Family Support

Welcome!

As neurodivergent families, and professionals ourselves, we know how challenging the long path to a diagnosis can be.

It’s vitally important to us that your family is well-supported following your young person's identification as autistic.

Your clinicians have committed to providing a truly inclusive and neuro-affirmative assessment and as part of that commitment they have funded places for up to two adults from each family to attend one of our small group family support workshops.

Our aim is to welcome your family into the wonderful community that you are now a part of, to offer you a supportive space to process the diagnosis and what it means for your family, to signpost you to useful resources and supports and most important of all, to facilitate your understanding of neurodiversity and the possibilities of raising a thriving human being.

Topics include:

• Supporting your child in building a positive identity
• Working collaboratively with school
• Sensory needs
• Understanding and respecting communication differences
• Friendships with neurodivergent peers
• Supporting the development of your child's strengths

Thriving Autistic is a nonprofit multidisciplinary team of autistic and neurodivergent psychologists, therapists and coaches who provide strengths-based support services and trainings for the community.

Your workshop facilitator:

Helen Edgar (Educator & Family Support Specialist) is an Autistic parent of Autistic children, qualified early years and primary teacher and author who writes about neurodivergence and education. Helen has over 20 years of personal and professional experience working within SEND settings in the UK. Helen also has extensive experience working with children who have profound and multiple learning disabilities. Helen is passionate about providing guidance and support to make a positive difference for each child and every family, and she looks forward to welcoming you.

Helen offer a warm, supportive space to parents and carers beginning their journey post-identification.

We are looking forward to welcoming you,

Tara

Tara O'Donnell-Killen, MPsSI, MBPsS, MAPP

Founder