💫NSPCWT Coffee with SEND and You - SAY💫

❓Are you a parent or carer to a child/young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend Northleaze Primary School?
If so, come and join us for a coffee afternoon and a chat🍪

👉We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your child's development in any way😀

💜There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us

#NSPCWT #SAY #SENDandYou #parentcarers #parentcarersupport #NorthleazePrimarySchool

At Brook Close, Long Ashton, Bristol, North Somerset, BS41 9NG

Talking about concerns can lighten stress & anxiety…. come along to an informal coffee with us🫖

Our team consists of parent carers so we understand, we can offer signposting and support whilst you have the opportunity to also meet others that are going through a similar time 💖

We are joined by Jan Eastwood, she is a SEN teacher and has a qualification in teaching children with dyslexia. She has experience as a SENCO, a family support worker and is a general adviser at North Somerset Citizens Advice. She is trained to help with DLA and PIP forms.

At The Firs, Drove Road, WSM , BS23 3NX

A coffee & chat 💖🫖

For parents and carers to children/young people with any emerging needs, additional needs and/or disabilities.

No diagnosis is required for you to attend and access support, a listening ear and signposting. Plus meet other parents and carers in similar situations over a hot cuppa 😀

At Nailsea Methodist Church, Silver Street, Nailsea, Bristol, BS48 2DS

NSPCWT Zoom - Preparing for Adulthood, views needed! 

Are you a parent or carer to a child/young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development?

If so, come and join us for a zoom to meet with Nathaniel Chadwick and Charlotte Badger from North Somerset Council, who are developing the Preparing for Adulthood Strategy. They are particularly keen to hear about your experience of transition points and also how supporting your child has impacted your own lives.

Please remember that no diagnosis is needed.

To receive the zoom link, please email claire@nspcwt.org

#NorthSomersetCouncil #NSPCWT #parentcarers #parentcarersupport

💫NSPCWT Coffee💫

❓Are you a parent or carer to a child/young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend Yatton Schools?
If so, come and join us for a coffee morning and a chat🍪

👉We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your child's development in any way😀

💜There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us

#YattonSchools #NSPCWT #parentcarers #parentcarersupport

At Yatton CofE Junior School & Yatton Infant School, High Street, Yatton, North Somerset, BS49 4HJ

Is your child awaiting an Autism assessment? Or are they showing signs of Autistic traits and you would like to learn more to help you understand how better to support them? Are you a professional looking to support a child / children in your care?

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Parent Carer forums have teamed together to deliver a variety of workshops to provide information, support and practical guidance to help you on your journey. This workshop is an online session focusing on Behaviour. This session is usually face to face, however we are putting this online to people who are unable to usually attend the day time face to face sessions.

T o book a funded place on this workshop you MUST live in North Somerset.

This workshop gives a broad overview of behaviour.

• What is it?

Behaviour is both positive and negative – it can be very easy to think of negative situations when we talk about behaviour – but it is important to note this is not the case. Behaviour can be a response to environment and/or how we are feeling.

• How does it present?

All behaviour is a form of communication. So whether positive or negative behaviour is demonstrated we are demonstrating how we are feeling. Some behaviours can be really challenging for parents and carers. This can be shown as aggression, frustration or the child who shuts down.

• What is the connection with executive functioning?

Executive function is a set of cognitive skills that are needed for self-control and managing behaviors. These skills include self-control, working memory, and mental flexibility. When recurring behaviours appear it can have a direct effect on our executive functioning skills such as self control.

• How can we best support our children with behaviour difficulties?

During this workshop we will look at strategies we can you use to help your child to manage their behaviour, including ways in which we can use our own approach to their (and our) behaviour to support your child.

This workshop will be delivered by an SEND professional and an experienced SEND parent carer.

💫NSPCWT Coffee with SEND and You - SAY💫

❓Are you a parent or carer to a child/young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend Castlebatch Primary School?
If so, come and join us for a coffee morning and a chat🍪

👉We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your child's development in any way😀

💜There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us

#NSPCWT #SAY #SENDandYou #parentcarers #parentcarersupport #NorthSomerset #CastlebatchPrimarySchool

NSPCWT Coffee-Transitions to Secondary School, views needed! 

Are you a parent or carer to a child/young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development?

If so, come and join us for a coffee morning and share your views with us on your experience supporting your child with the transition to secondary school.

We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We also signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy.

We will have Enhanced Provision, Ruth Lewis - Parent Carer Liaison Officer for North Somerset Council SEND Department, and Mental Health Support Teams in School (MHST) joining us.

