Parent Support Group

It is with great pleasure that Rebecca Welch, Family Worker from NEAS will be coming along to our next meeting to chat about Autism. Rebecca will discuss their services which include education for children aged 3-19, post 16 education and social/vocational training along with supported and open employment opportunities for adults.  They work directly with…

Date: Wednesday 10th July 2019, 7pm – 8.30pm Venue: Tree Tops Children’s Occupational Therapy, on Road, Aycliffe Business Park, Co Durham, DL5 6UL Essentially “Stamp It Out” is a partnership Project delivered across County Durham as part of the Time To Change social movement challenging mental health stigma and discrimination.  They are hoping to reduce…

For a change, we are having a get together during the day in Darlington at the Dolphin Centre Cafe, 10.00am. It’s in the centre of Darlington and on the bus route. This will give some parents/carers from the southern part of the County or Stockton/Middlesbrough along with those who cannot make our evening meetings the…

Thank you to all of our parents/carers who attended our oral health promotion team evening on Monday 4th February 2019. It was very informative. Elaine is going to email us the presentation as feels it would be beneficial to you all. This will be posted on the site when we receive it from her. We’ve…

Is tooth brushing a pain in your household? Why not come along to our sensory dental hygiene evening hosted by Elaine from Oral Health Promotion? She will be able to talk us through how to keep a sensory seeker’s teeth clean (plus any child really). Elaine has said she has lots of freebies to give…

Fab night! Totally relaxed and therapeutic evening and well on the way to making our sensory rugs. A big thank you to Sandra Clifford for giving up her time to show us how to produce this great sensory rug. Hope you all enjoyed the chat and creative activity but we insist when your rug is…

Thank you everyone for coming along to ROF59 today. We hope you had a lovely time. There was some fantastic climbing going on with lots of bouncing on the trampoline and even using the ropes, looking like mini tarzans! As usual, the children were well behaved and the weather on our side as it was lovely…

What a lovely afternoon’s golfing! We saw some Rory’s and Tiger’s not to mention Georgia’s! It really is good for Dyspraxic and Autistic children because you can go solo which is less competitive. Mrs Robson, your tee off into the square net was priceless! See you Saturday’s…..!! Julie, the golf pro at Blackwell Grange Golf…

Fab night tonight with the gang! Our children are fantastic and what a night they had. I could definitely see the difference in their balance and self-esteem – BRILLIANT! The staff at 4Motion were brilliant as usual but have asked me to point out the following: * Parents not to go on the court if…

There were some daredevil children who came to 4Motion this evening! Everyone had a lovely time and conquered some fears. The bikes and scooters were out in force with bodies flying every way we looked!! Thankfully, lots of coffee and tea were available for our parents who had a lovely time having a chat whilst the children whizzed around!!…