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NON-VIOLENT RESISTANCE

A Training Approach proven to reduce aggressive, non-cooperative and self-destructive behaviors in children and adolescents.

What Is NVR?

Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) is a new training approach for parents of challenging children and adolescents. NVR is an integrative model that goes beyond behavioral training approaches, which are consequence based, and communication approaches, which reach impasse when the child/adolescent is not interested in communication.

NVR enables parents to undertake effective action, develop a sense of moral and personal confidence, and feel that their efforts are supported by significant others. The model has shown to be effective in reducing children's problem behaviors, reducing parental helplessness and improving family atmosphere.

Why NVR?

Despite the many different theories and approaches available today, a growing number of parents express legitimate concerns such as:

• "I understand why my child is behaving this way but I still don't know what to do about it".
• "I try to communicate empathy and try to reason with my child but he continues to do what he wants and doesn't care about what I say".
• "My child doesn't respond to consequences and they are actually making him worse".

These concerns create a demand for a practical approach that is more attuned to the needs of parents and their children in the 21st century. In NVR, we:

• promote understanding and compassion to the child that leads to action.
• distinguish between fruitful communication and communication efforts that make things worse.
• offer powerful interventions that are not based on the consequence model.

What You will Learn

The workshop will introduce new and innovative means for reducing children's aggressive and non-cooperative behaviors. Participants will be instructed in implementing the NVR interventions through didactic and experiential activities.

Upon completion of the workshop you will be able to:

• Utilize techniques for discovering and recognizing the parents' value system as a way for developing a strong moral position.
• Conduct NVR interventions that reduce risky behaviors while increasing parental presence (specifically through the "Sit-In intervention" and the "Tailing Intervention")
• Help parents become experts in reducing escalation processes.
• Facilitate reconciliation, repair and reconnection gestures by parents towards the child.
• Implement "Public Opinion" interventions, recruit supporters and teach parents how to coach other supporters.
• Resolve inter-parental conflict and reduce parental resistance to interventions.
• Apply NVR interventions in school settings.

Who Should Attend

• Social Workers
• Psychologists
• Parents
• Educators/Teachers
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Psychiatrists
• Pastoral Counselors/Clergy
• Counselors

Cost: $199
Early Bird Registration Fee, by April 15: $169
One Day Fee: $129, or $99 by April 15

CE Credits available

Uri Weinblatt, PhD, is a senior staff therapist at CFR. He is one of the developers of the NVR approach and has authored many articles and chapters on the subject. He speaks and provides training internationally, conducting ongoing workshops for the training of practitioners, teachers and parents on this new therapeutic approach. For more information, please contact Uri Weinblatt 610-889-0419 ext. 8 or email: uriweinblatt@yahoo.com.