Read about Enhanced Provision here: https://nsod.n-somerset.gov.uk/kb5/northsomerset/directory/service.page?id=t12uAYrlxKw

Read about MHST here:  https://www.awp.nhs.uk/camhs/camhs-services/mh-schools/mental-health-support-team-mhst-2

We will also be joined by SEND and You- SAY, they are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your child's development in any way

There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us

#NorthSomersetCouncil #NSPCWT #parentcarers #parentcarersupport

@The Firs Resource Centre, 80a Drove road, Weston-super-mare, BS23 3NX

NSPCWT would like to invite parent carers to a fully funded online training session with Bev Robson and Danielle Vincent accredited by Catrina Lowri from Neuroteachers for training on Whats happens next after the ADHD diagnosis.

Do you have a child or young person on the waitlist for an ADHD diagnosis? Or have they recently been diagnosed and your unsure on what happens next?

During this training you will receive guidance on ADHD, what this means for your child/young person and your family, how to tell your family and ask for their help, how to start implementing strategies, how to tell your young person about their diagnosis, how and where to access support and much more.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

Tea, coffee, biscuits, chat and….

🖐️We are joined by the fab SEND Senses: ‘We strive to provide a safe, nurturing and fun environment for people to explore and learn how to use their bodies as a tool to self-regulate, reducing stress and anxieties. Offering 1:1 and group sessions.’

Come along and find out more about what they offer….

At North Weston Village hall, Portishead, BS20 6TB

This coffee is running after our EBSA training in Clevedon - any parent carer is welcome to come to the coffee (even if you don’t have a space for the training session in the morning!)

We have our training team and peer support team so we hope to be a listening ear offering signposting & support over hot drinks and biscuits 💖

At Clevedon Community Centre, Clevedon, BS21 7SZ

Is your child awaiting an Autism assessment? Or are they showing signs of Autistic traits and you would like to learn more to help you understand how better to support them? Are you a professional looking to support a child / children in your care?

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Parent Carer forums have teamed together to deliver a variety of workshops to provide information, support and practical guidance to help you on your journey.

NSPCWT Would like to invite parent carers and professionals to a fully funded session on this BRAND NEW training from Catrina Lowri on emotionally based school avoidance. This session has been requested by our parent carer community and we are so excited to be able to offer the support and guidance needed when families are experiencing this common issue.

Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) is a term used to describe children and young people (CYP) who experience challenges in attending school due to negative feelings (such as anxiety). EBSA is commonly associated with emotional and physical distress, and a reluctance to attend school, which can lead to reduced attendance and further anxiety regarding school.

During this session, Catrina will guide you through the why's and the how's to try and support you through this with your child/young person. You will have the chance to dicuss your personal circumstances if you wish, and to give you the tools and strategies to put in place.

Following the session, there will be a peer support Coffee afternoon, for parent carers that have attended the training, or those that have been unable to join to come and gain some support and information. The Coffee will run from 12pm-2pm. You do not have to stay for the duration.

A place for like minded parents and carers to meet over hot drinks and biscuits💓 Often the best tips are found from others walking a similar path 👣

Drop in between 6 - 8pm, our lovely peer support team will be here for signposting, a listening ear and support💬

⭐We are joined by SEND and You - SAY. They are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

At The Firs, Drove Road, WSM, BS23 3NX

Is your child awaiting an Autism assessment? Or are they showing signs of Autistic traits and you would like to learn more to help you understand how better to support them? Are you a professional looking to support a child / children in your care?

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Parent Carer forums have teamed together to deliver a variety of workshops to provide information, support and practical guidance to help you on your journey. This workshop is an online session focusing on Sensory Differences. This session is usually face to face, however we are completing it online to offer those who are unable to make the face to face sessions during the day time.

T o book a funded place on this workshop you MUST live in North Somerset.

• What are Sensory Needs?

Children can be over/under responsive at different times or in different situations. Sensory processing (sometimes called 'sensory integration' or 'SI') is a term that refers to the way the brain receives messages from the sensory receptors and turns them into appropriate motor and behavioural responses. Sensory responses are very individual and can vary minute by minute.

• How does it present?

Sensory processing needs present in two ways (some children/adults will fluctuate between to two)

Avoider – When you are an avoider you will stay away from sensory experiences and sensory input can be distressing and painful

Seeker – May seek out sensory experiences, fidgeting and may seek out sensory experiences from their environment.

