Explore every episode of the podcast The helpful podcast for families with disabled children
| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helping your disabled child make the move to secondary school | 14 mars 2025 | 00:51:41 | |
We're relaunching our podcast with something a little different to what we’ve done before. In this rebooted series of our podcast, we’ll be featuring more interviews and guest contributions, and on the whole exploring the issues we know families care about in a little more depth. Our first episode is all about helping your disabled child make the move to secondary school. We speak to Caroline Klage, brain injury solicitor and parent to three neurodiverse children, who shares her strategies and top tips for preparing for the move. We also hear from Bridie from our helpline team, who explains what national offer day is in England and Wales and what options you have when you've been offered a school place. Download a transcript of this podcast: https://contact.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Transcript-helping-your-disabled-child-move-onto-secondary-school.pdf Host: Harriet Squirrel Producers: Michele Cefai, RJ Dale, Tom Bobbin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| A conversation with Ramou from Peterborough Family Voice | 16 févr. 2024 | 00:26:53 | |
Contact Associate Laura talks to Ramou from Peterborough Family Voice parent carer forum about reaching the work they do reaching out to different communities in the area. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Tube feeding with Fledglings | 20 févr. 2023 | 00:23:34 | |
Our Fledglings shop sells clothing, products and equipment to help children and adults with all kinds of disability, condition or area of difficulty. And our new tube feeding range of clothes is no different. In this episode, Contact's Head of Commerce Lisa talks to our Wales Information and Networking Coordinator, Mandy, about products to help your child. You can also watch this conversation on our YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/j72GXr8KLwY Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| What is Contact's Listening Ear service? | 02 juil. 2021 | 00:06:17 | |
Listening Ear is our 1-1 telephone appointment service, where you can talk with one of our family support advisers for a listening ear, reassurance and practical and emotional support. But what topics can you talk about and how long for? How did the service come about, and what do parents think of it? And most importantly, how can you book an appointment? In this episode, we speak to Noreen, an adviser on the Listening Ear line, who tells us all of this and more. You can find out more about Listening Ear on our website at www.contact.org.uk/listeningear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| The Disabled Children's Partnership lockdown survey and Contact's new services | 12 août 2020 | 00:06:29 | |
In May, over 4,000 of you shared your experience of lockdown, in response to the Disabled Children's Partnership survey. In this podcast, we talk to Contact's Campaign Manager Una Summerson about what we learnt from the survey and how the results are driving our campaign work. Una also tells us about some new services Contact is running to help families through the pandemic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Close the Loophole: An interview with Una Summerson about our school transport campaign | 19 févr. 2020 | 00:06:23 | |
School transport is an integral part of a child's education. If a child can't get to school or has a stressful experience getting to school, they are not able to learn and take part in the school day like other children. That's why we're campaigning to Close the Loophole in school transport law for over 16s. In this podcast, we talk to Contact's Head of Campaigns Una Summerson about what the loophole means, how we're trying to change it, and how you can get involved. Find our more at contact.org.uk/close-the-loophole Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dealing with Bullying: If the school have informed me my child is bullying | 08 nov. 2019 | 00:03:48 | |
In this podcast we discuss practical tips and advice on what to do if you are informed your child has been exhibiting bullying behaviour. For further advice, visit our website www.contact.org.uk/bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dealing with Bullying : Helping schools recognise the cause of bullying incidents | 08 nov. 2019 | 00:04:41 | |
In this podcast we discuss practical tips on how to help schools recognise and understand the root causes of bullying incidents if they aren't already being addressed. For further advice, visit our website www.contact.org.uk/bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dealing with Bullying: Moving forward and resolving bullying if things aren't working | 08 nov. 2019 | 00:04:40 | |
We discuss practical tips on what you can do if steps have been taken by the school, but the bullying is continuing. For further advice, visit our website www.contact.org.uk/bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dealing with Bullying: Tips on how parents & schools can keep in touch with eachother | 07 nov. 2019 | 00:04:23 | |
In this podcast we give practical tips on how schools and families can keep in touch to see if the actions taken by the school and support for their child is working. For further advice, visit our website www.contact.org.uk/bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dealing with Bullying: Positive things schools can do to help children being bullied | 07 nov. 2019 | 00:04:58 | |
In this podcast, we discuss positive actions and strategies that schools can put into place to help children who are being bullied and some that parents can also use at home. For further advice, visit our website www.contact.org.uk/bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dealing with Bullying: Supporting your child and how the school can help | 07 nov. 2019 | 00:03:50 | |
In this podcast we discuss practical tips and advice on supporting your child whilst bullying issues are being resolved. For further advice, visit our website www.contact.org.uk/bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dealing with Bullying: Meeting with the school | 07 nov. 2019 | 00:05:41 | |
In this podcast we discuss useful tips and advice on meeting with the school to discuss bullying issues to get the best outcomes for your child. For further advice, visit our website www.contact.org.uk/bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dealing with Bullying : Raising your concerns with the school | 07 nov. 2019 | 00:05:21 | |
In this podcast we look at practical advice on how to approach the school if you have concerns that your child is being bullied. For further advice, visit our website www.contact.org.uk/bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| Dealing with bullying: Spotting the signs | 07 nov. 2019 | 00:04:30 | |
In this podcast we discuss how to spot the signs of bullying. If you have concerns that your child is being bullied, you visit our website at www.contact.org.uk/bullying Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||