An evaluation of support for child to parent violence

Child to parent violence /adolescent to parent violence (CPV/APV) in adoptive families was first identified in 2015 by Selwyn and colleagues in their national study of adoption disruption. It is an under-reported but significant factor in adoption disruption. The evaluation intends to examine whether:

Professionals’ knowledge and skills improve after attending training on CPV/APV
Reports of violence and controlling behaviour decrease
Adoptive parents experience an increase in self-efficacy, confidence and feel better supported with reduced reports of stress.
Professionals from two Local Authorities and Pan London authorities will be invited to attend the PAC-UK training delivered by social workers and by trained adoptive parents. PAC-UK is a registered adoption support charity. Questionnaires will be completed pre and post training. Similarly adoptive parents who attend training, who receive group or peer to peer support or direct intervention in the family will also be asked to complete questionnaires at the two time points. Questionnaires include some standardised measures and draw on the work of the RPCV Evaluation ( http://www.rcpv.eu/) and the surveys being used by the US Quality Improvement Center of Adoption and Guardianship support and preservation (http://qic-ag.org/)