We are joined by Tina Coope - Education Lead for Pans and Pandas UK, the organisation behind sharing information around these conditions.

PANS PANDAS UK, the only UK charity supporting children, young people and their families affected by these conditions, provides trusted health information, school focused guidance including CPD accredited teacher training and an individual healthcare plan template to support education settings recognise symptoms and plan appropriate support.

Practitioners can also access both dedicated education materials and health information, including a free online CPD‑accredited MIMS training module relevant for all health professionals.

https://panspandasuk.org/what-are-pans-and-pandas/

In this episode we talk with Sara Lewis, Founder of Inclusion at Heart - a Bristol based personalised tutoring and SEND support service.

Sara has an in-depth career supporting children and young people for numerous years in mainstream primary schools and a qualified SENCo, who has over 13 years experience working in SEND, covering Early Years through to Key Stage 4., with expertise stretching to alternative provision. She has also spent 3 years working in Dubai in an international British school.

Passionate about inclusion, she has personal experience of what inclusive and accessible education should be.

Sara's mission is simple, to support families like her own, and to put inclusion at the heart of education, empowering students to reach their full potential.

https://inclusionatheart.wixsite.com/inclusion-at-heart

So what is a parent carer? - Extended full length version.

What does that even mean?

We look at first hand experiences of 4 parent carer guests who talk about relationships, friendships, what life is like once you find out your child has additional needs and the art of letting go of the expectations that you had when your child was born or as they grow up.

A perfect episode for those who have just discovered that their child has additional needs, or for someone who has met a parent that has a child with additional needs and want to understand what it can be like, or for someone who has been a parent with a child with additional needs and are lost, or feel alone.