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Being a parent is hard, and it’s even harder when your child doesn’t conform to what everyone else expects. Perhaps their behaviour is very different to others their age, or perhaps they really struggle to learn the things that other children are learning. You are always on high alert, waiting for things to go wrong. It’s easy to feel that as their parent, you aren’t getting it right.

It’s one of the ironies of parenting that we tend to judge a parent by their child’s behaviour. It means that those parents who have the easiest-to-manage children tend to think of themselves as the most competent parents, whilst those who are doing the hardest job tend to think of themselves as inadequate. It means that a lot of the parenting advice out there can miss the mark, because it’s clear that those giving it just don’t know how tough things can be.

Our parenting courses and webinars are down-to-earth, realistic but also hopeful. We acknowledge how hard things can be, and what a difficult and unappreciated job you are doing – and hopefully give you some ideas to find a new way forward.

Courses for Parents

EOTAS: What to Expect

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RECORDED COURSE 58 mins £20 (half price)

EOTAS is a provision for students whose needs cannot be met within a traditional school setting, and is a bespoke, individualised education. In this course, Dr Abigail Fisher, educational psychologist, will help you understand the process, benefits, potential costs and unexpected challenges of EOTAS.  

Helping Your Autistic Child With OCD

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 16 mins £20 (half price)

Dr Naomi Fisher will explain OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder) and how it can interact with autism. She'll describe how parents and children can fall into OCD traps, and what to do to get out. She'll give you some ideas to help your child, even if they themselves don't think that there's a problem.

Helping Your Autistic Child With Transitions

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 23 mins £20 (half price)

Life is full of transitions - and many autistic children find them really difficult - which means that their parents find them hard too. Life can feel like walking on eggshells. Dr. Naomi Fisher will help you gain a new understanding of why transitions are so hard, what makes it worse - and how to help.  

Navigating the SEN Tribunal process

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 23 mins £20 (half price)

Are you a parent navigating the complexities of the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Tribunal process? Parents say it ranks as one of their most stressful life events. This course is designed specifically to guide parents through the challenging journey. Whether you're new to the process or seeking to deepen your understanding, this mini-course by Dr Abigail Fisher (Educational Psychologist) will equip you with the knowledge and confidence you need to advocate effectively for your child's educational needs.

Dr Abigail Fisher  SEN, School5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

Helping Your Child with Learning Disabilities with Anxiety

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 29 mins £20 (half price)

Many children with learning disabilities are anxious - but those around them might not recognise this as anxiety. They're unlikely to say 'I'm worried' but instead will show us their feelings through their behaviour. Behaviour which can be hard to manage. How can parents recognise anxiety in their children, and what do you do then? In this course, Naomi explains how anxiety works and why it can be a problem for children with learning disabiltiies. She'll give you practical ideas to reduce anxiety and help your children thrive. It is suitable for parents of children with learning disabilities or global developmental delay.

Taking Control of Your EHCP Annual Review

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RECORDED COURSE 60 mins £20 (half price)

Dr Abigail Fisher, Educational Psychologist, will help you navigate your child’s EHCP Annual Review with confidence. You’ve got the EHCP in place, but it’s only the start of the process.   She describes what should happen and when, what the legal process is and what your rights are. She will share ideas about how to make the process as useful as possible, to help ensure your child is well supported and their needs are met.

Dr Abigail Fisher  EHCPs, School5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

Demand Avoidance 101

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 15 mins £20 (half price)

Does your child's behaviour confuse you? Does most of the parenting advice you are given make things worse? Do you feel like you are walking on eggshells? In this course, Dr Naomi Fisher will explain the psychology of demand avoidance. What is it, how does it affect the nervous system - and importantly, what can parents do? You'll end with a clearer idea of what is going wrong and some ideas as to how to help.

Understanding and Helping your Demand Avoidant Adolescent

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 17 mins £20 (half price)

What happens when demand avoidance meets adolescence? In this mini-course, Naomi will explain what’s going on in your adolescent’s brain, and how that interacts with demand avoidance. She’ll help you understand what is going on for your child, and give you some practical ideas as to how to help your young person (and yourself) get through these important years. This course is suitable for teenagers with and without a diagnosis.

Neurodiversity 101

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 19 mins £20 (half price)

Are you wondering if your child is neurodivergent - but aren't sure what that actually means and what you should do about it? This course is the place to start.  Understand what neurodiversity means, how it relates to other ways of understanding difference and get some ideas as to how to talk to your children about neurodiversity and help them to thrive.

Helping Your Autistic Child With Anxiety

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 7 mins £20 (half price)

Many autistic children are anxious. Dr Naomi Fisher, clinical psychologist, will help you understand some of the reasons and will show you some ways you might be able to support your child. You will leave with a better understanding of what might be going on, and some ideas as to how you as the parent can help. 

Helping Your Autistic Teen with Anxiety

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 22 mins £20 (half price)

Why are so many autistic teenagers anxious - and what can parents do to help? Gain understanding, insight and practical tips in this mini-course by Dr Naomi Fisher. 

