Last week I attended a very well-researched conference1 led by Professor Luke Clements, built on a study conducted by Leeds University, CBF (challenging behaviour foundation) and the Tizard Centre funded by the NHS. They have created a video and written a report called Broken2,3 where, in a poll of 214 families of special-needs children, every [...]
It has been a couple of months since we updated but don’t worry, we haven’t stopped working! We have been coming down from a crazy rollercoaster ride. Where are we now? With the help of our very hard-working County Councillor Lorna Dupré we managed to get meetings with the CEO and Director of Social Care [...]
Our experience in November 2023 with the LA/ICB left me feeling pretty traumatised and exhausted, and I had not long started feeling better. I did a few counselling sessions to look at how I handled the stress of that time, I didn’t want to repeat the experience I gave myself again. Running still wasn’t available [...]
