After a tough few weeks, incl 6 days in hospital, she's on the mend and back in her happy place #DawlishWarren #Devon #Exeter #SENDparenting

Sometimes helping a family with therapeutic parenting involves helping to gather up formal & informal support. Supporting to request an EHC needs assessment - a primary child accessing informal support that won’t be available in secondary.

#education #ehcp #send #sendparenting #therapeuticparenting

Last practice run for smallest before starting college on Monday. #SENDparenting #NDparents

It's easy to get overwhelmed when we try to transfer the now to the future - worrying about how our children will manage through life. Allow the future take care of itself. If a butterfly can evolve from a bird, anything is possible 💙

#parentingoverwhelm #SENDparenting #emotionalwellbeing #SEND

Oldest is off to the first haircut she has booked, attended, and paid for herself. This is massive. Of course I had to ‘prompt extensively’ but she’s still doing it without me. #SENDparenting #SEND #autism

First day of biggest on an intern program for adults with learning disabilities. Which obviously means I have been her travel buddy because they didn’t realise a lot of YA with extra needs can’t travel independently without months of prep for the location. #SENDparenting #ND

Letting go in NVR parenting
A blog - 2 minute read

#nvr #nonviolentresistance #boundaries #parenting #sendparenting #therapeuticparenting #autism #adhd #fasd #adoption #fostering #kinship

elainenichollsnvr.com/post/letting-go

My biggest’s birthday today, I always struggle with what to do for her. She doesn’t enjoy the same things as other 20-somethings but never know if I am patronising her to gift things she has an interest in but that are basically for kids? #SENDparenting #NDparenting

Trauma - two things can be true
A blog - 2 minute read

#nvr #nonviolentresistance #relationaltrauma #developmentaltrauma #traumainformed #therapeuticparenting #sendparenting #asd #autism
#adhd #FASD

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📣 Online Event for Parents & Carers!

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Advocated super hard for a placement for big that she could safely travel to (after months of coaching from me), and succeeded! Day 1 today, in the middle of which I realised she’s actually never done the journey in the dark. Cue mad dash to meet her to supervise #SENDParenting #autism #quirkylife

First they came for PIP and the UC Health element. Next up is Education Health and Care Plans (ECHPs) for people with special educational needs & disabilities.
#notmygoverment
#takingthepip #ehcp #autism #send #education #sendparenting #specialneeds #ehcplan #adhd

Pre-maths GCSE ‘yoga for emotional balance’ with the small there’s a fly buzzing around.
Me: can you hear that?
Her: no what?
Me: is that fly just in my head then?
Her: No… it would never survive in there.

Good job I love her.

#SENDparenting #parenting #examseason

Really important link! A damning new report published by the Public Accounts Committee makes clear the dire situation for the SEND system in the UK
tinyurl.com/4jejcjj6

#SEND #schools #education #autism #autismsupport #adhd #actuallyautistic #ukparliament #ehcp #sendparenting #audhd #dyslexia

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