Frequently Asked Questions

Child or Adolescent to Parent Abuse is the more recognised acronym. As an organisation we try not to use ‘abuse’ if we can avoid it. So for us it’s ‘Child Against Parent Aggression’.  Which we explain about our preferred terminology in more detail here. We offer a ‘First Response’ service to families who are experiencing this behaviour from a child towards a parent or carer in their family. For us ‘child’ means anyone up to 18, or 25 years of age if there is a neurodiverse diagnosis.

Capa First Response is an online platform for both families & Professionals – supporting those impacted by a child using harmful and/or aggressive behaviours towards a parent or caregiver.

We offer our services virtually, so we can support you wherever you are in the world. Although we are based in the UK we can offer virtual support worldwide as well as attend training and conferences across the globe.

We offer Free or low-cost sessions, – to ensure everyone can access our services. All our family services  are offered on a ‘pay what you can’ basis, and if a family cannot afford to pay we can still help them thanks to funding, primarily from The National Lottery Community Fund. 

Our professional services are charged at a nominal rate.

Please email us at info@CapaFirstResponse.org with a short summary of what your family is experiencing and we will be in touch. Usually we respond within 3 working days with advice on next steps and current waiting times.

We can be flexible to meet your needs. We primarily use Zoom for video calls, however we also can use whatsapp video call, or even teams, as well as calling you on the phone.  We want to make it as easy for you and your family as possible!

All our work is bespoke and tailored to meet your own family needs and circumstances. We work collaboratively with families to assess how many sessions are needed – some families have 2-3 sessions others have more. It really is about looking at what works and how we engage with the WHOLE family.

Sadly demand for our services outweighs our capacity, meaning our waiting lists can feel really long. When you are in crisis and reach out to get help the last thing you need is to be told you have to wait for support. We try our very best to offer families an appointment as soon as we can. As of April 23 if you were to request support now we would aim to offer you an appointment in around 3 months. This is why we are looking to offer families other ways to feel supported until they can speak with a practitioner, such as our ‘parent and carer support forum’. 

We would recommend listening to our podcast for some insight and advice whilst you are waiting for your support session, search for ‘The Capa Podcast’ on Spotify, Amazon Music, iTunes etc. 

Yes – we offer support for the whole family.

We believe in order to create healthier relationships between a parent and a child we need to offer support to the WHOLE family.  Thai can include siblings, the child using aggressive or violent behaviours, extended family, neighbours… really anyone you feel support you and you family and who you would like included in the support.

All the practitioners that work at Capa have knowledge and experience of supporting families.  For some practitioners this is from years of experience and working with hundreds of families and holding relevant qualifications for others it is lived experience alongside professional experience and knowledge. 

Each practitioner has been hand picked to work with us at Capa, we know how they work and understand their methods. Each practitioner brings a different strength and understanding to the work enabling us to allocate families to a practitioner’s strength. 

We are very excited to have one of our practitioners training to become our neurodiverse lead, with so many more families identifying this issue with their child we want to ensure we can give families the best possible resources to support them

Yes, we accept referrals from any professional working with a family as well as direct referral from family members. We want to collaborate and work with asa many people as we can as we believe that the more knowledge we have as a professional  the more support we can offer to families 

Yes we do! You can find out about our online training sessions here, as well as see information about bespoke training we can provide which is tailored to your organisation’s specific needs.

We are also producing an online training offering for those who cannot attend our live virtual training Keep an eye out on our webpage for more information about how you can access this.

We would love to be the recipient of any fundraising or donation you’d like to make. We rely on grants and donations to continue to offer free or low cost services to families. You can donate here at Givey, and help to spread the word about us with some posters on this page.

Or you can swim the equivalent of the channel, walk from John o’groats to Lands end or hold a coffee morning every penny helps us continue to offer much needed support at a time when families need it most.

It costs us £60 to provide a 60 minute session to a family  – that’s £1 for every minute we talk to them, this hour can make a huge difference for a family. 

“The advice you provided has been amazing! The violence has reduced, it has been  life changing., We cant thank you enough”