Training Name: Child-to-Parent Abuse: Using Solution-Focused and Trauma-Informed Principles to Support Family Safety and Healing
Presented by: Ayse Adil and Joseph Lettieri, BEM
Date: September 11, 2026
Learning Objectives
As a result of this training, participants will be able to:
1)1) Explain different forms of child-to-parent abuse and the factors that can contribute to it, including family violence and related trauma, neurodivergence, and wider systemic influences.
2) Apply solution-focused and trauma-informed principles to engage children, parents, and families to promote safety, collaboration, and hope.
3) Describe practical strategies and questioning techniques that reduce blame, build on strengths and support meaningful change
4) Identify approaches that improve assessment, intervention and multi agency practice.
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