Early Help Family Support
Who for?
For parents, carers, who are supporting children/young people with distressed or unsafe behaviour and have been referred through Devon Children and Families Partnership, Early Help.
Aspirations
Improve Health and Wellbeing To help parents, carers take a moment to press pause. Help them describe, validate and reflect on their experiences supporting distressed, unsafe behaviour. To help them move away from ‘Crisis Mindset’. This can be characterised as…
• Feeling frantic and/or desperate
• Operating in a day-to-day survival mode
• Feeling like you must try everything
• Only able to focus on the short-term
Additional Outcomes
The parents and family will be asked to focus on one of the following outcomes to work towards
• Being Safe: Parents will be guided on how to de-escalate and support ‘meltdowns’.
• Increased Confidence & Self Esteem: Parents will learn how to create conditions that help them feel more connected with their child.
• Education: Parents will develop further understanding in their child’s diagnosis or traits.
Parents will be signposted towards modern emotional regulation supports for neurodivergent learners. • Communication & Interaction: Parents will discover optimal communication supports for their child