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Our highly recommended parenting programme, The Radical Parenting Programme, is back for another year! We launched this programme in 2023 to help parents unravel their learnt parenting methods and to teach them how create a calm, happy family existence that focuses on Calm, Connection and Co-Regulation©. We were blown away by the amazing feedback we received from parents who attended the course and are excited to be running it again in 2024.

What is 'The RADICAL Parenting Programme'?

The Radical Parenting programme is aimed at parents/carers of ALL children with a focus on NEURODIVERGENCE. The Calm, Connection & Co-Regulation© (CCC©) – A Nurturing Parenting Approach is embedded throughout the programme which is designed to give you the confidence in taking back the power in your parenting. We ditch the textbooks, the consequences, the punishments and instead we guide and advocate for CONSENT, AUTONOMY, and AUTHENTICITY. Three crucial aspects for our children to develop healthy connections with the world around them.

NB: Any professionals joining this programme will need to interpret the language to their own setting. I.E – Parent/ Carer – Teacher/Teaching Assistant Etc.

The One Where We Don't Teach You How To Parent

Are you ready?

At some point we all just want to give up, but we know deep down that we never will.

Our young people just want to feel loved and accepted even in their most vulnerable moments. This program is designed to help you begin the journey of Raising AUTONOMOUS NeuroDivergents instinctively, calmly, and with love. It’s about stepping back into calm with Authenticity, Autonomy, and Acceptance.

Because the simple fact is that you KNOW how to parent. That instinct is a given. This programme gives you the confidence to follow that instinct without judgment, and with the power needed to stand up and say.

‘No more will society control our lives” – We can be RADICAL

A Nurturing Parenting Approach

Our approach is nurturing and has been tried and tested for all families but with a special focus on neurodivergence.

It’s a low-demand approach, embracing a neuro-affirming model of disability.

We incorporate ‘The Spoon Theory’, introducing calm, connection, and co-regulation, and helping vulnerable children create their own boundaries.

This comprehensive programme includes four parts and features guest speakers. It is trauma informed and interoceptive aware, offering programme guide booklets and a dedicated private Facebook connection group for further support. Optional follow-on support is also available, ensuring you have lifetime access to a dedicated community for ongoing support and regular annual refreshers.

What is included?

We also have optional ongoing support via our CCC in 10, 5 and 3 with our BRAND NEW Radical Parenting Support sessions. Only available to those who have or are attending The Radical Parenting programme!

Radical Schedule

April 25th 2024 – Guide One: The Lessons I Learned

May 2024 (TBC) – Trauma Informed Guest

June 6th 2024 – Guide two: Trust Your Gut

June 2024 (TBC) – Kelly Mahler : Let’s Begin with Interoception

July 18th 2024 – Guide Three: I Give Up 

August 2024 (TBC) – Parenting Guest 

August 15th 2024 – Guide 4: F*ck That Sh*t

August 2024 (TBC) – Connect session

REVIEWS

This programme is designed to help you unravel your learnt parenting methods or those which are embedded with societal expectations, we will help you to begin creating a calm, happy family existence that focuses on Calm, Connection and Co-Regulation©

Guide One: To look back over your own childhood and recognise any similarities in how you were parented to how you are parenting today. Using the critical thinking technique, we will guide you through the parenting “norms” that affected our wellbeing and how we can reframe that today to create a more instinctive parenting style.

Guide Two: Trusting your instincts is a vital part of the process for RADICAL (UN)Parenting and we will discuss the many experiences of the facilitator and the learners where this has either proven to be true when listened to or when you wish you would have listened and acted on that gut feeling.

Guide Three: We all at some point, just want to give up, but we know that we never will. Neurodivergent people may struggle with change and transitions so we need to predict a fall back through and really plan on how we will manage this change.

Guide Four: Most importantly our young people just want to feel loved and accepted even in their most vulnerable moments, however these are presenting.Judgement is never a part of the RADICAL process.

More Special Guests Coming Soon

Join Kelly Mahler for a deep dive into what Interoception looks like for individuals who are Neurodivergent.

