Parent Information and Courses
Understanding Your Child Online Courses
Use access code: PARENTSROCK to access the following online courses for free.
- Understanding your child; from toddler to teenager 6 months to 19 years
- Understanding your child with additional needs
- Understanding your child's feelings (a taster pathway)
- Understanding your child's mental health and wellbeing
- Understanding your child: from toddler to teenager
- Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child
- Understanding your child in a changing world
- Understanding your deaf child for hearing parents
Action for Children Workshops
Emotional regulation Workshop
Friday 26th June 9:30-11:30
Dealing with challenging behaviour
Monday 30th June 9:30-11:30am
Sessions are FREE and can be booked by parents/carers themselves.
Parenting courses
Parenting courses - free online courses by parenting coaches
What you'll learn:
SENDIASS Parent Workshops
Workshops for parents and carers
We offer the following workshops for parents and carers:
Face to face
- Autism and Me (Developed by Autistic Young People)
- Supporting Young People with SEND: Preparing for Adulthood
- Supporting your child to cope with change (Transitions)
Online
- Herefordshire and Worcestershire SENDIASS Online Information Session
- Understanding Dyslexia
- How to have an effective meeting
- How to check an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP)
- Information session on Every Child Achieving and Thriving SEND Reform Consultation
Luma Nova - Fun digital therapy for childhood anxiety
Lumi Nova is a therapeutic game that helps children aged 7-12 years self manage worries and build resilience.
Better Health - Healthier Families
Better Health Families Healthy Steps Programme is a budget conscious, 8-week email programme to encourage families to take steps to improve their wellbeing. It is run by the NHS.
Check it out with the link below
Healthy Steps - Step this way. (https://healthysteps.betterhealth-healthierfamilies.co.uk/signup)
NHS SEND support for parents
For a range of other parent courses please visit the Starting Well Worcestershire NHS Parent Groups and Courses: Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Starting Well Partnership | Children, Young People and Families
- Autism West Midlands - Support for Autistic Young People
- Health services for children and young people with SEND (Worcestershire)
- Contact - Education beyond 16
- Coram - Guide to childcare for children with special educational needs and disabilities in England
- DIAL South Worcestershire - Disabled Children’s Services in Worcestershire
- Family Fund - grants for families raising disabled or seriously ill children and young people.
- Let's Talk About ADHD - an animation discussing what it means to have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) [opens in Youtube]
- National Autistic Society (NAS) - Worcestershire
- NHS - How to care for children with complex needs
- Scope – How to balance caring for siblings of a disabled child
- Scope - SEN support and Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans
- SEND Support Groups for parents and carers
- SENDIASS - SEND Information, Advice and Support Service in Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
- What Makes You Different Makes You Beautiful – a charity providing family-centered care and support for parents, carers, friends, siblings and children with disabilities aged 0-19 years.
- Worcestershire Parent and Carers' Community
- NHS England - Special educational needs and disability (SEND)
Local Offer - Neurodivergence Zone
