Family support
1. Safe Space for Black and Brown parent carers
Sheffield Parent Carer Forum (SPCF) is committed to creating an environment where all parents feel they can share the difficulties they are experiencing as parents of disabled children and young people.
We acknowledge that some parents from Black and Asian Minority Ethnic communities may not feel confident about attending our typical meetings. Therefore, we are running a monthly session chaired by our trustee Melissa and our volunteer Thaeeba.
Find out more.
2. Parenting support
Sheffield’s Parent Hub runs seminars, discussion groups and programmes to give parents practical help and advice. Some have been specifically developed for families of children and young people with SEND.
Find out more and book places.
3. Something Interesting for Brothers and Sisters (SIBS)
SIBS, the project that offers siblings of children with a disability fun days out, is restarting this spring. It is looking for new families to join.
SIBS is free for participants and open to children aged 8-12. Once a month, on a Saturday during term-time, trained student volunteers at the University of Sheffield run fun activity days. These give the children the chance to have fun, let off steam, and meet other children in a similar position to themselves.
Click here for more information.
4. Support groups
Find details of support groups on Sheffield’s Local Offer.
5. Nominate your favourite activities for children and young people
Sheffield Children’s University encourages children and young people to develop their essential life skills by taking part in learning activities in their own time.
They are asking families to tell them about their favourite club, group, service or activity for children and young people with SEND. This is so the Children’s University can link with them, add them to their list of accredited activity providers, and promote them to more families.
Nominate an activity provider.
Find out more and/or sign your child up to the Children’s University.
6. Help develop activity book to help children understand and manage their autism
Sheffield’s universities are working with families and clinicians to develop an activity book to help young autistic children understand their autism and how to manage it well.
Researchers would like to talk to primary age children with autism who attend a mainstream primary school, and their parent carer, in the week of 4 April.
This will take 30 mins to an hour, and will be online.
For more information or to take part, please email Dr Lauren Powell from the School of Education at the University of Sheffield, or give your doctor or clinician permission to pass your contact details to Lauren who will contact you.
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