Stay tuned for the announcement of more special guests!

Book Your Place

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: We have THREE payment options, the EARLY BIRD option only applies when choosing the ‘Book In Full’ option. There are TWO payment plan options. Please note: Should payment fail during the programme then your access will be restricted until full payment is made, please read our full Payment Plan T&C’s. If you change your mind, refunds are available if cancelling 21 days before the programme begins.

Simply click the relevant button below to book your place. After booking you will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom links to join the programme and next steps. Please add us to your email contacts so that you do not miss important information. We cannot be responsible if you miss the programme due to emails in spam/junk.

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PLEASE NOTE: This programme does not teach you how to get your child to complete tasks or “behave to certain societal standards”

The RADICAL Parenting Programme

Many neurodivergent families are living by the textbook and this puts them at a disadvantage of struggling to live using outdated and debunked methods of parenting.

This programme encourages learners to reflect on what could have been better during their own childhood, to begin reframing that into their own unique, instinctive parenting style, allowing autonomy, creating trust, which in turn will allow trusting bonds to flourish leading to the three most important aspects of development, growth and independence, Autonomy, Authenticity and Consent.

Guide One: The Lessons I Learned

This session comes with a content warning as it may be triggering for those Neurodivergent adults who have experienced childhood trauma, this programme is accredited at Intermediate level with Continuing Professional Development, for that purpose. We would recommend that those still experiencing trauma go through the activities suggested with a trained Trauma Informed Therapist.

Guide Two - Trust Your Gut

Guide Two: Trusting your instincts is a vital part of the process for RADICAL (UN)Parenting and we will discuss the many experiences of the facilitator and the learners where this has either proven to be true when listened to or when you wish you would have listened and acted on that gut feeling.

Briefly discussing methods of communication for the neurodivergent person and how important it is to study our young people intently so that we can begin to talk their language.  This session guides you back to your most confident, enabling those advocacy skills to flourish once more and encouraging you to always trust your gut.

Guide Three: I'm Giving Up

Making sure that consistency is key, as our young people will not learn to trust us if we do not show them we are trustworthy. So making sure that when we start this process, we are committed to making it as successful as we possibly can.

Gaining trust, and keeping it is extremely important, however we all make mistakes, we will get triggered at some point, it is how we manage those mistakes that count. We are so used to being judged for our parenting choices, that throughout this session you be inspired to take back control of who you are, and give you the confidence to shut out the negative and leave more room for the positive.

Radical Guide Four: F*ck That Sh*t

Tuning out all the negative interference from around you will be crucial to enhancing your progression through this change, and this is something that will be difficult for a lot of families particularly when people are not yet ready to accept the RADICAL approach. Ditching the negative impacts on your parenting so that you can be free to be you. No shame. No judgment, just unapologetically you!

Join us whilst together we chant:   

F*ck That Sh*t

Guide Five: RADICAL CONNECTION - Neuroparenting with Kristy Forbes & Jodie Isitt

Kristy and Jodie have worked together for a number of years and are completely aligned in their parenting, and in fact all round beliefs. Creating neuro-inclusive spaces, using neuro-affirmative approaches as standard. 

Week 2: Nurturing Advocacy Confidence

The aim of this session is to break down attendees’ advocacy skills, then rebuild them so that facts and controlled emotions are used successfully.

Laura and Jodie share their experiences of advocating for their children – both good and bad and demonstrate how to use assertiveness skills effectively and remove emotive language.

They also share their “Top Tips” before, during and after transitions to ensure that all objectives are achieved.  

Week 3: Reasonable Adjustments

The pathway of SEN / EHCP’s / Reasonable adjustments and so forth can be a scary and bewildering place. But knowledge is POWER and this session aims to provide members with this power. 

Attendees will be given clear information and knowledge so they will be able to navigate these pathways armed with confidence. This will include basic law and children’s rights including ideas about what reasonable adjustments vs unreasonable adjustments are. We give examples of our own reasonable adjustments, how to ensure these adjustments are put in place and ideas on how to approach the professionals in your children’s lives to ensure that their needs are met. 

