The 8 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 12.00pm to 1.30pm on Thursday early afternoons via Zoom on the following dates:

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

Dates for initial and end review meetings will be agreed with each participant attending.

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

Tanya Killick: 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- judgemental 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.

Price excluding VAT

The ASGSF fair access limit is now £3,000 per child per year for therapy. We are required by law to charge VAT for our services. For all ASGSF applications, VAT is paid by the RAA/LA and is not deducted from the £3,000 fair access limit.

£2,335 plus VAT per person

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

Adoptive Parents and Special Guardians

1. Complete this online booking form now.
2. Please approach your local authority as soon as possible, sending them this weblink www.pac-uk.org/cpv . They must apply for ASGSF funding. Please include social worker/ support team contact details in your expression of interest email.

Social workers

1. Complete this online booking form now.
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.