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Drop-ins & Live Sessions

ND & SEND Information & Advice Sessions: monthly sessions at One Stockport Family Hubs​​

ND Team’s Parent Support Group: a different topic each session, ask questions and connect, email the team to find out about upcoming sessions

Recorded Webinars​

Anxiety​: recognise signs of anxiety and apply practical strategies to support your child at home​

Sleep​: explore sleep challenges faced by neurodivergent children and gain strategies to improve routines ​

Understanding sensory processing​: introduces the seven sensory systems and provides practical strategies​

Distressed Behaviour​: understand the causes and triggers of distressed behaviour and gain practical strategies​

Sensory for parents/carers​: explores the eight sensory systems, and provides practical strategies​

Understanding Demand Avoidance (PDA): understand your child’s underlying need and build trust through personalised approaches

Resources

ND Early Help Offer Padlet​: outlining our local and Greater Manchester support offer​

Children & Young People’s ND Padlet​ & Post-16 ND Padlet​: a wide range of information about services, events, training and much more​

16+ ND Guide: outlining support available for young people aged 16 and over​

Stockport’s SEND Local Offer: information and guidance on available support​

Stockport’s SEND Directory:​ a searchable directory that lists local services, organisations, and support available​

Family Hubs app​​: personalised advice and support from pregnancy through to young adulthood

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The toolkit is a guide for schools/ settings/ practitioners on how to support children with sensory differences, in order to remove or reduce the impact of this on their learning.

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Changes to ADHD and Autism assessments in Greater Manchester

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Greater Manchester Integrated Care Partnership

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From 1st September 2025, the way ADHD and autism (ASD) assessments are managed in Greater Manchester has changed.

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April edition of the Stockport SEND and inclusion newsletter

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Our online events calendar lists SEND inclusive and SEND specific activities, support sessions and family-friendly events. Such as the inclusive sensory Story Circle at Stockroom on 18th April - a welcoming and safe space for disabled people and their loved ones.

Stockroom event

Do you run SEND inclusive events?

If you're a group or organisation in Stockport, you can list your own events completely for free! Click on the 'Add your event' box and choose the SEND category then provide details about your event.

Find more events

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SEND information sessions and events, SEND transport update

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Our online events calendar lists SEND inclusive and SEND specific activities, support sessions and family-friendly events. Such as the inclusive sensory Story Circle at Stockroom on 18th April - a welcoming and safe space for disabled people and their loved ones. Stockroom event Do you run SEND inclusive events?

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Kat and Helen from our Neurodevelopmental Team ran this webinar to support parents and carers with understanding their children’s distressed behaviour, potential triggers and tips on how to support your child.

Links mentioned in the webinar:

Solihull Approach

Empowering Parents, Empowering Communities course

National Autistic Society video (can you make it to the end)

Dr. Dan Siegel's Hand Model of the Brain video

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Parent/ Carer Distressed Behaviour Webinar

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This webinar is being ran by Joanne Sebouai who is an Occupational Therapist and will focus on:

What sensory processing is and how it affects behaviour and learning

The 8 sensory systems: from sight and sound to interoception

How to recognise sensory preferences and challenges

Practical strategies to support sensory regulation at home and in school

How to create sensory-friendly environments

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This training has been developed by the Stockport NHS Occupational Therapy team. It aims to provide parents or carers and professionals with the knowledge and strategies to help them support the development of their child or young person’s sensory processing. The training provides an introduction to our 7 sensory systems and will discuss how our sensory systems develop and how important they are in our early years and childhood. In addition, you will be provided with ideas and strategies to try yourselves in order to help you support your child or young person’s sensory processing needs.

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The resources on this webpage have been developed by our occupational therapy team to support you to have a greater understanding of the child's sensory processing needs. They will provide you with a reference tool for beginning to implement sensory strategies and make changes to the environment to support the child's participation in everyday activities.

The 'action plan' resource is designed to guide you in your understanding of the child's sensory processing needs. It encourages you to reflect on your learning from the sensory processing training video to consider which sensory system may be causing difficulties, and how it impacts the child's daily life.

By taking the time to complete the action plan and consider the child's sensory processing needs in more detail, you will have a much better understanding of the most appropriate strategies to try with them, and crucially, how to know whether or not the strategies are working!

