Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) is a simple and empowering method for families to relate with children of any age and to reduce or eradicate challenging behaviour. Lasting change can happen in just a few months for those who diligently apply the principles. Research in Israel, Germany, Belgium and the UK, indicates that NVR with families of violent children with a variety of diagnoses has a high level of efficacy in reducing violence, parental helplessness and increasing positive interactions. View a case study here.
Downloads the referral form here and return it to: mail@adoptionacademy.co.uk Please feel free to call first, to discuss your family: 07392 745790.
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We can provide a bespoke programme exclusively for your families or you can refer one family (using the referral form above) to our open course provided three times a year starting in january, May and September, one of which is evening.
(can be funded by the ASGSF) and comprises:
Our complete package of support to compliment the programme includes:
Maximum number of participants
12 families and no more than 16 participants
Our NVR therapy is designed to increase the resilience of parents and carers struggling with the challenges of parenting a child with trauma, to create harmony at home, whilst developing new tools to help the child to change their challenging behaviour including:
It is these behaviours than can lead to a family disruption whether that be parents divorcing or a child going (back) into care.
Non-Violent resistance is an evidence- based approach that can reduce and even eradicate such behaviours whilst improving the stability within the home, how the parent feels and their parental presence. Provision helps families to:
It is not possible to put all the principles in place in one go, it may take several months and it requires a high level of commitment from the caregiver to stick with the programme. For some the principles will be challenging.The results and rewards however can be immense and effect lasting change for the child, their behaviour and the family dynamic.
"16 weeks ago, our household was a battleground. Emotions were mostly negative, and we found ourselves in a downward spiral of disaster heading towards a family break up. Now, with the tools we have learnt along the way, we are in a much better place. We are now able to handle most situations that may arise, by applying the principles of NVR through a well constructed and delivered package". Adoptive Father
Having been a foster carer for two years Gill became a single adopter in 2011 to a highly traumatised boy with a complex attachment disorder. The family received a lot of assistance and therapy including DDP, but it was Non-Violent Resistance that turned things around. Gill was so convinced by the therapy that she trained in it professionally. Her lived experience of child to parent violence, attachment disorder and blocked care, provides her with a unique empathy and understanding for other parents and carers.
Professional background
Gill has a background in community development, twenty years teaching stress management to industry and ten years owning Adoption Academy, providing resilience programmes and NVR. She is a qualified teacher of adults and an accomplished trainer and conference presenter.
Gill Tree was the keynote speaker at Adopt South West’s fourth conference and delivered an inspirational and engaging presentation titled ‘from hostility to harmony – changing a child’s challenging behaviour’.
Gill weaved her own experience as an adoptive parent and her professional expertise to explain child to parent violence and offer up positive non-shaming strategies under the umbrella model of NVR. There has been a significant increase in families approaching Adopt SouthWest for support to help with challenging behaviour and child to parent violence with a particular demand for Gill.
Abraham O'Brien Service Manager Adopt SouthWest November 2022
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