Members will also be equipped with ideas for “reasonable adjustments” versus “unreasonable adjustments”. A guest expert speaker – Karen Stepanova – SEN Consultant is arranged for this week who will give her very own presentations on the basics of SEN Law.

Week 4: Mental Health

In this session we look at how Imposter Syndrome can cause people to doubt their abilities.

The toll of advocating for children with additional needs can be detrimental to a parent or carer’s health. Our aim is to build up confidence and restore the mental health of parents or carers so that they have the inner strength to fight as hard as they can for their children.

This week focuses on changing negative thoughts to positive ones and helps restore the mental health of attendees. Jodie and Laura provide ‘Top Tips’ to staying mentally well during tricky times.  

Week 5: No-one can help me

What can I do? By week 5 we hope that all attendees will feel more confident, less stressed and have the skills and facts that they need to successfully advocate for their children. But we know that sometimes this is not enough.

The system can be fraught with challenges, and no matter how skilled you are, it can feel like your journey keeps being taken off track. In this session, an expert speaker will join to give fantastic advice on where to turn next when you feel you have exhausted all avenues. Practical advice regarding matters such as benefits, grants and additional sources of advice is also given, leaving the attendees feeling well equipped in their journey ahead.  

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The Autism Nurture Programme

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Week 3: Worrier to Warrior

In this final session, we will help you and those you support to find ways to reframe negative thoughts so that it is possible to “think better and feel better.”  We will also cover practical strategies to help you manage your anxious self, keep calm and turn you from a worrier, to a warrior, ready to battle everything that life throws at you.

Week 1: Introduction to ASC

We will explore the many aspects of being autistic or having an autistic family member. Jodie will share her road to diagnosis for her three children and finally herself and her own diagnosis in 2020 at 35 years of age.  This first week will lay the foundations for the rest of the Five week programme. 

Week 2: Differences I May Experience

Focussing on the saying, “When you have met one autistic person you have met one autistic person” we will take a deeper dive into the way that autism effects everyone individually.  During this session we will look at sensory needs in more detail and provide some ideas to help keep autistic children more regulated.

Week 3: Advocating For My Autistic Child

Laura and Jodie feel that “small changes make a big difference” for autistic individuals – and during this session we will discuss helpful tips for parents and reasonable adjustments for schools and colleges. 

In this session you will also be able to ask us questions relevant to this topic and we will signpost you to other helpful organisations and sources of information related to Autism. 

Week 4: Sibling Support

There is no doubt that an autism diagnosis can affect the whole family.  In this fourth session we will explore the impact autism can have on families and siblings.

We will discuss lots of helpful approaches to help you support your whole family and explore the positive aspects of an autism diagnosis.  We will also discuss how to support siblings of autistic individuals using empathy and understanding whilst also covering the importance of looking after your own mental health as parents.

Week 5: The Autistic Experience

Chloe, Jodie and Laura will discuss the medical model of autism and some of the theories of autism which are now proven to be out-dated and detrimental to autistic individuals.

Chloe will talk using her personal insight as an autistic adult, will discuss effective ways to support the mental well-being of autistic individuals and answer questions from attendees.

Week 2: Nurturing Anxious Minds

Whilst it is true that many children suffer from anxiety at any one time, those who are neurodivergent (ie are autistic, with or without PDA; have ADHD, dyslexia, dyspraxia etc) are more likely to have anxiety to varying degrees as part of their experience.  In this session, the anxiety experienced by any child is approached with understanding and acceptance and is jam-packed with practical ways to support children in a positive and nurturing way.

Week 1: Understanding Your Anxious Self

In this first session, Laura and Jodie gently introduce what anxiety can look and feel like with a real and tangible understanding that all participants come from a variety of experiences. Together, we will look at the impact anxiety can have on how we behave and interact with different people as well as the internal struggles it can bring.  By offering an invitation to reflect on and recognise our own anxiety and the negative internal voices that drive it, they begin to consider ways to quieten those voices and fears both for ourselves and those we wish to support.