Pivot to Telehealth: Narrative Reflections on Circle of Security Parenting Groups during COVID-19.

In response to COVID-19 hygiene and physical distancing restrictions, our service rapidly shifted to delivering Circle of Security-Parenting™ (COS-P) groups via telehealth. In this article we report the perspectives and experiences of the group facilitator and the parents who received the intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic. We use semi-structured, qualitative interviews to explore the advantages, challenges, and positive impacts of the online parenting group from the perspectives of the group leader and the five group participants.

Asking the difficult questions: Building the capacity of community paediatricians to routinely enquire and respond to family violence.

Aim: To enhance the confidence and capacity of community paediatricians and paediatric trainees to identify and respond to family violence, through a series of education sessions and evidence-based recommendations.

Methods: The action research methodology included a literature search to review the data on family violence education programmes and evidence-based family violence screening tools. Six education sessions were then developed and held for physicians at the Community Paediatric and Child Health Service (CPCHS).