• What is the connection with executive functioning?

Sensory processing difficulties can have a direct impact on executive functioning. When a child has difficulty regulating their sensory processing it is very difficult for them to access other skills such as organizing, planning and attention.

• How can we best support our children with sensory processing difficulties ?

The workshop will give you strategies that you can use with your child. Alongside this by gaining an understanding of the basics of sensory processing, it’s possible to gain understanding about behaviors and therefore build your own strategies to help your child.

This workshop will be delivered by an SEND professional and an experienced SEND parent carer.

Autism Education Trust (AET)

Since 2007, the Autism Education Trust (AET) has been helping settings to develop good autism practice.

Their Vision: 'Our vision is a world where all autistic children and young people experience a positive education that supports wellbeing’

 - https://www.autismeducationtrust.org.uk/

NSPCWT is now working with the Local Authority to deliver AET training across schools in North Somerset. Bev Robson, our Lead Trainer, is working with North Somerset's Specialist Autism Advisors to deliver this.

NSPCWT will be delivering information sessions within settings to parents & carers.

This coffee is for parents and carers who have a young person attending Winscombe Primary School.

The Aims of the session:

-To give parent carers and staff an overview of Making Sense of Autism and how this could help in supporting their child

-To think about what Autism is

-To think about what can help

If you can attend this informative session, please email to confirm your place: senco@winscombeprimaryschool.com

💫NSPCWT Coffee with SEND and You - SAY💫

❓Are you a parent or carer to a child/young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend Locking Primary School?
If so, come and join us for a coffee morning and a chat🍪

👉We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your child's development in any way😀

💜There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us

#NSPCWT #SAY #SENDandYou #parentcarers #parentcarersupport #LockingPrimarySchool

At Locking Primary School 

Meadow Drive

Locking

Weston-super-Mare

BS24 8BB

NSPCWT would like to invite parent carers to a fully funded face to face training session with Catrina Lowri from Neuroteachers for training on Whats happens next after the ADHD diagnosis.

Do you have a child or young person on the waitlist for an ADHD diagnosis? Or have they recently been diagnosed and your unsure on what happens next?

During this training you will receive guidance on ADHD, what this means for your child/young person and your family, how to tell your family and ask for their help, how to start implementing strategies, how to tell your young person about their diagnosis, how and where to access support and much more.

Catrina supports the North Somerset, Bristol and South Glos forums with the ASD training we provide on the 4 following subjects related to autism: sensory, anxiety, behaviour and communication. She has ample experience teaching about neurodivergent conditions, and is prepared for all questions asked.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

Hot coffee, like minded people, listening ears, support & signposting!!

Drop in for a cuppa with our lovely peer support team and SEND and You….

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

Address: Yatton Youth Club

Rock Rd, BS49 4JE

🐰🐣🐥We are excited to offer our Easter Stay & Play Sessions for the upcoming half term!🐰🐣🐥

If you are interested, please do fill out the form below.

Please note the form below does not mean you have signed up. We will send you an email with the best date & time we can offer.

🐰🐣🐥We are excited to offer our Easter Stay & Play Sessions for the upcoming half term!🐰🐣🐥 If you are interested, please do fill out the form below. Please note the form below does not mean you have signed up. We will send you an email with the best date & time we can offer.

Is your child awaiting an Autism assessment? Or are they showing signs of Autistic traits and you would like to learn more to help you understand how better to support them? Are you a professional looking to support a child / children in your care?

Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) Parent Carer forums have teamed together to deliver a variety of workshops to provide information, support and practical guidance to help you on your journey. This workshop is an online session focusing on Communication. This session is usually held face to face, however we are putting it online for those who are unable to attend day time face to face sessions.

To book a funded place on this workshop you MUST live in North Somerset.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together

This workshop gives a broad overview of communication.

• What is it?

Communication is a vital part of everyone’s lives. Communication difficulties can affect both you and your child. There are many different ways that this can be displayed and can lead to you and your child feeling very frustrated.

• How does it present?

Communication difficulties present in a variety of ways. In this workshop we look at how communication is not simply based around speech. We look at communication as a two-way process – how children communicate their needs and how they respond to what is being communicated to them.

• What is the connection with executive functioning?

Children with communication difficulties can find it very difficult to understand what is being asked of them. They may have a very different view of what needs to be communicated and how. This can lead to difficulty in organisational skills, planning, processing and self- regulation issues.

• How can we best support our children with communication difficulties ?

