Would you intervene in a violent fight between a boy and his father, and risk getting injured or making matters worse? A Connexions intensive support personal advisor tells Donna Murphy what happened when he did. Some details have been changed to maintain confidentiality.
Fifteen-year-old John was referred to us because of serious behavioural incidents at school. These included starting a large fire on the school grounds. He was under threat of permanent exclusion.
My first visit to meet him and his parents was traumatic. I went to the house to find his mum on the doorstep, hands flapping, practically pulling me into the house. I was met by broken furniture, and John and his father rolling around the hallway floor, fighting.
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