Workshops
About our Workshops
We run regular face to face and online workshops with expert speakers, for parents of Disabled young people. The workshops, which are run in Richmond and Hounslow boroughs by our Family Matters, SEND Advice and Bright Futures services, are free to attend and aim to provide parents and carers with information, practical strategies and support on a variety of subjects.
We cover anything from behavioural challenges, navigating the SEND legal system and health and social care pathways to supporting mental health and anxiety in our young people. We always welcome input from our clients on the subjects that would be most helpful.
Family Matters: Managing Issues with Sleep
Date: Thursday 30th January 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Online via Zoom
Presented by Dr Alex Doig, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist working within CAMHS Tier 3 within the NHS in South West London.
He will cover the biology of sleep, how ASD & ADHD impacts sleep, management of sleep – sleep hygiene / medication for sleep and (if time!) the local melatonin pathway.
Bright Futures workshop: Robyn Steward speaks on transitioning to adulthood
Date: Monday 3rd February 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: DAAC, 4 Waldegrave Road
Suitable for parents/carers of young people aged 16+
Presented by Robyn Steward, an Autistic woman in her 30’s who has been working as an autism trainer since her teens. She will discuss key areas of adulthood and how you might be able to support your child through this transition.
Family Matters: Friendships, relationships and social understanding in children with SEND
Date: Tuesday 11th February 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Online
Children and teens with additional needs may struggle to socialise in typical ways. Run by autism and diversity trainer Helen Eaton, this session aims to help develop understanding of friendship choices, social situations and how to choose safe and appropriate relationships.
Bright Futures workshop: All kinds of everything
Date: Thursday 13th February 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Richmond Library Annexe
Suitable for parents/carers of young people aged 16+
Sue Robson presents a light touch run through the many things that may come up for your young person as they move from children’s services to the adult world.
Family Matters workshop: ADHD medications
Date: Thursday 25th February 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: Online
Lead by Dr Brinda Paramothayan, the session will cover the NHS ADHD Assessment Pathways as well as ADHD medication/how they work/side effects.
Bright Futures workshop: ‘Me Time – Managing Guilt as a Carer’
Date: Thursday 6th March 2025
Time: 10:00 am
Location: DAAC, 4 Waldegrave Road
Sara Challice from Who Cares 4 Carers will lead a talk on how parent carers can manage guilt as a carer and improve their own health and well-being.
Bright Futures workshop: All kinds of everything
Date: Thursday 27th March 2025
Time: 10:30 am
Location: DAAC, 4 Waldgrave Road
Suitable for parents/carers of young people aged 16+
Sue Robson presents a light touch run through the many things that may come up for your young person as they move from children’s services to the adult world.
Get in touch
Tora Sykes
Children’s Team Administrator