Is your child starting school this year?
ParentLine NI have put together a guide for parents to support their children with this big step.
Call ParentLine on 0808 8020 400 to request a FREE copy of the support guide, or download at:
https://www.ci-ni.org.uk/…/Ready-to-go…-Starting…
The Child and Adolescent Autism Service alongside parents and carers in the Belfast Trust have developed this Summer Resource full of ideas and strategies to fill sunny (and rainy!) days and help you support your child/young person transition back to school belfasttrust.pagetiger.com/summersurvival…
Having friends provides support and promotes social skills, along with increased positive mental health and well-being.
Children’s friendships are very important for their social and emotional development. Parents and carers have an important role to play in helping children develop friendships.
Here are some top tips from Parenting NI for helping your child develop friendship skills, download the full guide here: https://www.parentingni.org/…/friendship-skills-top…
The summer holidays are here so now is a good time to think about play.
One of Parenting NI’s podcasts episodes focuses on the importance of play. They spoke to Laura Perry & Aidan Burns from PlayBoard NI about why play is so important for children’s development.
Find out all the facts and listen here: https://parentingni.podbean.com/…/ep-24-importance-of…/
The Parent Participation Service recognizes the importance of designing services with parents using their voice and the skills of practitioners together to improve services. We understand the vital role that parents have in creating improved outcomes for children and families. We are here to support parents to influence the activities of the Children and Young People’s Strategic Partnership (CYPSP) and to support service providers to develop and improve co-production practice with parents.
We facilitated an informative direct participation event with Arabic speaking
parents from the N.I. Family Muslim Association exploring their experiences of the
education system in NI. See infographic below of the keypoints that were captured that will be shared with Outcomes Groups for inclusion in future planning.
