Parents and Carers
Navigating complex educational and diagnostic systems can feel incredibly isolating, particularly when facing layered institutional barriers that don't acknowledge intersectionality. I designed the reflective focus sessions and masterclasses below as a safe, validating space to equip you with robust knowledge to advocate for, and protect your family’s well-being, and co-create an empowering and embracing approach built entirely around your child/ young person’s intersectional lived experience and daily realities.
Intersectional Identities in SEND
🕒 Duration: 1 Day Intensive
What You Will Take Away:
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Explore overlapping identities
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Unpack diverse lived experiences
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Improve educational outcomes
Beyond the Diagnosis:
Parental Empowerment
🕒 Duration: 90- Minute Focus Session
What You Will Take Away:
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Navigate life post-diagnosis
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Build long-term resilience
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Master practical advocacy
"Enjoyed thinking about identity in a different way"
SEND Parent
" ... will embrace my daughter’s diagnosis and be proud it’s not a shameful secret"
SEND Parent
Reframing Autism
🕒 Duration: 1 Day Intensive
What You Will Take Away:
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Reframe neurodivergent differences
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Adapt learning environments
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Celebrate neuroaffirming growth
Workshop: Our Autistic Lives
🕒 Duration: 2-Hour Focus Session
What You Will Take Away:
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Integrate research and human realities
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Unpack intersectional family life
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Nurture neuroaffirming reflection
"A parent and professional who truly gets it"
"Donna-Marie made me cry- in a good way, I felt seen, valued - she is just what parents need to inspire us"
SEND Parent
SEND Parent