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Parenting Special Children (PSC) is raising money for it's Family Support Project. Supports starts when a parent in need rings our helpline, continues with our specialist support groups, workshops, sleep plans, 1:1 support work including working with other professionals. Prevention before Crisis.
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Situation
The families PSC support are classed as ‘vulnerable’ either because their children have SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) or have special needs due to early life trauma & are a child in care or adopted child. Covid-19 has compounded the challenges faced by our families including social isolation, loneliness, high anxiety, challenging behaviour (child to parent violence), reduction of professional help, and no respite leading to families being desperate for PSC's help and support.
Solution
Our vital services include (online):*Helpline which has seen a 75% increase in calls during Covid-19*Support Groups including Male Carers & Kinship Carers*Sleep Service - workshops, assessments & individual sleep plans*Trauma & Attachment Service supporting Adopters & Kinship Carers*Specialist Parenting Support including Child to Parent Violence*Covid-19 workshops on managing behaviour, anxiety, transition & sensory processing. We provide professional support ensuring 'prevention before crisis'.
