The Programme - 7th April
09.15 Registration, tea and coffee
09.45 Opening remarks by Stephen Firn, Chief Executive Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
10.00 Keynote Address
Haim Omer: NVR and The New Authority - the both / and of overcoming aggression and maintaining a close and caring relationship
11.00 Haim Omer: Questions and Discussion
11.30 Tea and coffee
12.15 Plenary Presentation
Peter Jakob: A child focus in working with violent young people: addressing the child's unmet needs
13.00 Lunch
14.00 4 parallel workshops by main presenters:
Barbara Ollefs: When chronic disease dominates family life - de-escalation and social support in working with paediatric illness such as diabetes and asthma in difficult to treat young people
Haim Omer: The 'anchoring function' of attachment – feeling safe as the child of 'strong' parents.
Peter Jakob: Recognising and addressing unmet need in aggressive and self-destructive young people: a narrative approach to reconciliation
Uri Weinblatt: Different 'sitins' for different purposes: variations on a powerful therapeutic tool.
15.30 Tea and coffee
16.00 Liz Day, Elisabeth Heismann and Oxleas NHS Team: Developing mutual support among parents - the multi-family group parent training programme at Oxleas Child - and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
17.00 End of presentations for the day
18.00 18:00 Evening Reception with drinks and cold buffet
19.30 Informal gathering and networking
The Programme - 8th April
09.30 Plenary symposium with Uri Weinblatt, Barbara Ollefs and Ifat Lavi-Levavi. The emerging evidence base in NVR: behavioural improvement in children, improvement on parent variables, changes in family interaction
11.00 Tea and coffee
11.30 Short workshops in four parallel streams - see box below**
13.00 Lunch
13.45 4 parallel workshops by main presenters
Barbara Ollefs: Announcement, de-escalation and utilisation of social support - cornerstones of raising parental presence.
Haim Omer: Working with the parents of anxious, self-isolating and highly dependent adolescents and young adults
Peter Jakob: NVR Plus – 'complex cases': multi modal work in the family, school and with Social Services in overcoming aggression in multi-stressed families and looked after children
Uri Weinblatt: NVR as emotional regulation therapy for child and parent.
15.00 Tea and coffee
15.30 Plenary Discussion - Feedback and questions to the main speakers Participating moderator: Jim Wilson
16.15 Plenary Panel - main speakers, the Ox leas NVR team and parent representatives discuss the delegates' feedback. Participating moderator: Jim Wilson
17.00 End of conference
Friday 8th April, 11.30 - 13.00
Shortworkshops in 4 parallel streams
STREAM A
11.30 Parents of the Oxleas multi-family parent training programme: Professionals ask parents: Q&A session
12.00 Iris Shachar University of Tel Aviv: Parental vigilant care in overcoming computer and internet dependency in young people
STREAM B
11.30 Gail Rowen ReRun Dorset: Groupwork with parents of young people who abscond - the Dorset runaway project.
12.00 Naama Gershy Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus N.Y: "Can we have the session without father?" A qualitative study of fathers' resistance and a data-informed model of fathers' recruitment.
STREAM C
11.30 Mary Newman East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust: Love, war and control? Changing parental and professional discourses around aggressive behaviour in young people.
12.00 Marin Lemme Bramsche, Germany: Behaviour Support in school using NVR principles. Practical examples of adapting the approach to educational environments.
STREAM D
11.30 Liz Day Oxleas NHS Trust: Life-threatening situations - working with multi-disciplinary systems to create positive outcomes
12.00 Ifat Lavi-Levavi Tel Aviv: The 'New Authority' in management and organisational consultancy