Therapeutically De-escalating Violence 6-week Programme

Join our trainer Dave Edwards on a 6 week de-escalation programme. 

The course will enable you to have the knowledge, skills and strategies to apply Therapeutic Parenting methods for dealing with child on parent violence. 

Week 1
For the first week we will look at the impacts that Covid-19 has had on our children’s behaviour and emotional well-being. We will introduce the importance of managing first contact in all situations.

Week 2
We will look at the benefits of empathic listening and the importance of information gathering in the de-escalation process.

Week 3 
This week we will be Identifying and managing triggers, both ours and our children’s. We will discuss the positive and negative effects of our behaviour and strategies for improving our responses.

Week 4
We will focus on how to manage contact using the persuasion sequence including re-direction and distraction techniques.

Week 5
This week we will look at how to effectively manage situations when they have escalated, including the techniques to keep everyone safe.

Week 6 
We will end our final week with how to manage closure, repair and reconciliation in a way that compliments therapeutic Parenting.

Course Length: 6 hours

This is NOT included in the Training Pass