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Are you walking on eggshells with your child?
What are the Core Elements of the NVR Programme?
Parental Commitment to Non Violent Resistance: parents commit to resisting violence and to avoiding violence when responding to their child, regardless of the provocation. This includes parents committing to avoiding verbal as well as physical aggression.
De-escalation Skills: the development of parental self-management and self-calming skills to de-escalate and avoid unnecessary confrontations.
Increased Parental Presence: changing the ways in which a parent is present in their child’s life and re-focusing interactions away from persistent conflict.
The Support Network: the parents’ disclosure about the extent of the problem of violence with a number of significant people who they also invite to be part of a support network, such as grand-parents, aunts and/or uncles, or friends.
Family Announcement: an announcement to the family that violence at home will no longer be tolerated (during the announcement, the type of violence is clearly specified)
Acts of Reconciliation: spontaneous unearned treats and/ or gestures of encouragement (words/ actions/ events) offered by parents to the child.
Refusing Orders & Breaking Taboos: reinstating activities that parents have felt they could not do such as visiting the child’s room, talking with friends who visit or watching the television in the sitting room.
The Sit-In: a dramatic break with habits of the past and a clear demonstration of parental commitment to non-violent resistance.
There is an emphasis on influencing a change in the relationship between the parent and the child, on the behaviour of the parent and on increasing positive parental presence in the child’s life.
Where: Zoom
When: 1st of May
Contact: annemarie.regan@foroige.ie or 086 9087141
