Helpful hints and tips for parents to prepare their children for school transitions.
Topic of the month
Managing the summer holidays
Some good advice here about managing the school summer holidays.
Supported internships
Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) Early Transition planning reviews: Supported internships
LGBTQ+ people from ethnically diverse backgrounds called to adopt
Social workers can struggle to find appropriate adoption and fostering placements for looked after children from ethnically diverse backgrounds. Too few approved adopters and foster carers share the same culture and heritage as these children.
Questions about adoption from LGBTQ+ people
Here are some questions from LGBT+ people about adoption that we’ve answered.
New Family Social podcast: Adoption, fostering and tea
The UK’s LGBTQ+ adoption and fostering charity, New Family Social add new episodes to its series of podcasts discussing adoption and fostering with people “who’ve done it”:
Free Eating disorder online workshops for parents and carers
Funded by the NHS, these online courses offer five free sessions to carers/parents supporting undiagnosed and diagnosed eating disorder needs, using the ‘New Maudsley’ approach.
New resource for supporting sensory needs
Becoming a sensory detective can help you to identify if there is a pattern to your child’s sensory needs, and recognise how they react to sensory information. This resource has a great breakdown of needs, as well as sensory strategies to try in school and at home.