When you’re dealing with an abusive coparent,
your concerns are often clear to you, but not to professionals. CAFCASS workers and professionals are trained to look for:
• neutral language
• observable behaviour
• patterns over time
• child-focused evidence
Without a structure, your concerns can be
misunderstood as:
• conflict
• anxiety
• exaggeration
• “he said/she said”
The ARRF Framework gives you a way to organise your observations so you can communicate them in a way that helps professionals understand the meaning behind the behaviour and its impact on your child.