Case studies & Handouts

Instructions for using a Sit-In in schools

The Sit-In is one of the most creative and important tool for schools who wish to use the concept of NVR in their work. For helping school's team to use this act we present here the professional instructions for your convenience.

We would like to thank Claudia Seefeldt from isi-Netz24 (Switzerland) for the German translation of the text and Ellen Vanophalvens from Sporen (Belgium) for the Dutch translation of the text.

Get here the English version, the Dutch version or the German version of the text.

The New Authority Center team with translations from Claudia Seefeldt & Ellen Vanophalvens

School refusal - Two case studies

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In this case study two cases of young people who refuse school for a longer or shorter time are described. Both seem to have originated from and maintained by contextual factors (parents, school). In one case the student returns to school by means of the interventions of NVR, in the other case the effect is recovery of the relationship between parent and child, while schooling is not yet feasible.
The underlying question in this case-study is that of the potential effectiveness of described NVR-interventions in case of school refusal. The cases show that a good cooperation between parents and school as well as a rapid approach at the start of school refusal affects the possibility of return to school. The disillusionment of control is a basic requirement for parents to take a stand against school refusal, in which support groups play an important role.
Schools often think that individual treatment is necessary prior to returning to school. Thereby important contextual factors that influences the success of returning to school are overlooked. It is therefore advisable to inform schools about this constantly. It is interesting to investigate whether, in the context of better cooperation between education and care, an education care package for this group of students is achievable.

Wil van Nus

wil.van.nus@gmx.net 

Methoden des "Gewaltfreien Widerstand“
in der Arbeit mit Teams in Konfliktsituationen

NVR-approaches in facilitating teams in conflicts

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Working with a team in huge conflicts among the team-members, approaches from the NVR idea can be very helpful guiding the team towards a constructive handling of the situation. In the specific situation, the team members were asked to reflect their own part in the situation and offer gestures of conciliation as well as compensations to their work-mates. This led into a new constructive co- operation within the team.

Martin A. Fellacher

martin.fellacher@pina.at

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Using the power of an Announcement in conflict between neighbors

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The case study describes a flexible and creative use of the announcement as an NVR tool for mediating between neighbors in conflict. The case is based on the author’s work on several cases and includes her reflection on possibilities of using NVR in such cases.

Veerle Lisabeth 

 info@nieuweautoriteit.be

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The treatment model at Schneider's hospital - The Telephone Support

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The therapeutic procedure at the parent's counseling unit in Israel includes telephone support to the parents, done by 'telephone supporters' who work with the therapist. The paper outlines the treatment for parents provided at Schneider's hospital in Israel with emphasis on the function of the telephone supporter while explaining the advantages and complexities in this kind of therapeutic team..

Yael Naim