Parenting Children with ADHD

Brandon Centre offers a free 9 week parenting programme for Camden parents and carers of children and young people aged 5-12 years with a clinical diagnosis of ADHD/ADD. The course covers:

• Providing information on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Realistic expectations
• The 123 Magic™ approach to effective discipline for difficult behaviours
• Giving clear and calm instructions
• Developing schedules and routines
• Rewards and praise
• Building your child’s self-confidence
• Staying positive and looking after yourself
• A follow up session to share successes and receive advice on how to overcome struggles
• Time within sessions to meet other parents with children with ADHD and share stories and advice

contact either Dean Charlery or Moira Lamond Mon-Thurs on 020 7424 9935 or email [email protected]

Here is a leaflet with more information

https://brandon-centre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BC_parenting-services_adhd_leaflet.pdf

 

Cygnet (parenting Austic children)

Mosaic run two Cygnet programmes - Cygnet Junior and Cygnet Teen. Cygnet is a parenting support programme for parents and carers of autistic children and young people aged 5-18. Attending Cygnet gives parents and carers an opportunity to develop their understanding of autism and look at practical solutions to support their child. It also provides the opportunity to meet other people in a similar position and hear about their experiences in an informal but supportive atmosphere.

The Cygnet programme is six sessions which run for two and a half hours at a time. The programme covers:

• Autism and diagnosis
• communication
• sensory issues
• understanding behaviour
• managing behaviour

The parent will need to attend a ASD Post diagnostic workshop first before they can opt into Cygnet.

For more information, contact the Mosaic Team  [email protected]

 

ATLAS Parenting Programme (for parents of autistic children under 5)

Autism Parenting Programme called ATLAS for short is for parents with children under 5. It is run by Speech & Language Therapists and Occupational Therapists and is designed to support parents with their understanding of autism and how to develop their child’s skills in attention, play and communication. It is a 6-week programme followed by a home-visit. 

These are the topics covered by this programme:

• understanding Autism
• understanding communication
• understanding sensory processing
• understanding information processing
• understanding how to support your child
• understanding local resources 

For more information, contact the Mosaic Team  [email protected]

 

Love and Limits (for Parents of Teenagers with Challenging Behaviour)

Brandon Centre parent training programme is for parents and carers facing challenging behaviour from their teenage child (age 12-16). The programme offers parents practical guidance in changing and improving challenging teenage behaviour.

• why teenagers might challenge
• button-pushing and learning how to remain calm and in control when being provoked by a teenager
• using rules and behaviour contracts to set clear boundaries for teenage behaviour
• using rewards and consequences to help stop extreme behaviour such as threats and acts of violence, truancy, and alcohol or drug abuse;
• guidance and strategies for managing teenager’s use of mobile phones, laptops, PCs, Play Station etc
• strategies to restore love and a positive relationship between parent and teenager while remaining strong and sticking to rules and boundaries.

Telephone 020 7424 9935 (Mon-Wed) or 020 7267 4792 (Thur-Fri) or email [email protected]. Contact Michelle Drummond [email protected] if you have any queries. 

Here is a leaflet 

https://brandon-centre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BC_parenting-services_leaflet.pdf

 

Parenting with NVR (for Child to Parent Violence)

Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) is a technique designed to support parents to manage violence or abuse by their child. The Tavi run NVR groups for parents to explore non-violent methods for resisting physical conflict or violence from their child, to help de-escalate conflict, manage parental presence and rebuild relationships, but also taking a firm stand against any violent acts.

Here is a brochure for the Tavi NVR Groups and here is the NVR Referral Form

Caring Dads (for fathers who have been abusive)

Caring Dads is for male carers with children aged 0-16 who have displayed unhealthy behaviours towards their partners or children and who would benefit from learning child-centred parenting strategies.  Over 17 weeks, fathers consider:

• how their behaviour as a parent can be affected by their own childhood experiences of parenting
• what emotionally unhealthy, controlling or violent behaviour between/towards parents feels like for a child 
• what children need from their dads to improve and strengthen their relationship
• skills to manage frustrating situations in healthy ways
• how to rebuild trust with children and plan for the future

There are some eligibility criteria for the programme: 

• Male carers need to have some level of acknowledgment of their past abusive behaviour
• Male carers need to have regular contact with their child
• Male carers need to have an identified worker who will be supporting them for duration of programme

Please note that this is not a perpetrator programme.

Mothers will be allocated a Women’s Safety Officer throughout the duration of the programme.

Please obtain consent from male carers and send this referral form (includes a risk assessment) following consultation with Gosia Kidawska or Jess King, to [email protected] with the most recent Assessment/CIN/CP report included. Please note that father must have had sight of the referral prior to intake meeting.

Here is a leaflet about the Caring Dads programme Caring Dads Leaflet and a short video about the programme here Caring Dads by Kids First - Bing video

 

DART (Domestic Abuse Recovery for mums and children)

DART (Domestic Abuse Recovering Together) is run by the NSPCC. It is a weekly 2-hour group that runs for 10 weeks. The programme is for women and children who have experienced domestic abuse and want a space to talk to each other about domestic abuse, learn to communicate and rebuild their relationship.

More information here DART (for women and children) | Family Early Help (camden.gov.uk)

 

Food and Feelings (for parents of children struggling with healthy eating)

This programme is run by the Brandon Centre, and is a 6-week programme for parents or carers of children, who struggle with healthy eating habits and being active which can lead to excess weight and impact their emotional wellbeing.

More information here Cooking and Eating At Home | Family Early Help (camden.gov.uk)

 

Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) - Parenting and Communication

VIG is a video feedback intervention to help improve relationships and communication between parents and children. It is available for parents with children of all ages. 

VIG practitioners will film the parent and child in specific situations and then identify clips in which they are already 'doing the right thing' to play back to them. The parent is then guided to analyse and reflect on video clips of their own interactions. There is more information about VIG here What is VIG? | AVIGuk (videointeractionguidance.net) and you can find examples of situations in which VIG could help a family here (60) Video Interaction Guidance - YouTube

VIG is offered by the Educational Psychology Service and by FIF. Contact:

* Neelam Kumar for the EP service (on Outlook)

* Sajna Begum for FIF (on Outlook) 

Before making this referral, please make sure that you explain to the parent that the intervention involves being filmed with their child as we will need full consent to film both parent and child.