Remember, that 'Sensory' isn't generally a stand-alone difficulty; it forms part of a bigger picture. When a child shows distress within a particular task or activity, this is generally the tip of the iceberg. We encourage you to spend time observing and reflecting on the child's difficulties as well as paying attention to their environment, the demands placed on them, their motor skills to complete tasks, their mood on the day, how much sleep they've had, as well as their communication abilities.

The action plan is designed to be used with both the early years setting or school and home and we strongly advise you to work together to complete this document. Working together will ensure you are working towards the same shared goals and outcomes for the child, with a sound basic knowledge of the current difficulties that are impacting the child/young person's independence or engagement in tasks at this time.

The resource pack for the early years setting/school and home have been designed to support your knowledge in relation to some of the common challenges experienced by children who have differences in their sensory processing. The pack should be used alongside the online training video to help deepen your knowledge and act as a reference point.

The advice for the home and early years setting/school resource packs vary slightly in order to suit the setting and environment; however, the outline of the difficulties remains the same.

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The resources on this webpage have been developed by our occupational therapy team to support you to have a greater understanding of the child's sensory processing needs. They will provide you with a reference tool for beginning to implement sensory strategies and make changes to the environment to support the child's participation in everyday activities.

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Joe Booker, a Sleep Practitioner at Seashell Trust ran a webinar dedicated to understanding sleep for autistic and neurodivergent children and young adults.

The session, explores the unique challenges and barriers that can affect sleep for neurodivergent people, including sensory sensitivities, routines, and environmental factors, and discusses some general strategies to improve sleep.

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This session was delivered by Stockport Neurodevelopmental Team.

It is designed for parents/carers and family members of neurodivergent children, whether they have a formal diagnosis, are awaiting assessment or have suspected neurodevelopmental differences.

The session, considers the signs of anxiety and explores strategies that you can implement at home.

This training is suitable for parents and carers of school-aged children.

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Parent Carer Anxiety Webinar   Recording

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Free safe and anonymous professional online mental health support available 24/7 for people aged 16+.

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A free confidential and secure series of programmes to help ease stress, sleep better or build resilience for people aged 16+.

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Free safe and anonymous professional online mental health support for young people aged 10-25.

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Find out about Stockport's first all-age Autism Strategy

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Autism and Suicide Awareness Training -co-produced with people from the autistic community, our aims to:

Share information about autism and suicide risk

Share real experiences

Coach you through spotting the signs and supporting an autistic person with four different scenarios (you can choose which ones you want to complete)

Share resources for further support

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FREE online autism and suicide awareness training to equip and empower conversations about suicide with an autistic person at risk.

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The NPTOOL aims to help you explore how you experience the world,  including how you feel, think, sense things, and communicate. At the end, you get a simple one-page summary with information based on your responses,  and ideas that aim to help you feel more comfortable and supported. You can download it, keep it for yourself, or share it with someone you trust.

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NPTOOL – Get to know how you learn, think and feel

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Everyone’s life is shaped by many things, including their relationships, experiences, and the way the world treats them.

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Autism Central: Group Learning, 1-1 Coaching & resources

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Autism Central: Group Learning, 1-1 Coaching & resources

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Join an online event for families of autistic people to learn, reflect and work together, sharing knowledge and skills, including virtual meet-ups, education family guide sessions and reflective sessions. Please create an account to access the full offer.

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Group learning for families of autistic people | Autism Central

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Join a free online support group for parents and families of autistic children, young people and adults. Learn, reflect, support and work together, sharing knowledge and skills, including virtual meet-ups, education family guide sessions and reflective sessions. All events are free NHS England commissioned sessions delivered by Anna Freud and are peer-led and co-produced, grounded in lived experience and research.

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The programme aims to support families and carers with the knowledge, skills and support they need to use appropriate strategies, helping to prevent crisis escalation and reduce unnecessary hospital admissions for autistic people of all ages.

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Parent who had attended a family guide session

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Autism Central offers free peer education, coaching and resources for families and support networks of autistic people across England.

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Videos and animations for families and support networks of autistic people. We bring together autistic people, parents, carers and professionals to talk about different aspects of autism.

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Understanding and Supporting Sensory Processing for Families and Carers

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Understanding and Supporting Sensory Processing for Families and Carers

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In this workshop we will explore the sensory systems, discuss how they impact on function & discuss strategies to support your young person.

