Challenging Childhood Violent and Aggressive Behaviour

Article written by Al Coates for Professional Social Work magazine to raise awareness of the challenges faced by many families.

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The prevalence of violent and aggressive behaviour in children towards their caregivers and members of their households remains an issue shrouded behind a vale of uncertain professional responses and parental/carer isolation, shame and silence. With reports of prevalence being from up to 65% of children who have been adopted displaying the behaviour at some point in their childhood to 5% within the general population being a quoted figure.