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HELPP

a charity supporting parents & carers of challenging children

HELPP Help Education and Learning for Parents by Parents accepts no liability for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided in this web-site. We are not medical professionals and we are not giving any medical or professional advice or service through the publication or distribution of articles or comments on this web-site. Individuals with suspected or diagnosed disorders or syndromes, or any conditions discussed on this web-site should consult with a qualified professional for advice concerning diagnosis and treatment. HELPP is a Registered Charity, No: 1139691. HELPP is a Private Limited Company, No: 7434496. Copyright 2014 KieronDSmith all rights reserved. Revised: 29 October 2014

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Are you having problems managing your child's behaviour?
Do you feel that others do not understand your child?
Do you have a new diagnosis (or no diagnosis) for your child and don’t know what to do next?

If this is you - HELPP can make a difference

Who are we?

HELPP is a Sutton based registered charity for supporting parents and carers of children with special needs of all kinds.

We know that Parents of disabled children have to deal with practical and emotional challenges that are unimaginable to most families.

This is particularly true early on, when parents are still coming to terms with their child's needs or disability and are starting to grapple with a confusing range of professionals, services and benefits.

We welcome parents with children who have:

ADHD
Asperger's
Autistic Apectrum Disorders

or who have

problems making friends
with social disorders
with communication disorders
coping at school or "refusers"
making the the transition from junior to senior school

and parents worried about

drugs and alcohol
peer pressure
behaviour
and many other issues including those relevant for foster carers

Feedback

If you have looked at this website or used HELPP’s services we welcome your feedback - either by email to us or by contributing to our survey.

To take the survey, please click this link Survey

Workshops

Workshops are our educational focus.

They involve speakers who are experts in the field of living with and supporting children who present behaviour and/or mental difficulties. The focus is on solutions that work.

Our last Workshop was held on 16 October and we haven't planned our next one yet.

Our Workshop page will show information about each workshop as soon as the detail is available.

If we have your email address, you will be notified as soon as the Workshop is set up

Please note that some of our Workshop speakers have given us slides/handouts for you to see. Please go to our Workshop page to view them.

Our next Workshop will be arranged soon

Please go to our Next Workshop page or to our Booking page for more information

HELPP Coffee Mornings

HELPP Coffee Mornings are informal supportive meetings of parents/carers run by members of the HELPP Team in an atmosphere where nobody is judged.

The purpose is to discuss concerns, off-load, exchange views and ideas and provide opportunity for carers/parents to support each other and network.

Testimonial: “ Things I say here, I haven’t even told my husband”

It’s all about looking for effective parenting strategies, using not only the HELPP Team’s experiences, but yours as well.

You may be surprised that in the midst of turmoil you may something to offer to others.

NEWS: we plan to hold HELPP Coffee Mornings on the following 4 dates:

7 October

4 November -

We are pleased to have Fintan O’Regan attend this meeting. He is one of the leading behaviour and learning specialists in the UK, particularly with ADD & ADHD.

He is currently an SEN and Behaviour Consultant for the Schools Network and an associate lecturer for Leicester University, the National Association of Special Needs, Tribal Education and the Institute of Education.

2 December

13 January -

At this event we will have Fernando Teixido-Infante, a member of the Sutton ASD Team. He will talk about the ASD service, who they are and what they do, and autism.

The HELPP Coffee Mornings will be held at Strawberry Lodge - 10:30 - 12:00 noon, but the 4 November meeting may finish at 12:30

Contact us

Please feel free to contact us if you want to find out more about HELPP or if you would like to talk to someone

before you come to a meeting or event
Or you want to get involved with the work of HELPP

Peter Witt

Email:pete@helpp.me.uk

Tel:020 8288 1039

Alison Witt

Email:alison@helpp.me.uk

Tel:020 8288 1039

HELPP website manager:

Kieron Smith

Email:kieron@helpp.me.uk

In order to access the HELPP Facebook pages, you will need to log into your Facebook account and search for Helpp For Parents In Sutton

Greetings cards

You can support HELPP's funding by buying cards, with the HELPP logo on the back, at CALLADOODLES shop (18 the High Street Carshalton).

Proceeds from cards purchased will go to support HELPP.

HELPP - home page

What do we do?

HELPP aims, in a solution based approach, to provide emotional and practical advice which will help parents and carers to increase their capabilities and enable them to understand and work with their children’s behaviour.

We provide opportunities for parents and carers to work together, in a safe, non-judgemental environment, to gain insight into child behaviours and identify strategies to help parents & carers.

When working together with you at Coffee Mornings or Workshops, we search for possible ways of caring for and looking after a child or young person whose own view of life is different to that which society perceives as normal.

Please note:

We are not medical professionals and will not give any medical or professional advice but we are parents who have made the commitment to help each other and provide support, advice or ideas to those who need support NOW

How do we do this?

The services we offer are -

Coffee Mornings
Workshops
This web site

This web site

This website has

Tips for parents or schools in handling the children with those conditions

Useful links to Sutton support groups and other national organisations - Useful links

A glossary of terms and abbreviations

Reading - books available from HELPP

Reading - link to a website - Cerebra - showing books for suggested reading covering a wide range of topics.

For problems, comments or questions regarding this web site contact: kieron@helpp.me.uk

If you want to support HELPP ……….

HELPP is a charity that depends on donations for its funds and volunteers to run the charity. Please contact us if you are interested in volunteering.

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Our venue for Workshops and Coffee Mornings

All our events will be held at

Strawberry Lodge Conference Centre

Strawberry Lane

Carshalton

Surrey

SM5 2NQ

Although parking for 14 cars is provided, with further space on adjacent roads, we do encourage the use of more environmentally friendly methods of transport.

Strawberry Lodge - location

We need your HELP!

Would you like to help our charity that supports parents of children with challenging behaviours such as autism, ADHD and ASD?

HELPP is looking for volunteers who can spare a few hours a week to expand the services available from this small local voluntary organisation. We need people who can help with publicity, design, promotion, administration and research. The only skills you need is an interest in finding out more about the area, access to computer and a few spare hours!

Examples of volunteer roles:

1-Publicity and promotion - help update and redesign leaflets, produce fliers, draft articles for local newsletters and email out notices.

2-Social media - find interesting items on you tube or the Internet to add to our Facebook page to keep it up to date and approve posts.

3-Library manager - look after our lending library, hold the books, records of lenders and follow up return requests (any costs will be covered eg post/telephone calls)

4-Researcher - keep track of new initiatives, research, or changes in legislation and policy that might affect parents locally or nationally and bring it to the attention of our steering group.

If you are interested in finding out more about these unpaid volunteer roles just email miriam@helpp.me.uk explaining why you are interested and what areas you would like to contribute to.