A Salford mum-of-two has praised Salford’s ‘SpeakUp Holiday Countdown tips’ for Special Education Needs campaign, calling them ‘very valuable’.
Lauren Thompsone has spoken out on the campaign, which shares online tips for parents with early years, school age and complex needs children.
The organisation’s complex needs team has also created two printable communication boards top help parents to continue communicating with their children during the holiday season and throughout winter as a whole.
Lauren Thompsone, a mother to two children with special educational needs said: “For those people that may be waiting for speech and language involvement, are just struggling on their own, they are very very valuable.”
She also gave her own tips for parents who may be struggling, suggesting that parents seek support from others in a similar position to themselves.
“I didn’t have a lot of support for a long time, I didn’t give up and now we’re in a much better place.” She said.
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Their first tip, released on Monday, focused on joining in in playing with your children with a lack of background distractions (such as having the TV on) as this helps to develop their communicational skills.
Tuesday’s was similar, urging parents to turn off any background noise before interacting with their children as it allows them to hear and concentrate better.
The third day provided a tip for parents of those struggling with complex needs, suggesting that if your child suffers with understanding routines it may help to show them an object of reference that may help them understand.
The fourth tip centered around early years parents, urging them to reduce the amount of questions asked and instead make comments and label things to help their children understand those things better.
Lauren found it much more difficult to receive support for her daughter than her son, as girls with special educational needs often ‘mask’ their symptoms.
“Trying to access the support for her [her daughter] has been near enough impossible…getting the support for girls in particular is much more difficult.” She said.
A new support group currently called ‘parents/carers M6’ has been started in the Emmanuel Centre on Langworthy Road twice a month on Mondays, with their next session taking place on the 19th of December.
Lauren said: “I just wanted to get it out there because I feel like it could be really valuable.”
SpeakUp Salford’s tips can be found via this link.
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