You might want to:

  • know and understand more about your child's condition, disability or additional need
  • know more about what you can expect from the services and the professionals you are working with
  • avoid having to tell your story over and over again
  • find out where you can go if your child still doesn't have a diagnosis or if they have a rare condition
  • simply read about the experiences other families have had.

This section of the website can help you with all of these...and more.

There are a range of information for parents booklets on specific conditions and disabilities, to help you understand more about the condition or disability and where you can go for additional reliable information, advice and support.

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Early Support has a range of information about the professionals you may meet, about how health, social services and education work, about some of the ways you can get financial help and about a range of other topics you might find useful.

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The Family file can help you to keep better records and to communicate more effectively with practitioners, providing them with the information about your child and your family that you know they need.

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These workshops were designed and written by parents for parents and carers and other family members.

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The developmental materials aim to help families record and celebrate their children's development and learning, through the early years, to share what they know about their child with other people and with practitioners.

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