Parent Support Resources
A few places for parents and carers to find extra support, information and connection outside the setting.
Coaching
- Autism Central (Anna Freud Centre) — free 1:1 coaching sessions for parents
- Parent to Parent Emotional Support Helpline (National Autistic Society) — free, confidential support from trained parent volunteers
Books
- Autism in Childhood: For Parents and Carers of the Newly Diagnosed — Luke Beardon
- Different Minds: How We Can Help Our Autistic School Children Thrive — Pete Wharmby
- Untypical: How the World Isn't Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About It — Pete Wharmby
- What I Want to Talk About — Pete Wharmby
- My child/teen has been identified as Autistic — Viv Dawes
- The Young Person's Guide to Autistic Burnout — Viv Dawes
- Raising the SEN-Betweeners — Lisa Lloyd
- The Family Experience of PDA: An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance — Eliza Fricker
- Can't Not Won't: A Story About A Child Who Couldn't Go To School — Eliza Fricker
Webinars
- Support for parents — Viv Dawes, The Autistic Advocate
- Pete Wharmby webinars — via Eventbrite
- Group learning and webinars — Autism Central
- Bromley Y webinars — Bromley's Mental Health and Wellbeing Service — free Eventbrite webinars for parents and carers
Websites
- petewharmby.com — Pete Wharmby
- autisticadvocate.co.uk — Viv Dawes
- missingthemark.co.uk — Eliza Fricker
- autism.org.uk — National Autistic Society
- ipsea.org.uk — free, independent legal advice on SEND and EHCPs