CPVA Training & Events
VisAble is a leading provider of Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA) training for professionals and organisations.
We offer training ranging from 2-hours to full-day sessions. These can be done online or in-person.
To make a booking or an enquiry, please complete the enquiry form below.
These sessions encourage your understanding of CPVA as family violence and provide practical tools and techniques to start to address it effectively.
The introductory first module covers myths, impacts, contributing factors, barriers to support, and the skills and approach needed to make a difference.
The second module includes CPVA screening, risk assessments and safety plans to enable protection and safeguarding.
The third (advanced) module provides deeper insights, enabling you to explore the intersection between neurodiversity and CPVA; therapeutic responses; and the impact of trauma on the brain, body and nervous system. It also explores the taboo subjects of filial trauma, disenfranchised grief and blocked care.
The training draws on international research and best practice.
We can also offer customised training on CPVA. Please let us know if that’s helpful to you, by completing the enquiry form below.
About the presenter:
Lee Tempest - Voice and Choice Educator (CPVA Lead)
Lee (Te Matau-a-Māui / Hawkes Bay) is mum of two adopted neurodivergent children and has had many years of lived experience of Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA). She leads VisAble’s CPVA kaupapa, based on her research and links to the international CPVA community. Read more about Lee Tempest.
Training can be done online or in-person.
To make a booking or an enquiry, please complete the enquiry form below.
Module 1:
An Introduction to CPVA
This is a 2-hour training presented online or face to face for professionals who may encounter CPVA in their work.
The training includes:
understanding CPVA as a form of family violence (including who experiences CPVA, types of violence and abuse used, and prevalence)
myths about CPVA
contributing factors
the impact of CPVA on the whole whānau
barriers to supports
an overview of skills to support families and whānau, experiencing CPVA.
The training draws on international and New Zealand data and uses anonymised examples of family and whānau experiences of CPVA.
Module 2:
CPVA Risk Assessment and Safety Planning
This is a comprehensive, full day, face to face training for professionals who provide risk assessments and safety planning with families and whānau experiencing CPVA.
Module 2 is an interactive training where professionals can build their knowledge and grow confidence in safe responses to CPVA. The training includes:
a brief recap of Module 1 learnings
reflective practice, responsibilities and skills for working with CPVA
CPVA screening
assessing for child protection or adult safeguarding
risk assessment (what to include and how to conduct a safe assessment)
safety planning.
The training draws on international and New Zealand data and uses anonymised examples of family and whānau experiences of CPVA.
Module 3:
Supporting neurodivergent families/whānau experiencing CPVA through a trauma informed lens
This is a 2.5-hour training event presented online or face-to-face for professionals who may encounter CPVA in their work.
The training:
builds on our understanding of neurodiversity and the related challenges
explores the intersection of neurodiversity and CPVA
considers what might help – exploring therapeutic responses
discusses the impact of trauma on the brain, body and nervous system
explores the taboo subjects of filial trauma, disenfranchised grief and blocked care.
The training draws on international and New Zealand data and uses anonymised examples of family and whānau experiences of CPVA.
About the presenter:
Lee Tempest - Voice and Choice Educator (CPVA Lead)
Lee (Te Matau-a-Māui / Hawkes Bay) is mum of two adopted neurodivergent children and has had many years of lived experience of Child to Parent Violence and Abuse (CPVA). She leads VisAble’s CPVA kaupapa, based on her research and links to the international CPVA community. Read more about Lee Tempest.
For more information and costs, please enquire below.
