Brighter Futures for Children (BFfC) provide a Parenting Service. The Parenting Service offers a range of evidence based parenting skills and support programmes for parents and carers living in Reading. Courses are run by fully trained and experienced parenting practitioners, many of whom are parents themselves.…
Supporting Early Years Settings in supporting children with SEND Meetings with settings and parents about their child's SEND Training Courses for professionals Network Meetings for Early Years SENCOS Advice to families & professionals Observations of children in the setting and advice. Advice on applying for…
What is Portage? Portage is an early intervention programme that supports children within their own home, working in partnership with parents and carers. The Reading Portage service helps families in Reading with young children (0-4 years old) who need extra help with their development. Portage support can…
Starting on 28th of March 2pm for 2hours each week.
A dynamic collaboration between Together for Mental Wellbeing and ACRE (Alliance for Cohesion and Racial Equality). Led by local artist Joseph Silviano, these workshops are an inspiration of creativity and healing, offering a nurturing environment for individuals from minority groups to explore the relationship of…
Event for Kinship/Connected Carers and Special Guardians Building social skills through different forms of artParenting Special Children is running a taster session for children living withKinship/Connected carers and Special Guardians aged 5-12.It will be based on the format of our very popular sessions for adoptive…
Health & Social Care Courses: Get Started as a 111 Health Advisor or 999 Emergency Call Taker with South Central Ambulance Service Our virtual training sessions will help you to learn all about the fantastic role of 111 and 999 call handling and will introduce…
*The club is not taking any new children from the Reading area at the moment.* The Thumbs Up Club runs at Easter and summer between 9.30am until 4pm, and is for children aged three to 19 years with special needs. The staff-to-child ratio is a…
KIDS Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Mediation helps parents and young people resolve disputes about Education, Health and Care (EHC) needs assessments and Plans, as well as other SEND related issues. We have a team of specialist accredited SEND mediators with many years of…
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