Helping Your Autistic Child with Trauma

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 33 mins £20 (half price)

Living with your autistic child is like walking on eggshells. They sleep badly, they cling to you and they have extreme reactions to seemingly small events. They are very scared of particular things, and you aren't really sure why.   Naomi will explain how trauma affects the brain - and why understanding trauma in autism requires us to look beyond major traumatic events to understand the person's individual experience.

Helping Your Autistic Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Screens

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 16 mins £20 (half price)

Why do autistic children love screens so much – and what should parents be doing about it? In this mini-course, Naomi will dive into the psychology of behaviour around screens. She’ll explain why many autistic children have a special relationship with screens, and how parents can help their children develop a healthy and sustainable relationship with technology.

Helping Your Child with Anxiety (under 8s)

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £20 (half price)

In this practical and engaging course, Dr Naomi Fisher, clinical psychologist, will help you understand the developmental changes of early childhood. She'll show you how anxiety works, and how parents can make a difference. You'll understand your child better, and therefore be better able to help.  

Helping Your Child with Anxiety (ages 6-13)

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 17 mins £20 (half price)

In this course, Dr Naomi Fisher will explain the developmental changes going on between the ages of 6 and 13. She'll explain how anxiety works, how children can get stuck, and what parents can do to help. This course is suitable for all children who experience anxiety, whether they have a diagnosis or not.

Dr Naomi Fisher  Anxiety5-11 yrsParents

Helping Your Child with Severe Anxiety

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 5 mins £20 (half price)

Some children and young people seem to withdraw from life. Their anxiety becomes so severe that anything which might have helped seemed to make things worse. They may find it hard to come out of the bedrooms or to leave the house. Parents are left not knowing what to do next. In this mini-course, Naomi will help you to think about severe anxiety through the lens of the nervous system. She’ll give you some practical ideas to help your child even if they don’t want to talk about how they are feeling. 

Burnt Out by School?

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 40 mins £20 (half price)

Things have gone wrong at school for your teenager, and now it’s like they have nothing left.  They have lost their sense of what made life worth living.  You don’t know how to help, and sometimes it seems like whatever you do makes things worse. Naomi will explain how burnout happens and what the process of recovery looks like.

After School: Helping Your Autistic Child Move On from School Trauma

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RECORDED COURSE 2 hours 8 mins £20 (half price)

In this mini course Naomi will talk about school trauma, how it occurs, what makes it worse and how parents can help. You'll leave with a new understanding of what has gone on for your child, why they are still affected by the past, and some ideas of what to do. This course will combine psychological theory with practical strategies and ideas.

Helping Autistic Children With School

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 29 mins £20 (half price)

Is your autistic child having problems at school? Naomi offers ways to think about the issues, and tools and strategies which will help you make changes for your child.  

Dr Naomi Fisher  Autism, School5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

My Child Is Not Fine At School

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 46 mins £20 (half price)

Your child isn’t happy at school. They are protesting in the mornings, or having meltdowns in the afternoons. They tell you that they don’t want to go, and you feel torn between them and the school. School are telling you that the answer is to keep pushing, as you don’t want to reinforce avoidance or behaviour. It’s starting to dominate everything about your family life, and it doesn’t seem to be getting any better.

Do we need an EHCP? If we do, what do we do now?

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RECORDED COURSE 57 mins £20 (half price)

This course by Dr Abigail Fisher helps parents struggling with anxiety and misinformation about the EHCP process. It enables parents to make sense of this process and understand more about what you can do to influence it. It covers 4 main areas:   (1) Why do you need an EHCP? (2) What's the process (3) Essential tips on getting a useful plan (4) Look at some reports and tips on drafting a plan

Dr Abigail Fisher  EHCPs, School5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

We don't have an EHCP - what can we expect from school?

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 7 mins £20 (half price)

In this mini-course, Dr Abigail Fisher, educational psychologist, delves into effective strategies for working hand-in-hand with school to support your child's unique needs. This course will give you insight into what's possible and help foster a positive and collaborative relationship with your child's school.

Dr Abigail Fisher  EHCPs, School5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

Finding Your Way Through the EHCP Jungle

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 26 mins £15 (half price)

In this webinar recording, Dr Abigail Fisher (Ed. Psych. and qualitifed teacher) and Eliza Fricker (illustrator, author and parent who has been there) discuss the EHCP process from the parents’ perspective. It’s illustrated throughout with Eliza’s brilliant cartoons.

Dr Abigail Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  EHCPs, School5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

Thriving After School Breakdown: An Illustrated Talk

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 36 mins £15 (half price)

Eliza and Naomi talk about the process which parents go through when school stops. How can parents move forward in a positive way and plan an alternative future for themselves and their children? 

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  School5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

Helping Your Autistic Child with Starting School

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RECORDED COURSE £20 (half price)

Dr Abigail Fisher, Educational Psychologist, talks from her experience both as an early years psychologist and as a Reception teacher. She shares ideas for how you can help and explains how school can support them.

