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Eliza Fricker #CapaCommunityConnections

Our latest community connections event was held last week for professionals who work with families experiencing CAPVA regardless of their location. The event has now taken place, but we’re sharing a recording for anyone who couldn’t join us, which you can watch below. Our guest speaker was Eliza Fricker, renowned Author (& Illustrator) and you can view books that she has written or illustrated (or both!) at Missing the Mark. In the video you can hear Eliza talk through her family’s experience with school avoidance, PDA and how it brought her to start illustrating and writing books for parents/carers and for young  people themselves. She shares the story behind ‘Can’t not Won’t’ – the book that became a Sunday Times Bestseller.

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Finding Connection with Your Teen During GCSE’s

Finding Connection with Your Teen During GCSE’s

by | Apr 10, 2025 |

In the coming months, thousands of teenagers across the UK will sit their GCSEs. It’s the culmination of years of schoolwork and, for many, a gateway to the next stage of life. But for some young people, it doesn’t feel like that at all.  Instead, exam season can bring fear, anxiety, pressure, and conflict—especially at home.
Many parents are finding themselves in daily battles. Conversations about revision turn into shouting matches. Doors slammed. Tears shed. Some young people may even tip into behaviour that feels unacceptable or unsafe—verbal and physical aggression, or complete withdrawal.
At Capa First Response, we work with families every day who are walking this exact path. And we want you to know this: there is nothing wrong with your parenting. This is hard. For all of you.

Dr Thien Trang Phan – Capa Community Connections

Dr Thien Trang Phan – Capa Community Connections

by | Nov 14, 2024 | , ,

During this session Dr Thien, joining us from Vietnam, led the attendees through her doctoral research, undertaken at Anglia Ruskin University and titled “Mothers abused by their (now) adult children”.  In her presentation she acknowledges that this area is ‘an invisible problem’. Also covered were different patterns of abuse that are often seen in children who display these behaviours, such as domestic abuse and elder abuse.