Define Fine - Parent Peer Support @Define_Fine_PS
Parent-led peer support CIC for school attendance difficulties #SEND #schoolattendance #mentalhealth #barrierstoattendance #peersupport #training definefine.org.uk United Kingdom Joined February 2018-
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Many reasonable adjustments have no cost, just require a bit of thought and planning. They can also be the difference between a happy education with your peers v being unable to attend or needing to move to another school
Many reasonable adjustments have no cost, just require a bit of thought and planning. They can also be the difference between a happy education with your peers v being unable to attend or needing to move to another school
Wow. Firstly, the questioning of diagnoses presumably by actually ‘qualified professionals’ and then to completely misunderstand #anxiety, its cycles and causes. But why try and understand something when denying altogether is so much easier 🤷🏼♀️
Wow. Firstly, the questioning of diagnoses presumably by actually ‘qualified professionals’ and then to completely misunderstand #anxiety, its cycles and causes. But why try and understand something when denying altogether is so much easier 🤷🏼♀️
Solidarity and support is out there if you know where to find it: @PCamhs, @PACTenquiries, @Define_Fine_PS, @NotFineinSchool, @teamsquarepeg, @naomicfisher, @_MissingTheMark 10/10
NEW POST: Parent, Rachel Filmer explains how the Warwickshire councillors are not unique: They're indicative of growing resentment toward funding support for #disabled children specialneedsjungle.com/warwickshire-c…
Next **free** webinar for parents is tomorrow (Weds 7th Feb) from 7.30pm - register now via Eventbrite #schoolattendance #MentalHealthMatters #SEND
Ahh yes, remove the responsibility to provide appropriate, inclusive education for our children et voila!! problem solved.... cypnow.co.uk/news/article/e…
Are you a parent or carer in #Suffolk who has recently been fined or prosecuted for low #schoolattendance when you believe #mentalhealth or undiagnosed #Neurodiversity means their needs are unmet?
Learning to let them them fly solo is hard enough, even when you’ve not experienced the sometimes traumatic experiences of parenting a child through a #mentalhealth issue. So how do we move towards “Letting Go of Adult Children” drldabney.com/article/lettin…
#JeremyVine any parents struggling to find support when caring for an #autistic child or young person experiencing poor #mentalhealth please look for local support from others with #livedexperience via #PLACEnetwork @CharlieWallerUK charliewaller.org/place-parent-s…
It also is the cause of #trauma and deteriorating #mentalhealth for so many. We need alternatives to help ALL young people achieve the success they are deserving of. #schoolattendance @Define_Fine_PS theguardian.com/education/2024…
Let’s hope @bphillipsonMP also has a plan to provide appropriate access to education for those damaged by the current system now unable to attend school despite desperately wanting to… a register won’t tackle #persistentabsenteeism #MentalHealthMatters #SEND
Let’s hope @bphillipsonMP also has a plan to provide appropriate access to education for those damaged by the current system now unable to attend school despite desperately wanting to… a register won’t tackle #persistentabsenteeism #MentalHealthMatters #SEND
@anna_rebowska Why are people suggesting ARFID is not disordered eating? It doesn’t have to be ‘mental health’ related to be disordered. Conscious or sub conscious disordered eating is still interrupting healthy calorie and nutrient intake
A great article @YvonneARoberts and thank you @Cathy_Creswell for speaking up for the vast majority of families who understand the benefit of education but who won’t wilfully compromise their child’s #mentalhealth as a tickbox excercise. @Define_Fine_PS support 000’s daily 🙏🏼
A great article @YvonneARoberts and thank you @Cathy_Creswell for speaking up for the vast majority of families who understand the benefit of education but who won’t wilfully compromise their child’s #mentalhealth as a tickbox excercise. @Define_Fine_PS support 000’s daily 🙏🏼
@CarrieGrant1 @CarrieGrant1 do you like the @Define_Fine_PS version? 🙃
Do follow the QR code links for parent Q&A webinars and professionals CPD workshops on the current issues impacting #schoolattendance and how students and families can be supported by using evidence-led and trauma-informed resources and practice. #MentalHealthMatters
Do follow the QR code links for parent Q&A webinars and professionals CPD workshops on the current issues impacting #schoolattendance and how students and families can be supported by using evidence-led and trauma-informed resources and practice. #MentalHealthMatters https://t.co/VePBFT8CkF
Online workshop for parents/carers of children/young people who struggle with school attendance. Book your place here ow.ly/jrN850Qp9xw (@WestNorthants, @SENDIASSWNC, @Define_Fine_PS) #EBSA #WestNorthants
#Anxiety: School on Fire stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2023/08/29/sch…
You’d be most welcome to join us for peer support, resources and training all free for parents and carers @GreggAWallace no judgement here, only the benefit of #livedexperience 👍🏻
You’d be most welcome to join us for peer support, resources and training all free for parents and carers @GreggAWallace no judgement here, only the benefit of #livedexperience 👍🏻
School Attendance issues. Usually more to it than assumed. Be curious & supportive. You’ll have a much better success rate than making assumptions and being judgemental. #MentalHealthMatters #SEND #DefineFine
Bravo @simonjenkins4 Teachers are walking, pupil attendance is declining, parents are fed up. For a system which, whether you like it or not, embraces market forces, why can't they listen to the consumers and providers for once? tinyurl.com/26eepxx2 We need reform now.
