Starting Primary School: For parents who have learning disabilities

The film we produced for People First and the Scottish Consortium for Learning Disabilities being launched at an event on 5th September. The event is called : SUPPORTED PARENTING – what works well for families?

This event will prove useful to: Anyone who support children or families where parents have a learning disability; Policy makers in the area of children and families, education, and learning disability and Parents with learning disabilities.

As well as the film launch the event will feature key speakers, including Beth Tarleton, Senior Research Fellow, Nora Fry Institute, Bristol University and  Donald Urquhart, Chair, Child Protection Chairs’ Committee. There will be further speakers from the Scottish Government’s National Parenting Strategy Team and the GIRFEC Team.

If you want to know more or are interested in attending you should contact: Jane Lewis, National Development Worker, People First (Scotland), 77-79 Easter Road, Edinburgh, EH7 5PW, Tel: 0131 478 7707

This film would be of interest to people and organisations involved in the Early Years Collaborative. Mediaco-op have been making a series of films about EYC for the NHS and Scottish Government. You can see some of those on our special vimeo channel.