Join us for this in-person workshop for parents, carers and families lead by qualified Occupational Therapists specialising in sensory processing.

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Understanding and Supporting Sensory Processing for Families and Carers

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In this workshop we will explore the sensory systems, discuss how they impact on function & discuss strategies to support your young person.

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SPACE monthly face to face meet ups at The Dog and Partridge - next session 14th April

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SPACE monthly face to face meet ups at The Dog and Partridge - next session 14th April

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Monthly meet ups held at The Dog and Partridge Pub in Great Moor, Stockport. They are informal and parent led. The committee responsible for the group are all parents of children with ADHD. From time to time, we bring in expert speakers to share useful information with the group and help signpost agencies and services that can be useful for families with children who have ADHD.

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Monthly Meeting Dates for 2025 - S.P.A.C.E. ADHD Group

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Monthly ADHD support group meet ups. S.P.A.C.E. Stockport support families of children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).

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The Multi-Agency Safeguarding and Support Hub (MASSH) is the single point of contact for the public and professionals to report concerns, request advice and share information about a child and/or family

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The Multi-Agency Safeguarding and Support Hub (MASSH) is the single point of contact for the public and professionals to report concerns, request advice and share information about a child and or family.

Members of the public

If a child is at immediate risk of harm call the police on 999.

If you're a member of the public who has a concern about a child's welfare, call 0161 217 6028. Select option 1.

If you're a parent or carer seeking support for your child, call 0161 217 6028. Select option 2.

Professionals

If you're a professional you should decide on the level of need below. Levels of need are used to determine the kind of support a child or family requires.

Before you make a referral, you should have the consent of the family unless this will put the child at risk of harm.

Level 1 - Universal services

children who make good overall progress through appropriate universal services

there are no additional unmet needs or there's a single need identified that can be met by universal services

Level 2 - Additional needs

children whose needs require additional support from targeted, as well as universal, services due to evidence their family may be struggling

the needs of child may be unmet or unclear

an Early Help Assessment is required to assess need and plan support

the child is in need of emotional wellbeing, mental health or SEND support

Level 3 - Increasing concerns

children with an increasing level of unmet need

needs are deemed to be complex

an assessment is required to determine the need and plan for support. This can be coordinated by a lead professional from a range of services including children's social care

Level 4 - Safeguarding concerns

children who have experienced significant harm and are in need of protection (Section 47) and includes children where there are significant welfare concerns (section 17)

a single assessment coordinated by a social worker is required to determine the level of support or intervention

When you've determined the right level of need contact us by using the form below.

Emergency contacts

If the child is at immediate risk of harm call the Police on 999.

All professional referrals should be completed through the online forms below. However if it's your professional judgement that the MASSH require this information immediately as the child has suffered significant harm or is at risk of immediate harm you should call 0161 217 6028, select option 1. For out of hours emergencies call us on 0161 718 2118. After your discussion with the MASSH or Out of Hours service you may be advised to return to this page to complete the online form.

You can use this form to:

tell us about a concern about a child's welfare

request support for your child or make a referral to Emotional Wellbeing Hub or SEND Hub

request or share information about a child

request advice about making a referral or advice about a child you are working with

Contact the MASSH
The best way to contact us is through the online form so we can gather all the information we need, however you can also contact us on 0161 217 6028.

select option 1 to tell us about a concern about a child's welfare

select option 2 to request support for your child, make a referral to Emotional Wellbeing Hub or SEND Hub, request advice about making a referral or request advice about a child you are working with

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The Multi-Agency Safeguarding and Support Hub (MASSH) is the single point of contact for the public and professionals to report concerns, request advice and share information about a child and or family. If a child is at immediate risk of harm call the police on 999.

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We have created this document to outline the support available for local autistic/ neurodivergent individuals who are 16 years old and above.

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Spectrum Gaming is a charity supporting Autistic children and young people. Their online community gives young people a safe space to connect with others and make friends through shared interests, especially gaming. They also do a lot of advocacy work, offer consultancy and training for professionals and parents, and run some face-to-face activities in the Greater Manchester area.

