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Feb 15, 20181 min read
Courage doesn’t always roar
#NonviolentResistance #NVR #CompassionateAction #MaryAnneRadmacher

Feb 8, 20181 min read
The child is not the problem
In dealing with a child’s extreme and challenging behaviour, “Nonviolent Resistance begins with the acknowledgement that the child is...


Feb 7, 20181 min read
Trauma-informed practice
Young people who demonstrate the most challenging behaviour are often the most in need of adult support and understanding.... It’s our...


Feb 1, 20181 min read
Share your calm
#ParentalSupport #CompassionateAction #NonviolentResistance #NVR #LRKnost #CPV #CPVA #ChallengingBehaviour #ChildtoParentViolence...

Jan 30, 20181 min read
Tantrums and power struggles
Traumatised & attachment-injured children are prone to respond to authority with anger & defiance. Reward & punishment will not work with...

Jan 25, 20181 min read
“Nonviolence is the weapon of the strong”
When I tell people about Nonviolent Resistance, what they seem to hear is ‘Passive Acceptance’. One adoptive parent exclaimed “I am not...

Jan 17, 20181 min read
An ocean of compassion...
For more, take a look at our Pinterest Board... #Nonviolence #NVR #CompassionateAction #MahatmaGandhi #NonviolentResistance #Quotes

Jan 15, 20181 min read
On MLK Day...
#Nonviolence #MartinLutherKing #Quotes #NonviolentResistance #NVR


Jan 11, 20181 min read
Compassionate Action
Trauma informed, compassionate action... #CompassionateAction #NVR #ACEs #TraumaInformed #NonviolentResistance #AdverseChildhoodExperiences


Nov 22, 20171 min read
An additional £1 million announced today for the Adoption Support Fund
“Looked-after children’s needs do not disappear overnight with a successful adoption placement...” The Adoption Support Fund helps...

Nov 14, 20171 min read
Healing requires a community approach
For children who have been severely psychologically damaged in contexts where the community did not (or could not) protect them, healing...


Nov 5, 20171 min read
The Adoption Support Fund
Adoption UK has just announced that the updated online version of the Adoption Support Fund (ASF) guide has now been published. “The ASF...

Nov 4, 20171 min read
Some words can hurt
From the powerful OVEO & @StopVEO verbal abuse campaign - “Let's educate our kids in a violence free environment”. Take a look at our...


Oct 7, 20171 min read
RCPV NVR Handbook for Practitioners
We've just updated our NVR Books board on Pinterest with this RCPV NVR Handbook for Practitioners (follow the link to download a copy)....


Oct 7, 20171 min read
BBC Radio 4 - Today
Follow the link to listen to an except from BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, (14/09/2017):- 'We are in physical danger from our son'. Sadly...


Sep 5, 20171 min read
Lottery Funded Courses
NVR Practitioners Consortium - Supporting Families and Practitioners using NVR as an approach to parenting. Take a look at their...


Sep 1, 20171 min read
Leaflet
If you know anybody living or working with violent, destructive and/ or controlling young people, please share this with them. We have an...

Aug 28, 20171 min read
We’re now on Pinterest...
We're now sharing on Pinterest! You can follow us by clicking the Follow On Pinterest link below. #RecommendedReading...

Aug 26, 20171 min read
NVR in Action
CCTV footage of police officer, Anirut Malee, disarming a man wielding a knife is great example of NVR in action... You can read more...


Jun 24, 20171 min read
"Disturbing the Peace" - documentary available on Netflix
Disturbing the Peace - this 2016 documentary follows former Palestinian and Israeli soldiers, tired of endless war, who form a group...
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