St Andrew's C of E Primary School
Parent Support
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My Health Devon is a neurodiversity resource website to support parents, carers, children and young people and those working with children and young people with neurodiversity in Devon, Torbay and Plymouth. Co-produced by the NHS with clinical colleagues, parent/carers and young people, it is designed as a "one stop shop" for key information about neurodiversity and includes a range of resources, videos and information about what's available in your local area and nationally for children, young people and families. Click link to visit website at:
https://myhealth-devon.nhs.uk/children-and-young-people/neurodiversity
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Thursday 3 April 2025, 10:00-11:00am (Online)
In this webinar, Anne-Marie Harrison, Education Director from Ideas Afresh, will explore top tips and strategies for supporting your child as they experience overwhelm and dysregulated episodes of emotion. She'll share valuable advice on identifying and managing meltdowns, practical strategies to support your child’s anxiety while building confidence and reducing panic, and tips on creating a calming self-help environment to promote emotional well-being.
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Wednesday 19 March 2025, 10:00-11:00am, (Online) In this webinar, Anne-Marie Harrison, Education Director from Ideas Afresh, will explore positive approaches to encourage self-motivated hygiene habits, practical ways to explain and manage body changes, and supportive strategies to help your neurodiverse young person feel confident and empowered. For more details and to sign up, visit:
https://www.witherslackgroup.co.uk/resources/neurodiversity-puberty-and-hygiene/
Please follow this link for some wonderful FREE courses for parents in the Plymouth area. All courses have been pre-paid and offer fantastic advice and support on a range of subjects from nurturing babies to parenting teenagers, as well as looking after our own emotional health as adults.
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Information about advice, help and support services in Plymouth
This page contains information on services and organisations that can offer parents and families support
Here is a short list of the links and information that can be found if you scroll down this page:
Plymouth Online Directory
Supporting Good Mental Health
Local Family Hubs - including latest events and information
Citizen's Advice
Family Matters
CAMHS
Place2Be: Parenting advice
Family Lives helpline
NSPCC (including navigating puberty for older children, including those with special educational needs)
Plymouth Information and Advice and Support for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (PIAS)
Plymouth Domestic Abuse Service
Routeways, including In Other Words
Shelter housing charity
Christians Against Poverty
Plymouth Energy Community
Jeremiah's Journey
Primary Times
Links to documents including Money Worries, Plymouth Together
Plymouth Online Directory
Plymouth Online Directory is the main place to find information about what services exist across Plymouth for everyone - including children and their families. It has lots of information, support and advice, including Special Educational Needs (SEND/SEN), social care, support with employment and money, and health services.
Click HERE to visit the Plymouth Online Directory
Supporting Good Mental Health
Family Hubs
The local Family Hubs have a huge number of services, activities, workshops and support on offer.
General Information
For more information about Family Hub support and about the services across Plymouth to support families and children, visit this link: Plymouth Family Hub Information They also have a Facebook page.
Closest Family Hub centres
There are Family Hubs across the city, the nearest Family Hub base to St. Andrew's School is the Green Ark Family Hub (1 Fore Street, Devonport, PL1 4DW). There is also a Children's Centre on Manor Street, just off Union Street too, which is an emerging part of the Family Hubs service.
For specific information about the nearest Hubs to us at St. Andrew's, visit the Action for Children site at Action for Children Green Ark and Manor Street Information (the site is under development, but has links to the Facebook page and the contact details for the Hub).
December 2024 Information
Citizen's Advice Plymouth
Free information and guidance regarding benefits/tax credits, consumer, employment, housing, legal, money/debt, relationships, tax and water gateway.
Citizen's Advice Plymouth Website
CAMHS - Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Lots of resources from the local Mental Health team aimed at children and young people. Have a look if you would like more information about support for any mental health issues.
Livewell Crisis Information
Place2Be: Parenting Smart
Parenting advice from our child mental health experts. Practical tips to support children's well-being and behaviour. Browse the articles for answers to some common parenting questions.
Family Lives
Family Lives offers a confidential and free* helpline (and online chat) service for families in England and Wales for emotional support, information, advice and guidance on any aspect of parenting and family life.
NSPCC
If you're worried about a child or need advice and support during these challenging times, we're still here to help. There is also a puberty guide for children, including children with additional needs on this page.
Plymouth Information and Advisory Service for Special Educational Needs (PIAS)
Tired of tantrums? Struggling with teens? Internationally recognised parenting programmes delivered by PIAS, giving you the tools and confidence to deal with challenging behaviour.
Routeways
Routeways provides valuable support to enable individuals, families, and communities to overcome barriers caused by disadvantage.
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Shelter
Free, expert advice on issues such as homelessness, rent arrears and what to do if your rented home is in need of repair.
Christians Against Poverty
Services, which are all run through local churches, provide practical and emotional support to people experiencing poverty, debt, unemployment and addiction.
Christians Against Poverty Website
Plymouth Energy Community
Our Energy Team offer a free to all advice service to support people with energy issues in Plymouth.
Plymouth Energy Community Website
Jeremiah's Journey
Our bereavement support charity aims to ensure that children, young people and their parents/carers in Plymouth and the immediate surrounding area have support at a sad and difficult time.
Primary Times
Primary School Magazine with information of 'What's On,' competitions and news in the local area for children and families