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Many reasonable adjustments have no cost, just require a bit of thought and planning. They can also be the difference between a happy education with your peers v being unable to attend or needing to move to another school
I often think about a lad in my son’s reception class who was excluded for behaviour. He went to the neighbouring school where his behaviour was no problem because the thing that made him stressed & anxious - last minute changes - were reduced or communicated in advance.
@PhilippaWatkin4 Are you a member of @Define_Fine_PS for parent peer support around barriers to school attendance? Highly recommend 🙏🏼
My 7yo is now arguing that “the plague is just a made up thing” however Rose *apparently* chimed in that most of her village died of it so I guess my 9yo won the argument?
Apparently my 9yo daughter's imaginary friend is the ghost of an 8yo girl named Rose who died of the bubonic plague 200 years ago and I’m sure this is a completely normal developmental stage........
Wow. Firstly, the questioning of diagnoses presumably by actually ‘qualified professionals’ and then to completely misunderstand #anxiety, its cycles and causes. But why try and understand something when denying altogether is so much easier 🤷🏼♀️
I often meet kids who have passes to get out of lessons early. They have ‘anxiety’. They then wait for their friends in canteen/yard/bus stop. Where chaos reigns. But anxiety somehow no impact. Of course we can’t question this without being attacked. All passes 100% merited.
@2tubies I'm done a bit of both. Yay - I can talk about everything 😅
Just a thought, but the consensus is that people who are not working in schools shouldn’t have an opinion on them, then perhaps those who are not home educating shouldn’t have an opinion on it.
How I’ve been failing to send my children to school (A personal 🧵 to celebrate (almost) making it to the end of another tricky half term) 1/
NEW POST: Parent, Rachel Filmer explains how the Warwickshire councillors are not unique: They're indicative of growing resentment toward funding support for #disabled children specialneedsjungle.com/warwickshire-c…
Whilst the #SEND inspection report published today in #Suffolk demonstrates the ongoing lack of services for families, we are proud that the #cypcrisis #peripatetic service was spoken highly of by inspection team. We are very proud to be part of it. @SNEEICB_IES @SuffolkFamilies
Ahh yes, remove the responsibility to provide appropriate, inclusive education for our children et voila!! problem solved.... cypnow.co.uk/news/article/e…
So I'm through, and inform them. The lovely lady tells me they lost loads of calls today because calls were cut off and the system kept throwing them out. I called them back, but many won't. This means they have no idea how many cases there will be. Sounds vaguely familiar...
Learning to let them them fly solo is hard enough, even when you’ve not experienced the sometimes traumatic experiences of parenting a child through a #mentalhealth issue. So how do we move towards “Letting Go of Adult Children” drldabney.com/article/lettin…
#JeremyVine any parents struggling to find support when caring for an #autistic child or young person experiencing poor #mentalhealth please look for local support from others with #livedexperience via #PLACEnetwork @CharlieWallerUK charliewaller.org/place-parent-s…
It also is the cause of #trauma and deteriorating #mentalhealth for so many. We need alternatives to help ALL young people achieve the success they are deserving of. #schoolattendance @Define_Fine_PS theguardian.com/education/2024…
@timlinehan See @Define_Fine_PS for parents needing support And @pact for parents with children in suffolk for supporting you to support your child with mental health
Let’s hope @bphillipsonMP also has a plan to provide appropriate access to education for those damaged by the current system now unable to attend school despite desperately wanting to… a register won’t tackle #persistentabsenteeism #MentalHealthMatters #SEND
1. What’s going on? All parents of children with SEND want to see change in education. We all want to believe. We're desperate to believe @bphillipsonMP tinyurl.com/2s36t94x🧵 @sallyweale 1/5
@isaacmoore7 @TheMediator @naomicfisher You asked for evidence of increasing mental health issues amongst young people. Which I contend is supplied by the CAMHS waiting list. That's not blaming CAMHS, incidentally. It is just an indicator of a growing need that current resources don't meet.
@isaacmoore7 @TheMediator @naomicfisher Just one of the support groups I am a member of on Facebook for parents of children struggling with school has 51k members @NotFineinSchool. Another has 14k. One more has 7k. @Define_Fine_PS. We are invisible to society but there are more than you would imagine. It is a crisis.
I’m overwhelmed by all the love and support on here for my professional news. Thanks to you all, I look forward to continuing to advocate for all my clients (with the advantage of being one row further forward in court)
We are incredibly proud that our BLEMI founder @SteveBroach is on the list of successful KC applicants today! Steve is proof that lived experience of mental illness need not preclude excellence at the bar. Congratulations! 🥳📷 🥳
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