As a parent or carer you'll be supported to understand your child's needs and build confidence through play-based, relationship-focused approaches. Get support with challenges like these:

• Frequent meltdowns and big emotions at home
• School overwhelm and attendance difficulties
• Strategies that are not working
• Parental loss of confidence and feelings of failure
• Stress and exhaustion
• External pressures and worry about others' expectations
• Isolation and guilt about seeking support

NO MUSIC SKILLS NEEDED!

As a parent or carer you'll be empowered to use simple musical techniques to do alongside your child to support their emotional regulation. Music and rhythm can have a powerful positive impact on both emotions and the brain, and there are many ways to introduce music and rhythm to your day-to-day time together that don't involve being able to hold a note! Help your child feel safe in times of emotional struggle or withdrawal with music, rhythm, and regulation.

Individual Family Therapy

In person • Funded

We offer relational and play therapies for families who have no other means of access. With our individual family therapy, you can access expert therapeutic support to make sense of your child's needs and strengthen relationships. UK-based, available in the West Midlands. All of the support delivered by Beacon Family Services is inclusive and suitable for all families, including those with diagnosed and / or undiagnosed neurodiversity.

Connect 4 Kids: Group Theraplay®

In person • Funded

Some children need extra support with social and emotional development. Playing with parents and peers in these sessions can build children's confidence and resilience.

Connect 4 Young Teens (ages 11-13 approx)

In person • Funded

Is your child on the cusp of becoming a full-blown teenager and finding it tricky to manage changes in schooling and friendship groups? Are they finding it hard to take on board new social and educational expectations while working on their growing sense of self? That’s where Connect 4 Young Teens comes in!

This weekly in-person group programme for young people aged 11-13 in Sutton Coldfield is fun, safe, supportive, and led by qualified therapists who specialise in helping young people with their emotional development in a non-judgemental way.

Being a parent

• On being a 'good enough' parent
• Trying to manage your child's connection and comfort 24/7?
• Not a calm parent? Not everyone can be.

Supporting your child in education and school

• Back to school transition tips (shared from Adoption UK with permission)
• Managing after school overwhelm
• How to use Pupil Premium school support for care-experienced children

Parenting tips and help with strengthening relationships

• Managing sibling relationships
• How to get your kid to sleep
• Why feeling safe is important
• The benefits of outdoor play and den building
• Using the lumin&us® app when your child is struggling

Polyvagal theory and your child's needs and behaviours

• How to tell if your child is safe, struggling or drowning
• Understanding your child's behaviours
• Why do we misread faces? A guide to neuroception
• Why do children spin around and turn upside down?

Mental health and neurodivergence

• What to do while waiting for CAMHS as a parent
• Low demand parenting with neurodivergent children
• Emotional navigation and regulation