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Spectrum Gaming is an online community for autistic young people. The aims of Spectrum Gaming are to enable autistic young people to develop meaningful friendships; to help them understand and develop a positive perspective of their differences; and to advocate for the needs of autistic young people

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At Respect for All we offer humanistic client-led counselling, and educational and peer support groups for:

autistic people

learning disabled people

families and carers

We work with people throughout the whole of Greater Manchester.

What makes us unique is that all our counsellors and facilitators are either neurodiverse themselves or have significant lived experience with our client group. We can offer services in English and British Sign Language.

Our team of specialists deliver various models of therapy tailored to meet the needs of the client.

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Home | Respect for All CIO Registered Charity Number 1188851

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We help children and teenagers, aged four to 18, who are experiencing low level emotional and behavioural difficulties, such as worry or low mood.

Our aim is to help you reach your full potential, by offering the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

We offer various types of therapy, such as cognitive behavioural informed therapy (which helps to positively change thoughts and behaviour) and counselling.

For parents, we can help you understand your child’s difficulties.

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Stockport young people's mental health support team

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We offer specialist services to children and young people (up to 18 years old) who are experiencing moderate to severe mental health and emotional wellbeing difficulties. We also provide support to families.

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Stockport CAMHS :: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Stockport CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health service), formerly Healthy Young Minds.

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If you are an autistic adult or a family member of an autistic child, you can find valuable information about what is available in your area as well as across Greater Manchester here.

GM Autism is a group of practitioners from LDA CAMHS a Manchester Foundation Trust who have been commissioned by the ICB to help with Autism and ADHD strategic service development, training and website development.

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GMAC - Everything you need about autism and more.

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GMAC - Everything you need about autism and more.

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Everything you need about autism and more.

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Stockport Family, in partnership with the Solihull Approach, offers free access to inourplace evidence-based online courses expertly designed by NHS professionals.

Sign up to better understand your child’s feelings and behaviour and raise them to be emotionally aware, sociable and confident.

How to sign up:

Residents can access these courses for free by entering the Stockport Access Code: redrock at inourplace.co.uk.

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inourplace | Solihull Approach – Online courses for emotional health and wellbeing.

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Free wellbeing online courses in Stockport – inourplace

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Discover free online courses, brought to you by the Solihull Approach, to support the emotional wellbeing of parents, carers, grandparents and teenagers.

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Our Adult Link Worker supports neurodivergent adults and young people from age 16. The service includes:

Facilitating Stockport Local appointments

Hosting Neurodevelopmental drop-in sessions

Signposting to local support and services

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Our Neurodevelopmental Team host bi-monthly Parent Support Groups. These sessions are a mixture of online and in-person and focus on different topics at each session. During each session the staff deliver a presentation and allow time for parents and carers to ask questions and socialise with each other.

Fancy dropping in to an upcoming sessions? Email the Neurodevelopmental Team for upcoming dates and topics.

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PACTS is Stockport’s official local parent carer forum run by parents for parents, carers, grandparents and family members who have a child / young person between the ages of 0 & 25 years with special educational needs & disabilities including any additional need.

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PACT Stockport | Helping Children & Young Adults with SEN

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"Our mission is to bring about positive change for families of children and young people with any additional needs or disabilities. We achieve this by empowering parent carers in effective participation to shape services and provide information and support."

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Autisk is an organisation offering social groups, workshops, advice, and signposting for families who have children with additional needs.

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Autisk is a constituted support community group offering social groups, workshops, advice and signposting to families who have children with additional needs.

No diagnosis is needed to join our groups as we are very aware that it is hard on the pathway to diagnosis.

We have a fully functional sensory room that can be accessed for free via our social groups.

We welcome families from all areas of Stockport and surrounding areas.

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Supporting people with Autism, Anxiety and other disabilities / learning difficulties. We provide family access to information and activities for children and young people.

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The local offer provides information about support in Stockport for children and young people with special educational needs or disabilities, their families and carers.

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Join Stockport SEND Local Offer Facebook page for regular updates about SEND and Neurodiversity events in Stockport

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Training, Support and activities for adults and family/ carers in Stockport

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Training, Support and activities for children and young people and their parents and carers living in Stockport

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This directory provides details of statutory services, local and national organisations and community groups in Stockport who support children and young people with SEND.

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Access our council all age autism pages outlining the support for school-aged autistic children and young people.

