Training to help parents cope with abusive children

There has been a surge in demand for training to help parents deal with their violent or abusive children.

Experts said increasing numbers of professionals are seeking advice on how to advise parents struggling to cope with their children being physically abusive or threatening to them.

A non-violent resistance programme has been developed by a team headed up by Declan Coogan, a lecturer in social work at NUI Galway, to meet the growing demand from social and community workers, and counselling practitioners for training to combat child-to-parent violence.