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Grab A Cuppa Events and Online Workshops

We are running some Grab a Cuppa sessions and online workshops for families over the next few months, these sessions are an opportunity to hear from experts in the field on a variety of topics as well as the chance to ask questions and share your experience with other parents.

Grab a Cuppa and Zoom in with us and Isla Ross to talk about starting school 

Monday 13th May, 7-8 pm

Isla Ross, Specialist Teacher for for the Additional Support for Learning Service with City of Edinburgh Council, helps support staff in mainstream schools who have pupils with additional support needs in their class. Isla is also a Signalong Tutor as well as a teacher in the Forest School for Care Experienced Young People.

At this session Isla will chat about what to expect going into primary school and provide some practical ideas to parents/carers to help make that transition to Primary 1 a positive experience for the whole family.  

Register here

 

Grab a Cuppa and Zoom in with us and Emer O’Leary from CHIL Housing 

Wednesday 22nd May, 7-8pm

Join in the discussion with Emer O’Leary, CHIL Consultant and share your views about Cohousing Provision for people with Down’s syndrome. CHIL (CoHousing for Independent Living) is a SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation) which grew out of conversations between young adults with Down’s syndrome together with their parents and allies, around the need for person-centred homes which support independence and build community.

Register here 

 

Online Workshops 

We are running online workshops for families and carers on a variety of topics…

  • Let’s Talk about Supporting Your Child’s Early Years Development and Learning – 16th May – 7pm -8.30pm
  • Let’s Talk about Supporting Your Child’s Early Years Development and Learning – 28th August – 7pm – 8.30pm
  • Let’s Talk about Helping Your Child Learn to Read using the Whole Word Approach – 25th September – 7pm – 8.30pm
  • Let’s Talk about Helping Your Child Learn Numbers – 30th October – 7pm – 8.30pm
  • Let’s Talk about Understanding and Supporting Behaviour that Communicates – 27th November – 7pm – 8.30pm

You can book these workshops here.