Families across East Dunbartonshire are being invited to attend an event in Kirkintilloch, offering information, advice, support and sign-posting to local services.
The two-day event is being organised by the Council’s Whole Family Wellbeing Team, the Local Area Coordination Team and the Neurodevelopmental Team from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Specialist Children’s Services.
It aims to provide parents and carers with ideas on how to understand and support their children’s neurodevelopmental differences and strengths, including children who are Autistic, have ADHD, or are on the waiting list for Neurodevelopmental assessment.
This understanding enables others to make adaptations and reduce demands for Neurodivergent children and young people. Support can be provided at home, in education and in the community, regardless of diagnosis.
Many local third sector parties such as Carers Link, New Roots, Women’s Aid and East Dunbartonshire Voluntary Action will have stalls at the event and there will be activities for children to enjoy while parents/carers chat with stallholders and other professionals. For children who would benefit from it, there will also be and accessible sensory calm space.
Councillor Lynda Williamson, Convener of the Council’s Education Committee, said, “This event was hugely popular last year and we are delighted to be building on that success.
We are bringing together a number of specialist groups with lots of local knowledge to let families know that they are not alone and that there is support available to them should they need it.
The Meet the Team event details are:
Dates: Friday 20 March from 1.30-4pm & Saturday 21 March from 10.30am-2.30pm.
Venue: Hillhead Community Centre,169 Meiklehill Road, Kirkintilloch, G66 2JT.
Libby Cairns, Chair of the East Dunbartonshire Integration Joint Board which oversees the work of the HSCP said, “Partnership working between the Council, the NHS and the third sector, is crucial to improving knowledge and understanding of neurodevelopmental differences, and how we can all work together to support children and families. I hope this event is well attended by local families and they find it useful.”
You can find out more about the work of the Whole Family Wellbeing Team on the Whole Family Wellbeing Team page.
