Parent Support Group

Yes, we’ve been there AGAIN! We filled 4Motion tonight and had a really brilliant time.  Thank you Nigel and staff for looking after us. The children were all over the scooter park and were very brave trying new ramps, going up and down each individual area. As usual everyone was well behaved and top of…

Thank you all who came to our trampoline and climbing wall afternoon. Do you realise we had approximately 70 children there!! Hope you all had fun, are tired out and sleep sound! (That’s just the parents….)!! Despite sensory issues, we feel the children did very well and all managed to do lots of bouncing and…

Thank you Tesco Newton Aycliffe for looking after Emma, Hayley, Eve and Dawn this morning. We spoke to some lovely families and were given donations too! Lots of leaflets were distributed and we were demonstrating some of the sensory techniques shown by the OT’s at our parent/sibling workshops. We also explained how we put in…

Venue: Tree Tops Children’s Occupational Therapy, Eldon Road, Aycliffe Business Park, DL5 6UL Time:   7.00pm Why not come along to our sensory dental hygiene evening hosted by Elaine from Oral Health Promotion? She will be able to talk us through how to keep a sensory seeker’s teeth clean (plus any child really). Elaine has…

Sibling workshop – 5th January 2018 Our parent support group gained funding from Tesco Groundwork UK scheme and asked us to put into action a workshop for the siblings of their SPD brothers and sisters.  As you can see we split them into two groups: 6-9 year olds and 10+ year olds. It was such…

National Children & Young People’s Mental Health Awards We are delighted to inform you that our Sensory Processing Disorder Parent Support Group North East England was highly commended by the NC&YPMH Awards on Saturday 6 January 2018 in the Outreach to Vulnerable Groups Award. Well done! The event was organised by Positive Practice in Mental…

More good news for Tree Tops Children’s Occupational Therapy. We are very proud to announce that our parent support group, Sensory Processing Disorder Parent Support Group North East England have been shortlisted for the Out Reach to Vulnerable Groups award which will take place in Manchester on Saturday 6th January 2018. There are also another…

Xmas party at 4Motion – will try to get a selection box or something similar for each child attending. If your child cannot eat chocolate and you are going, can you let us know what else they could eat. Oral dental hygiene nurse to help with sensory issues – coming along Monday 5th February, 7.00pm.…

Why not come along to our meeting tonight and have a chat with like-minded parents? Tonight will be just a catch up and discussing 2018 and how we can help our children.  Refreshments will be served.   Venue: Tree Tops Children’s Occupational Therapy, Eldon Road, Aycliffe Business Park, Co Durham, DL5 6UL

The next venture of the parent support group is vitally important. Read on… We have approached AVIVA to try and gain funding so we can organise a conference in the North East to raise awareness of SPD for health professionals, teachers, parents, you name it. We need as many votes as we can get to…