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Positive and Confident Children Course

An 8-week online course for parents and carers on Thursdays during term time 9:30-10:30am

This course will cover:

Quality time and play

Anxiety

Praise and rewarding bravery

Emotion coaching

Worry

Setting limits

Well-being

Book places via your school SENCO

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One Stockport Family Hubs has partnered with Greater Manchester Family Hubs and Essential Parent to offer a free app for parents, parents-to-be and carers.

The app includes more than 2,000 expert-written videos and articles to support you from pregnancy through to your child’s teenage years.

How the app works

You can personalise the app by adding your due date or your child’s date of birth. This helps you receive tailored information for your stage of pregnancy or your child’s age. You’ll also get updates from your local Family Hub team.

The app includes details of local groups and services in Stockport, and the content is available in 75 languages.

Download the Greater Manchester Family Hub app from the App store (iOS) or Google play store (Android) and choose Stockport to get started.

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Riding the Rapids is a free course, delivered by Stockport Neurodevelopmental Team. It is designed for parents and carers of neurodivergent young people who have either a formal diagnosis of Autism or ADHD, are on the pathway for an assessment.

The course aims to help parents understand and support their child’s well-being, and reduce stress, distress-related behaviours, and other behaviours of concern.

Riding the Rapids Parent/Carer course We recognise that some parents joining us will have their own neurodevelopmental needs and we provide the opportunity for you to let us know about any accessibility needs you have prior to the session.

To be eligible to request a place on this course parents/carers must:

Live in Stockport

Have a child of school age (Reception to Year 11) who you live with or have very frequent contact with and is experiencing distress-related behaviour or other behaviours of concern

Be able to commit to a 10-week course

To request a place on this course please email the Neurodevelopmental Team with name of your child, their date of birth and the name of their school.

Following a request for a place on our Riding the Rapids Course, Stockport Neurodevelopment Team will contact you and ask you to complete a pre course assessment online. If appropriate you will be placed on the mailing list.

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Exploring Neurodiversity is a one-off session delivered by Stockport Neurodevelopmental Team. It is designed for parents/carers and family members of neurodivergent children, whether they have a formal diagnosis, are awaiting assessment or have suspected neurodevelopmental differences.

During the session, we will introduce the term neurodiversity and talk about what it means; we will cover a range of neurodevelopmental conditions including autism, ADHD and dyslexia; and we will identify some general strategies of support that can be used at home. The session includes time for questions.

The session uses a mix of presentation and discussion, and we welcome parent input. We recognise that some parents joining us will have their own neurodevelopmental needs and we provide the opportunity for you to let us know about any accessibility needs you have prior to the session.

To be eligible to book onto this session, parents/ carers must:

Live in Stockport

Have a child who attends a Stockport school

Have a child who is school age (4-16)

Email the Neurodevelopmental Team to request a place. Please include the the name of your child, their date of birth and the name of the school that they attend in the email.

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Want to receive regular emails from the Neurodevelopmental Team about updates and events?

Join our mailing list!

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Are you a parent or carer of a neurodivergent or SEND child or young person looking for information or advice?

Come along to one of our Information and Advice sessions at our One Stockport Family Hubs! You can drop in to have a chat with colleagues from our multi-disciplinary team which includes representatives from Educational Psychology, Primary Jigsaw, Secondary Jigsaw, Neurodevelopmental Team and Children’s Therapy Services.

No formal diagnosis required!

If you would like further information about the sessions, or require any reasonable adjustments please email the Neurodevelopmental Team.

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The Neurodevelopmental Team takes a lead role in developing a needs-led approach to support your children and young people with neurodevelopmental differences, including those diagnosed as autistic and/ or ADHD.

The Neurodevelopmental Team’s offer includes:

• Exploring Neurodiversity course for parent/carers (no diagnosis required)

• Exploring Autism course for parent/carers (if your child has received a formal diagnosis)

• Neurodiversity Assemblies for schools (the team can support with delivery or provide resources)

• Neurodiversity in Education Project (12 schools so far, with learning shared with all schools)

• Riding the Rapids course for parents/ carers to support with implementing strategies to respond to distressed behaviour (No diagnosis needed)

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Discover how to look below the surface of 'demand avoidance' and understand your child's unique needs more confidently, develop personalised methods for building trust, with real-world examples, and acquire tools to manage situations effectively and foster a positive relationship with your child.