Are you struggling with a child’s challenging or aggressive behaviour? Or are you witnessing a child’s deep emotional distress, self-harm, or suicidal tendencies?
We have seen how these situations often leave parents, carers and educators feeling alone, frustrated, and helpless. We understand the fear and heartache you may be experiencing. There is a way to improve the situation for the child and yourself.
Our secret?Non-Violent Resistance courses
Non-Violent Resistance (NVR), founded by Professor Haim Omer, is a therapeutic and practical approach designed to help parents, caregivers, and professionals to manage and reduce challenging or concerning behaviours and emotional distress in children. It is rooted in the principles of non-violence, originally inspired by people like Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., but adapted for parenting situations.
Welcome to ‘learn NVR’: Professor Haim
Omer’s platform for NVR training
About Us
It is the mission of ‘learn NVR’ to help not only the child but to improve the situation for parents, carers and educators. We empower individuals and communities to foster the emotional and behavioural well-being of children and young people through evidence-based NVR practices.
Our courses are led by internationally recognised experts such as Professor Haim Omer, who founded the NVR approach, and Kathelijne Van Dongen, who founded the NVR Suicide Prevention program which is accredited and widely used in The Netherlands.
Our Courses
For School
Our school course empowers teachers with proven strategies to reclaim their caring authority, develop their presence around the school, and manage challenging situations in the classroom.
For Professionals
This course is aimed at professionals who wish to incorporate NVR into their practice. You will learn how to coach parents through their NVR transformation
For suicide and self-harm risks
Specialist training for parents, professionals, hospitals, schools, and caregivers, in combatting self-harm and suicide risks, delivered jointly by Professor Omer and Kathelijne Van Dongen.
Our evidence-based journey
Our story is not just one of giving hope. It is firmly grounded in evidence. NVR is a well-established intervention with a solid research foundation. Studies have shown that NVR significantly reduces aggressive and violent behaviour, improves parent-child relationships, and improves behaviour at schools.
Empowering control
Parents who have embraced NVR principles report greater emotional regulation, fewer incidents of self-harm, and an empowering sense of control over challenging situations.
Positive and lasting change
This evidence base guides us as we develop and deliver our courses, ensuring that every technique and strategy you learn is proven to make a difference. We are committed to bringing the best of NVR to you, so you can make lasting, positive changes in the lives of the children and young people you care about.
Get on board!
Embark on this journey with ‘learn NVR’ and transform problems into opportunities. Just choose the course that suits your needs. Our courses have the lowest dropout rate of any parenting program. Extensive research shows that NVR brings about a steep reduction in violence and aggression, steep reduction in risky behaviour, and in a recent study every one of the 20 children in the program stopped self-harming. Join today to begin your own success
story.
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