Alison Orphan's Page
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- Have you had any formal training for your role
- Postgrad in Therapeutic groupwork
National Parenting Qualification
- Hometown:
- Born In Liverpool, Live in East London
- What church denomination do you belong to
- Church of England
- What type of work with children are you involved in
- Director and Founder of Real Life Parenting (Charity).
Employs 30 staff and alot of volunteers
We work with 300+ families with disabled children and young people in Newham, East London
Activities for kids include after school clubs, playschemes and one to one work
My role throughout is training
I started by writing a book called 'Moving On' which contains a parenting course for parents with disabled children (Published by Routledge/ David Fulton)
My focus now is training
for staff but also wider as a free lance trainer locally and nationally
What I know most about is working with parents, groupwork and person centred planning which is brilliant for disabled kids
I'm a parent of 2 disabled children, my youngest has profound and complex needs
I've become significantly interested in engaging Christians locally and nationally in getting involved with families with disabled children
- Are you a volunteer or an employee
- Worker with Christian agency
- Are you part of a local network of childrens workers, if so give details
- Not at the moment but I want to be involved in one that focuses on disabled and SEN children and young people
- Which of the following interest groups might you be interested in
- Special Needs Child, Parenting and Family
- Do you train others - please give details
- That's what I do the courses I've developed are:
Moving On (Parenting Course-Parents of disabed and SEN children)
Moving On To... (Personal Deelopment and Disability Equality course for parents of disabled and SEN children)
Shaping The Future - Community Development course to enable parents and professionals to plan positively for the futures of disabled children and young people
Groupwork Skills - for parents and professionals
Disability Equality - for professionals
Person Centred Planning - for parents and professionals
Also train natioanlly for Dfes (Early Support) and East Kent PCT
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