This workshop looks at strategies on how to support communication difficulties. We aim to provide insight into communication without the only focus being on the spoken word. Whilst also sharing knowledge on ways to develop speech and two-way communication needs.

This workshop will be delivered by an SEND professional and an experienced SEND parent carer.

Session is on Zoom

Fancy a hot cuppa and a biscuit?🍪

Come and join us for a chat, you can access signposting and support too 💖

We are also joined by the fab SEND and You - SAY. They are the local Special Educational Needs and Disability Information Advice and Support service⭐

For any parent carers who have children with additional needs and/or disabilities. NO Diagnosis needed

At The Firs, Drove Rd, Weston-Super-Mare, BS23 3NX

#SENDIAS #SENDandYou #SAY #parentcarers #parentcarersupport #NorthSomerset #ASD #ADHD

Do you Home Educate your child / young person?

Have you deregistered them from their setting?

Or have you reduced their school time and have them with you at home for reasons linked to their needs?

Then this is the coffee for you! We understand your child/young person may need to attend with you 💞

We understand that many parent carers can be very isolated especially when their young person/child's care is at home throughout weekdays. We have created this coffee to try and bring together a community of support for each other.

We will bring the tea, coffee and cake -:)

For any parent carers who have children with emerging needs, additional needs and/or disabilities. NO Diagnosis needed

NSPCWT would like to invite parent carers from North Somerset to a fully funded training session with Bev Robson from our team on how to support your child with transitions.

Neurodivergent children can often find transitions challenging. For example, they may find going to new places anxiety provoking, leaving places that they are enjoying, school transitions such a break times, changes of routines in their days and much much more. But why is this? and what as parents or professionals can we do to try and support them though these to make their lives calmer and our lives easier?

We hope to help you answer some of these questions, and give you tips and strategies you can try to implement to help your child's anxiety and transitions.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

Our Steering Group is vital in helping shape the path for our forum. You can come to listen or you can participate and provide thoughts on how we should focus wellbeing grants, expand our training topics and target strategic areas of improvement to work on within health, education and social care

We appreciate all your views, thoughts and experiences in shaping the way.

We would love to expand our members! If you are interested in becoming a steering group member, please do email: admin@nspcwt.org

We are building a parent carer community of support and inclusion representing our children and young people with additional needs and/or disabilities 0-25 years

Help shape NSPCWT's path in making a difference for our families in North Somerset

NSPCWT would like to invite parent carers to a fully funded face to face training session with Catrina Lowri from Neuroteachers for training on Managing the Red Zone - parental guide to Anger, Meltdown and Shutdown in your Neuro-Diverse teen.

Neurdiversity is complex and can heighten emotions in teenagers for all sorts of reasons. If you have a child or young person 0-25 and are struggling at home or in education with anger, meltdowns and shutdowns then Catrina is here to offer you the support you need. She will present to you the reasons as to why this may be happening with your young person, and strategies you can implement to try and ease the sitution.

Catrina supports the North Somerset, Bristol and South Glos forums with the ASD training we provide on the 4 following subjects related to autism: sensory, anxiety, behaviour and communication. She has ample experience teaching about neurodivergent conditions, and is prepared for all questions asked.

North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together are incredibly excited to extend our training offer with more diverse topics to benefit you and your families.

💫NSPCWT Coffee with SEND and You - SAY💫

❓Are you a parent or carer to a child/young person with an additional need, disability or an emerging concern regarding their development and attend St Francis’ Catholic Primary School?
If so, come and join us for a coffee morning and a chat🍪

👉We are North Somerset Parent Carers Working Together (NSPCWT) and are here to ensure the collective parent carer voice is heard. We signpost to relevant organisations and listen to your experiences. We run regular coffee mornings, training sessions and events plus we recently organised free wellbeing days out to enjoy

⭐SEND and You - SAY are the SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs & Disability Information, Advice and Support) service and can offer help with all kinds of SEND issues at every stage of your child’s education, including SEN support at school, exclusions, Educational Health Care Plans (EHCP's), complaints and appeals. This is a good chance to ask any questions face to face with supportive advice from SAY!

Share your experiences plus meet other parents & carers!

Please remember that no diagnosis is needed and you are welcome to our coffee if you have concerns regarding your child's development in any way😀

💜There is no sign up- please just drop by to see us

#NSPCWT #SAY #SENDandYou #parentcarers #parentcarersupport #Nailsea #StFrancisCatholicPrimarySchool

At St Francis' Catholic Primary School 

Station Road 

Nailsea 

BS48 4PD