Special Interest Groups (SPIG)
Special Interest Groups (SPIG)
A free monthly virtual session for NVR Professionals
PartnershipProjects are delighted to announce that we will be hosting Special Interest Groups (SPIG) for Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) professionals to attend each month, free of charge.
We will have two groups available; one for Commissioners or Service Leads who are at any point along their NVR journey, from those who are interested in seeing how NVR might fit within their service to those that have a well-established NVR pathway and want to share good practice and challenges with others.
The second group will be for professionals working in or with Schools, either NVR Practitioners or Teachers (& other education professionals) looking to share their experience of working within an NVR /New Authority framework, both the successes and challenges, and wanting to work together to develop practice in this area.
These will be 1.5-hour sessions and provide the ability to share and learn among other professionals, and hosted by PartnershipProjects highly qualified NVR trainers. The sessions are free of charge, simply register your interest below. You can join as many sessions as you would like.
We look forward to seeing you!
SPIG for Commissioners / Service Leads
About the session:
In 2022/23 PartnershipProjects trained nearly 1000 practitioners to NVR Foundation Level 1. During consultation and training similar questions frequently arise:
- How do we embed NVR within existing delivery frameworks.
- How does NVR sit alongside statutory frameworks
- How long is an average NVR Intervention and what happens if I can only work with a family for 6 weeks
- How do we create an NVR pathway within our service and what do referrals look like
- How do we ensure that practitioners have access to supervision and support as they start practising NVR
- Are group or individual interventions more effective
- How do we make sure that the delivery of NVR is sustainable within our service
In response to these queries we have decided to set up a Special Interest Group for Commissioners / Service Leads who have already trained practitioners in NVR or who are considering doing so. The plan is to share best practice, to overcome setbacks and to ensure that services delivering NVR thrive and grow.
The Special Interest Group will run on the first Wednesday of every month from 9-10.30am on zoom. It will be an opportunity to share and learn and to build a strong community of those who are leading on the development of NVR across the UK and beyond. Each month we will focus on a particular theme that has been suggested by members of the group.
If you are interested in joining us, please register below.
SPIG for Schools
About the session:
Here at PartnershipProjects, we have received lots of enquiries about taking NVR into schools. We have also worked with several schools to train staff and embed NVR principles in the way that they respond to children who behave in ways that challenge the adults.
In Europe, the New Authority framework is widely used to guide school practitioners as to how they might create an environment that is boundaries and safe for children who behave in harmful and destructive ways. In the UK the principles of NVR are still largely counter-cultural in terms of the way behaviour is understood and managed… Yet we know that existing practices are not meeting the needs of our most vulnerable children and their families, and we know that NVR can provide a solution.
We have decided to set up a monthly Special Interest Group (SPIG) for NVR Practitioners who are working in schools and for school staff who are interested in learning more about the NVR approach and how it might be applied in educational settings. The aim of the group is to provide a forum in which best practices can be shared, setbacks can be explored and overcome and new ideas can be developed. We will meet on Zoom on the first Thursday of each month from 4 – 5.30pm.
If this is an area that interests you please do consider joining us! Please register below.
Register to Join
| SPIG for Commissioners / Service Leads | SPIG for Schools |
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Wednesday 1st May 2024 @ 9am – 10:30am |
Thursday 2nd May 2024 @ 4pm – 5:30pm |
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Wednesday 5th June 2024 @ 9am – 10:30am |
Thursday 6th June 2024 @ 4pm – 5:30pm |
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Wednesday 3rd July 2024 @ 9am – 10:30am |
Thursday 4th July 2024 @ 4pm – 5:30pm |
Important information: Please ensure you register to join at least 24 hours ahead of the session. All times are in UK timezone. These sessions are ONLY for professionals. If you are a parent seeking further information please view our parents section here, or if you have a question please contact us or send an email to info@partnershipprojectsuk.com