Dr Abigail Fisher  Autism, School5-11 yrsParents

All 10 in The Art Of Low Demand Parenting series

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RECORDED COURSE 22 hours 30 mins (approx) £90 (half price)

This bundle gives you all 10 webinar recordings from Activate Your Parenting through to What About Me? They are updated when new low demand parenting webinars are hosted. Recordings are available to watch for 12 months after purchase.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting, School, Screens5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

First 5 in The Art Of Low Demand Parenting series

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RECORDED COURSE 7 hours 30 mins £50 (half price)

The bundle contains the following 5 webinar recordings: 1. Activate Your Parenting 2. Communication 3. Behaviour 4. Emotions 5. The Real World They are updated when new low demand parenting webinars are hosted. Recordings are available to watch for 12 months after purchase.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

6-10 in The Art Of Low Demand Parenting series

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RECORDED COURSE 7 hours 30 mins £50 (half price)

This bundle gives you the second 5 webinar recordings in the Low Demand Parenting series. It contains: 6. Other People 7. Screens 8. School 9. The Future 10. What About Me? They are updated when new low demand parenting webinars are hosted. Recordings are available to watch for 12 months after purchase.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting, School, Screens5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art of Low Demand Parenting: Activate Your Parenting

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

Updated with a new version in 2024, Dr Naomi Fisher and Eliza Fricker will show you how low demand parenting is anything but 'doing nothing' and help you see your way through to creating a happy family life. It will be reassuring, positive and free of blame or shame.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art Of Low Demand Parenting: Communication

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

Updated for 2024! It's hard to be a parent when your child doesn't respond to mainstream techniques. We'll show you a different way in this new and updated webinar recording.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art of Low Demand Parenting: Behaviour

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

Updated for 2024! Some children just don't respond to conventional approaches to behaviour. What do you do when the naughty step makes things worse?

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art of Low Demand Parenting: Emotions

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

Updated for 2024! Some children are highly sensitive to emotions and pressure, and parenting them takes a whole new skillset. Dr Naomi Fisher and Eliza Fricker explain why many mainstream parenting approaches can make things worse and how to parent to help your child learn to manage their emotions.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting, Mental Health5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art of Low Demand Parenting: The Real World

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

Updated for 2024! What do you do when mainstream parenting makes things worse - but you still need to live in the real world?

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art of Low Demand Parenting: Other People

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

Dr Naomi Fisher and Eliza Fricker take on tutting in the supermarket, disapproval in the playground, and grandparents who can't see why you don't insist on Saying Please. And they'll discuss what happens when parents disagree about the right approach, or when professionals get involved.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art of Low Demand Parenting: Screens

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

Updated for 2024! How do you manage screen time, when your child doesn't play by the parenting rules?

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting, Screens5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art of Low Demand Parenting: School

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

How can you be low demand parents, whilst your child goes to school? What can you do to take the pressure off and give them the space to thrive? That's what we'll be discussing in this new webinar.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting, School5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art of Low Demand Parenting: What About the Future?

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

Some children are pressure-sensitive. They react to traditional parenting methods in unexpected ways. The more their parents try to set firm boundaries or implement reward systems, the worse things get.  

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

The Art of Low Demand Parenting: What About Me?

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RECORDED COURSE 1 hour 30 mins £15 (half price)

How can you make space for yourself, whilst also doing the best you can for your children? How can you make sure your own needs matter, when your child's needs are so high that they can't be put aside? Is it even possible for life to feel more sustainable?

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting, Mental Health5-11 yrs, 11-19 yrsParents

Books for Parents

When the Naughty Step Makes Things Worse Parenting for Children (and Adults) Who Need Something Different

When the Naughty Step Makes Things Worse
BOOK Paperback, E-Book, Audiobook Published on October 3, 2024

A down-to-earth illustrated guide for parents of children who just haven't read the parenting books.

Some children just haven't read the parenting books. The harder you try, the worse it gets. There's a hidden contract at the heart of parenting. It's the idea that if parents just get it right, their children can be made to do what they want. Manuals explain how to make it very clear to your children what you want them to do - and how to respond when they don't cooperate.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Low Demand Parenting, ScreensParents

A Different Way to Learn Neurodiversity and Self-Directed Education

A Different Way to Learn
BOOK Paperback, E-Book Published on June 21, 2023

If you are a parent worrying whether self-directed education will work for your child, because you have been told that they have special needs which can only be met in the school system - think again. Neurodivergent children experience and interact with the world differently to many of their peers. Standard educational systems often fail to adapt to their unique strengths and ways of learning. School, and even the act of learning, can become a source of great anxiety and trauma. Self-directed education offers an alternative to traditional schools that can help neurodivergent children develop at their own pace and thrive.

Dr Naomi Fisher,  Eliza Fricker  Neurodiversity, Demand Avoidance, SchoolParents, Professionals

Changing Our Minds How children can take control of their own learning

Changing Our Minds
BOOK Paperback, E-Book, Audiobook Published on February 4, 2021

Children are born full of curiosity, eager to participate in the world. They learn as they live, with enthusiasm and joy. Then we send them to school. We stop them from playing and actively exploring their interests, telling them it's more important to sit still and listen. The result is that for many children, their motivation to learn drops dramatically. The joy of the early years is replaced with apathy and anxiety.

Dr Naomi Fisher  School, AnxietyParents
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