Understanding Diagnosis – For You and Your Child

Are you a parent carer or professional in North Somerset? Join us to learn more about understanding diagnosis within the family.

What you’ll gain from this session:
A diagnosis can bring relief, grief, clarity, confusion; often all at once.

In this reflective and informative session, we’ll cover:

• What a diagnosis actually means (and what it doesn’t)
• Late-diagnosed parents and identity shifts
• Supporting your child’s understanding of their diagnosis
• Navigating school, family and professional conversations
• Managing mixed emotions and internalised stigma
• Moving from labels to self-understanding

Whether you’re pre-diagnosis, newly diagnosed, or years into the journey, this session creates space for meaning-making and empowerment.

This is a free training event for parent carers of children with additional needs and/or disabilities within North Somerset. This event is also open to professionals who work with children/young people with additional needs and/or disabilities in North Somerset. Priority on place allocation will be given based on the criteria above.