CN:Understanding and supporting your child when they are hurting themselves

This programme of free virtual workshops for parents and carers from families in Suffolk will explore nurturing the unique strengths of neurodivergent children and young people, and provide advice on how to support them with the challenges they face. Any parent or carer is welcome to join regardless of whether their child has a diagnosis. The workshops are live on Zoom and are 90 minutes long. Recordings of the workshops and resource packs will be sent after the live event to everyone who has registered.

Childhood neurodivergence: Understanding and Supporting your child or young person when they are hurting themselves

Is your child doing things to hurt themselves? This is a workshop to help you understand why your child may be hurting themself and consider ways you can support them. This workshop will be delivered by the Psychology in Schools Team (NSFT) and is part of the Neurodevelopmental Workshop Series.

This workshop will provide an introduction to the topic. We understand that some participants may already have prior knowledge in this area, which may overlap with the content covered. We appreciate your patience as we aim to make our workshops accessible to parents and carers with a range of experience and understanding.

Please note that parent/carer workshops are designed to offer general guidance and support for understanding self-harm. They are not intended to replace urgent mental health support. For urgent mental health support, Call 111 and select the mental health option to speak to the 24-hour urgent mental health helpline. If someone has attempted suicide, call 999 and stay with them until help arrives. In life threatening emergencies, if anyone is at serious risk of harm, call 999

This session will take place via Zoom, you will be sent a joining link in your confirmation email which is the simplest way to join the session. Zoom can also be accessed by clicking the "View the Event" button on the reminder email and log into your Eventbrite account to access the event. More detailed instructions will be sent with your confirmation email, or can be accessed via the Online Events Page by following the instructions above.

Please note that attendees are not able to access their cameras and microphones throughout the workshop. Our main interaction tool throughout the workshop will be SLIDO where you can share written responses to questions. Slido is anonymous, but other users will be able to see what you have written. When answering questions please do not include personal or sensitive information such as names or anything that can identify you or your child. By using Slido, you are consenting to your anonymised responses being used in possible service evaluation, research projects, publications and/or promotional material. Our workshops are recorded and uploaded to YouTube, please be aware than anything shared on Slido may be included in a publicly accessible recording.