Welcome to the Families in Focus family

Families in Focus is a Hertfordshire-based community interest company, which provides training information and therapeutic and emotional support to parents.

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Parent courses

Our parenting courses and workshops are available for ALL parents of children aged two to 11 years and include a range of topics to help support and inform parents, such as sleep solutions, managing anger in your family, and the complete guide to parenting.

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SEND support

We offer support for parents living with children with special educational needs and disabilities, autism, ADHD and all neuro-diverse conditions, inclusive of those awaiting assessment or diagnosis. Sign up to courses, workshops, and Parent Network SEND support and information groups.

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"I wanted to send you a personal message to thank you
for the course you just ran on parenting children with SEND.
I have found it immeasurably helpful and feel so grateful and
lucky to have been able to attend it. You are both so
knowledgeable and supportive."

"I wanted to send you a personal message to thank you

for the course you just ran on parenting children with SEND.

I have found it immeasurably helpful and feel so grateful and

lucky to have been able to attend it. You are both so

knowledgeable and supportive."
"I just wanted to say a personal thank you to both of you for the 6 week course. As a teacher I am reminded
that we can always improve, and I am lucky to go on a lot of training at work. Your course complimented
and exceeded the training I have had. I often use the analogy of a toolbox of approaches, and you have helped
replenish mine with new strategies and skills for both home life with three neuro diverse children and at school
with an ever changing multitude of challenges.

"I really enjoyed the way you work together to bring the course. It presented as professional, slick, well paced,
inclusive and knowledgeable. The recaps were good at reminding us of skills learnt, and giving us confidence
to learn new topics. Both your knowledge and experiences bought solace, confidence and real life to the
examples you gave, and the scenarios that we then worked through each week to help embed were relevant
and realistic to me as a parent.

"Thank you for helping us see a light at the end of the tunnel."
"I just wanted to say a huge thank you for this morning's session.
Doing this course is making so much difference to how
I feel and is giving me hope that I can find new ways
to help my child(ren)."

Parent attendee on Handling Anger course
"I wanted to say a heartfelt thank you for your advice & help over the past few weeks.
The course has been a huge help. I've gone from feeling overwhelmed and very worried
(which is why I signed up) to feeling like I can understand it, manage it and really improve things.

"Every week I can’t wait until the next week to learn more or hear people’s experiences that
sometimes are so similar to mine."
Parent attendee on Handling Anger in your child with autism/ADHD
"It’s great FiF have lots of support post course support available with Parent Network

so we can keep in touch with the facilitators (FiF) and ‘check in’ with them for tips and

strategy reminders.

"I recognised that although putting the sleep solutions strategies was not the right time

for me or my family. I now feel I have the confidence and have identified what I need to do.

"I have received great reassurances from the facilitators that I can do this my way and at

the right time for my family."

Feedback on the Sleep Solutions course