If you’re a parent or caregiver, we can help your child improve their quality of life and develop their independence in the following ways:
- Adapting the home and school/college environments to allow access to amenities more effectively and independently
- Taking care of themselves – to get dressed, clean their teeth, use a knife and fork
- Learning to play - encouraging them to use their imagination, turn taking, share toys, playing as a team member
- Accessing learning in nursery, schools and colleges-developing ideation to develop problem solving skills, motor planning and learning to cope successfully with school demands.
- Developing fine and motor control and co-ordinating upper and lower limb movements to support functional everyday activities such as sitting, dressing, writing, cycling and cooking.
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Making sense of the world both from inside and outside their bodies to functionally perform to their best.
Cygnet Parenting Support Programme
Parenting Cygnet Programme-Barnardos
This programme is designed for Parents and Carers of Children and Young People 7-18 with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The programme is designed to:
- increase parents understanding of Autistic Spectrum conditions
- help parents develop their knowledge on how a child on the Autistic Spectrum experiences the world and what drives their behaviour
- guide parents through practical strategies they can use with children
- direct parents to relevant resources
- give parents the opportunity to meet with other parents who have had similar experiences and to gain support and learn from each other
This is a core Cygnet programme which is delivered over six, two and a half – three hour sessions which sequentially work towards behaviour management and covers a number of topics:
- Autism & diagnosis
- Communication
- Sensory issues
- Understanding behaviour
- Managing behaviour
- Choice of topic decided by parents/carers