Thank you for your interest in NVR Ireland. On this page, you will find a description of our:
- Organisation
- History
- Terms of Reference
For more information on Training, Membership and Achievements of NVR Ireland, please follow the links below
Training
Training is for Practitioners. Parents looking for assistance can contact a Service Provider. Training ranges from an introduction to NVR to Five-day Advance Training.
Membership
Membership Information is for Practitioners wishing to join our Mailing List. Members can attend the AGM and vote for NVR National Committee Members.
Achievements
The Achievements of NVR Ireland include past research projects, consultation on national services, publications and networking.
Organisation Description
NVR Ireland is an interdisciplinary network of practitioners and researchers committed to supporting the use and research of NVR in Ireland. A volunteer national committee made up of members of this network facilitates training in NVR, co-ordinates online and in-person seminars/ events, publishes guides/ handbooks on NVR and offers NVR related CPD events. This national committee also liaises with other agencies, networks and researchers with the aim of further developing and supporting NVR related practice and research. One of the key tasks of the national committee is the development and supervision of standards and quality of training for NVR trained practitioners, trainers and researchers so that participants in our training receive the same standard and content in NVR training and supervision. The committee has developed the Terms of Reference for Members of NVR Ireland, ratified and when necessary, amended at our Annual General Meeting. As a voluntary representative organisation, NVR Ireland has no role or responsibility for the conduct of individual members of NVR in their practice, training or research.
The History of NVR in Ireland
In the mid-2000’s, while working as a social worker and family therapist in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in north Dublin, Declan Coogan, with the support of Haim Omer, adapted the Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) model (Omer 2004; Weinblatt & Omer 2008) in response to the needs of families and services who were encountering Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA). A further development emerged between 2013 and 2015, with the EU co-funded Responding to Child to Parent Violence (RCPV) Project. This involved five nations exploring the matter of CPVA and developing research and interventions in response. Based in the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at the University of Galway, Declan Coogan and Eileen Lauster led this project in Ireland.
Part of the work of this project involved providing and researching a two-day practitioner training programme for the adapted NVR model. Community partnerships subsequently emerged in the west of Ireland. In June 2013, the first international conference in Ireland on “Responding to Child to Parent Violence – Innovations in Practice, Policy and Research” took place in the University.
The success of, and interest in the conference led to the development of the Mid-West Responding to Child to Parent Violence Committee and across Ireland, Declan and Eileen continued to deliver training in NVR. As NVR became increasingly established as a valuable response to CPVA, a group of interested practitioners came together in [year] to form the NVR Ireland National Committee. This is a multi-disciplinary and inter-agency committee whose aims are to promote and develop NVR practice, research and training. (See Governance and Terms of Reference for more details).
If you would like to join the NVR Ireland Network, please complete the Membership Form on the Membership page. More information about the National NVR Ireland Committee can be obtained by contacting the Chair or Secretary.
Terms of Reference
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