esteem, confidence, bullying and friendship. She has spent several years working with Looked-After Children who display extremely challenging behaviours and have social and emotional difficulties. Charlene currently works as a play therapist, supporting children/young people to improve their mental health-and-wellbeing and also families and schools, who need advice about difficulties experienced by their pupils. Charlene has completed her Level 3 NVR training for professionals and delivers NVR to groups and to individual parents. She is a Certified Theraplay© Practitioner, has trained in Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy and is also a BUSS Practitioner in Training.

Tanya Killick is a qualified Social Worker and Practice Manager. Tanya co-leads Adopteens (formerly AT-iD Project), an innovative pilot project designed and led by teenage adoptees, aimed at building friendships and giving teens a space to be themselves. Tanya is passionate about enabling adoptees to have a voice on the issues that matter to them, to improve understanding and the way we work to support people affected by adoption. Tanya supports adoptive families through PAC-UK’s Child to Parent Violence (CPV) Programme co-facilitating PAC-UK’s CPV Parent Groups, and delivering PAC-UK’s CPV Programme to individual families. Tanya has completed training in Non Violent Resistance (NVR) Level 1 and Level 2, Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) Level 1 and enjoys the non- judgmental use of PACE when working with people affected by trauma.

Parent Graduate with lived experience of dealing with challenging behavior and implementing NVR - Participants have found it invaluable to have Parent Graduate Facilitators with lived experience (been there and got the t-shirt) as an integral part of the NVR team.

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Price excluding VAT

£2,520 per person
£4,050 per couple

IMPORTANT: If you are making a couples booking you MUST click on the yellow 'Add more attendees' toggle box at the bottom of the booking form and add the requested partner details information. This will also ensure you are charged the correct price when you submit your booking form.

Payment via the Adoption & Special Guardianship Support Fund (ASGSF):

Adoptive Parents and Special Guardians

1. Please register your expression of interest by emailing  cpv@pac-uk.org
2. Please approach your local authority as soon as possible, sending them this flyer. They must apply for ASGSF funding. Please include social worker/ support team contact details in your expression of interest email.

Social workers

1. Please register your expression of interest for parents to attend by emailing cpv@pac-uk.org
2. It is then crucial that you apply to the ASGSF as a matter of urgency. We will send you a breakdown of costs to facilitate the ASGSF application. We will also ask you to complete a referral form so we have some information about the family’s situation.
3. Once you have submitted the application to the ASGSF please complete the online booking form at pac-uk.org/cpv and select ‘Invoice’ for ‘Payment Type’ and ‘ASGSF – PON to follow’ (Purchase Order No) unless already known. This will mean that a place will be held for the parent.

Paying Privately

• Please register your expression of interest by emailing cpv@pac-uk.org We will get back to you at the earliest opportunity.

If you have any questions about this online group, please call 0300 1800 085 or email us cpv@pac-uk.org or Kasia Kurylowicz kasia.kurylowicz@pac-uk.org.