Global Development Delay

06/23/2025

Stronger Together- A
parent/Guardian, carers support group, for those who look after children and young people under 25 with disabilities,
The face to face group session,
Will be held on the
1st July, Tuesday, 11am-1pm
At
South Leeds,
Bitmo Gate, Belle Isle TMO
Aberfield Gate, Belle Isle, Leeds LS10 3QH Please drop by if you can.
For emotional based peer support group session.
Have a cup of tea or coffee. Chat, moan, rant, download. Or listen to other parent, carers. All judgment free! Hopefully we all can pick ourselves up mentally. As often the lack of support & help. Can often become mentally draining, overwhelming 😔 and challenging. Sometimes we need someone to just simply hear us.That truly understands.
Supporting each other by listening to one another and using our collective minds and experiences to help one another.
As together,
We are Stronger Together,
Group leaders, And fellow parents and carers, Kate Craven and Shelley Marie Sheridan

06/23/2025

06/23/2025

06/21/2025

When kids act out, push back, or fall apart, it’s not defiance. It’s a signal.
A signal that something feels too big, too hard, or too overwhelming.

Instead of jumping straight to consequences, try this:
💬 “That was a big reaction — are you okay?”
💬 “Looks like something’s feeling tricky right now.”

This doesn’t mean we excuse the behaviour.
It means we meet the need behind it — and guide them from there.
Because connection is what builds cooperation. 💛

📘 Find more tools like this in my book Guidance from The Therapist Parent — available at www.thetherapistparent.com or via the link in bio.

06/21/2025

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06/21/2025

Mum of 3 disabled children. Disabled husband and myself. And my disabled mother. The amount of fighting for us for help, support that's just as a carer. Then there's the fight for support and help as a disabled person. To even have help, support in order to get the basic care, help, support we need was/is a complete awful process. It's either none existent due to cuts to services. Or immensely complicated for us to even get the help. It can take being broken to even get help!! And I'm sure the fight she had even to get carers in the first place. Was fought with difficulty. More needs to be put in place with easier applications and support as everything and I mean everything is an absolute fight!!! Or just none existent!!! More help respite for carers/ parents as caring for a disabled children is on a whole other level!! Especially with your own health needs. There needs to be sufficient/better support system for mental health and wellbeing for carers!! There's nothing but fighting for systems and services, cuts. When your mental health declines as a carer. Where's the help?? It takes being broken and an immeasurable toll. On mental health. Being beyond broken. To get yourself help or for help to be given. It shouldn't be this way!

A rapid review of child safeguarding practice has been ordered following the death of a mother and daughter.

https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2025-06-20/deaths-of-mum-and-young-daughter-spark-rapid-review-of-child-safeguarding

06/15/2025

means a lot of different things to different people ❤️

Remember to reach out if you're struggling

02/25/2025

Stronger Together- A
parent/Guardian, carers support group, for those who look after children and young people under 25 with disabilities,
The face to face group session,
Will be held on the
4th March, Tuesday, 11am-1pm
At
South Leeds,
Bitmo Gate, Belle Isle TMO
Aberfield Gate, Belle Isle,
Leeds LS10 3QH

Please drop by if you can.
For emotional based peer support group session.
Have a cup of tea or coffee. Chat, moan, rant, download. Or listen to other parent, carers. All judgment free! Hopefully we all can pick ourselves up mentally. As often the lack of support & help. Can often become mentally draining, overwhelming 😔 and challenging. Sometimes we need someone to just simply hear us.That truly understands.
Supporting each other by listening to one another and using our collective minds and experiences to help one another.
As together,
We are Stronger Together,
Group leaders, And fellow parents and carers, Kate Craven and Shelley Marie Sheridan

02/02/2025

Stronger Together- A
parent/Guardian, carers support group, for those who look after children and young people under 25 with disabilities,

The face to face group session,
Will be held on the
4th February, Tuesday, 11am-1pm
At
South Leeds,
Bitmo Gate, Belle Isle TMO
Aberfield Gate, Belle Isle, Leeds LS10 3QH

Please drop by if you can.
For emotional based peer support group session.
Have a cup of tea or coffee. Chat, moan, rant, download. Or listen to other parent, carers. All judgment free! Hopefully we all can pick ourselves up mentally. As often the lack of support & help. Can often become mentally draining, overwhelming 😔 and challenging. Sometimes we need someone to just simply hear us.That truly understands.
Supporting each other by listening to one another and using our collective minds and experiences to help one another.
As together,
We are Stronger Together,
Group leaders, And fellow parents and carers, Kate Craven and Shelley Marie Sheridan

01/18/2025

Mind the Gap Academy Open Day – Saturday 08 Feb 2025

Are you learning disabled and/or autistic? Are you ready to take the next steps in your performing arts career?

Join us on Saturday 08 February 2025, 12pm-4pm for our Academy Open Day.

Meet our friendly team, join interactive workshops, listen into Q&A sessions, have a go at arts and crafts, and sit back and enjoy a range of live performances.

It will be a jam-packed day where you can experience a day-in-the-life of one of our Academy students and find out what Mind the Gap can offer you!

Mind the Gap runs a wide range of performing arts courses that run Monday – Friday, at all different learning levels, led by highly experienced tutors who bring out the best in each and every student. So, if you are just wanting to have some fun and meet new people, or if you are ready for a new challenge and meet a new goal, Mind the Gap has something for you!

We would love to meet you. Please do register your place by grabbing a ticket on our Eventbrite page. Tickets are free of charge. If you have any problems booking, please give us a call on 01274 487390 and we can register for you. You can also email academy@mind-the-gap.org.uk

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/academy-open-day-tickets-1142440583539?aff=oddtdtcreator

If you need more information on access or travel, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and ask for our Visual Story.

01/18/2025

This is your reminder, from the team at Sunshine Support, that it's OK to feel these things as a SEND parent - and we are here for you. 🫂

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