SUPPORT FOR PARENTS

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Understanding your child, empowering families, working together with schools on practical strategies.

Many things can affect a child’s learning, relationships and engagement with school. As a parent, you know your child better than anyone and you know when something is not right. I listen to your concerns and aspirations and provide an independent perspective. An honest appraisal that will give practical strategies and guidance to support your child’s unique path through education.

I provide a variety of packages as well as a bespoke service.

If further assessment is needed by a clinician or therapist I help with what to do in an order that is sensitive to child development and the hierarchy of skills. Following assessment, I help parents and school to understand how the findings impact on the learner, providing and guidance and practical advice for intervention.

Why do parents come to me for advice?

  • I have concerns about my child but the school tells me they are doing fine
  • School has noticed that there is a difference between written work and what my child says
  • I think my child needs support but I don’t know what I should do first or who to go to
  • My child has had an assessment or diagnosis but I don’t really understand what it means or how it will affect them and their learning
  • I am worried about my child moving up to the next Key Stage or transition to a new school
  • I have one child with difficulties and I can see some similarities and differences in my other child – should I be concerned?
 

What do I do to help?

  • Unpicking and understanding problems
  • Advising on appropriate next steps
  • Formulating specific practical strategies and advice for home and school on support or intervention
  • Referring on to therapists or clinicians if appropriate
  • Helping parents and schools understand a diagnosis and the needs of the individual
  • Summarising and analysing reports
  • Liaising with specialists and school
  • Being the voice of the child or parents
 

Learner profile

By exploring all aspects of learning and understanding the unique challenges advice and guidance is personal and actionable. It provides a formulation with advice for home and school with onward referral if it is appropriate.

Executive Functioning Skills

These important life skills develop through childhood and the teenage years. Knowing where your strengths and weaknesses lie enables you to build skills for learning and life.

Coaching and support

Being a parent of a learner who has challenges can be lonely, difficult and overwhelming. Working through your challenges together will help you to put in place a plan and enable change.

Unlocking the barriers to learning informs effective intervention and facilitates academic progress.

 
“We found her combination of hands on experience, deep knowledge of learning difficulties and knowledge of the available ‘educational support’ to be of great value in guiding our son through the emotionally difficult years of 7-10.”
— A Parent