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Parent to Parent PK Carers Support Project
 
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Ardler Clinic
Turnberry Avenue
Dundee
Perth & Kinross
DD2 3TP

 
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Parent to Parent PK Carers Support Project

Parents of children with additional support needs, whether physical, learning, sensory or behavioural which is associated with the disability or additional support need. It also supports parents of children who are seriously or terminally ill or parents who have suffered a bereavement of a child. We provide support and advocacy for children and young people with additional needs. All families must live in Angus, Dundee or Perth & Kinross. We look:

  • To offer support, contact and information through self-help, mutual support, assistance
  • To support parents to overcome their feelings of loneliness and isolation
  • To reduce their stress by reinstating hope and increasing their confidence
  • Support parents and children/young people to have a voice

Parent to Parent aims to support families and young people for as long as they need the service; there is no time limit as long as we are working together to achieve identified outcomes.

A team of support workers help parents on a one to one basis and are available to any family caring for a child with an additional need in the
Dundee, Angus and Perth and Kinross area. This may be a physical disability, learning difficulty, sensory difficulties, long-term illness or an emotional difficulty linked to the child’s disability. Referrals are allocated to the most appropriate support worker who will make contact with the family as soon as she is able to offer support.

Neonatal/Community support

A support worker visits the neonatal unit at Ninewells hospital regularly each week to offer emotional support. She will continue to support parents once their baby has been discharged from hospital and help them to cope during the baby’s first few weeks or months at home. She can give advice about nurseries, information about local services that may help the family, introduce them to one of the support groups she runs and provide emotional support. She also provides bereavement or loss support for families who have lost a child or who have a terminally ill child.

Early Years Support

The early years support worker will support parents at home and at clinic appointments, provide information about play-schemes and respite services and provide advice about behaviour management. A large part of the early years support worker’s role is to give emotional support and help parents work through the difficulties of caring for a child with an additional need. They also run support groups for parents.

Peer support

Parent to Parent offers peer support groups with are facilitated by a support worker and assisted by volunteer parents. Parents come together in small groups across Tayside to share experiences, tips and information. The support worker invites speakers from agencies such as Welfare Rights and Carers Centres to give presentations and organises workshops on managing and coping with children’s behaviour. 

Support for parents of children undergoing assessment for ASD/ADHD

The support workers offer emotional support while the child is waiting to be assessed. For children displaying challenging behaviour the support worker will help parents to implement boundaries and strategies. They will accompany parents to assessment and feedback visits if required and if a diagnosis is given will help parent access other appropriate provisions.

Transition

Parents can need support as their children start school and move into high school. Different issues arise such as problems at school, an increase in behavioural problems or concerns about the child moving to high school. The support workers can help parents to liaise with schools, prepare them for meetings at the school and advise them about statutory and voluntary agencies which can give additional help to the family. They can also give advice about behaviour management.

Advocacy and support for children and young people with additional needs

Three support workers help children and young people with additional needs who may have worries about school, lack friends, suffer bullying or are struggling to cope with their difficulties. They may be worried about a move to another school or about leaving school and going to college or an adult service. The workers encourage the children and young people to talk about their concerns, go with them to meetings and appointments and help them to voice their views.

How people can self-refer or be referred:

Anyone can refer a referral form can be downloaded from our website and emailed to admin@parent-to-parent.org

Below are the criteria for support and consideration or further discussion may be held with the referrer to identify if a referral may be accepted. During Covid-19 Head of Service Trudy Doidge 07562378443 or Operations Manager Jackie O’Neill 07746112642

Criteria

Family Support Work
We can support parents of babies while in NICU.
We can support parents of a child pre-birth and up to eighteen, attending school and have a child that meets at least one of the following criteria.

  • A referral made to CAMHS, Paediatrician or Therapist
  • Diagnosis of Additional Support Need
  • Medical condition
  • Indicators of Additional Support Need
    • Communication difficulties
    • Repetitive behaviours
    • Severe anxiety that impacts on life
    • Mental health concerns e.g. self-harming, agoraphobia, ritualistic behaviours
    • This list is not exhaustive: please free feel to contact us to discuss any individual cases.

We cannot support:

  • Parents of children with challenging behaviour not linked to Additional Support Need
  • Parents with learning difficulties/depression whose child does not have any of the qualifying criteria
  • Parents of child with no Additional Support Need and none of the above       
  • Parents of children with social emotional and behavioural difficulties linked to parents’ lifestyle choices       

Young persons’ advocacy support

All children and young people under 18 and in school who have been identified as having an additional support need as identified in the Additional Support for Learning Act.

PKAVS has a valued team of over 80 staff and 100 volunteers whose skills and expertise enable us to reach our objectives and have the positive impact that we do.

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PKAVS relies on over 100 dedicated volunteers who help with all aspects of our work.

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