WTPN

Working Together with Parents Network. Supporting professionals working with parents with learning difficulties, in the UK and beyond.

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If you are not yet a member of the WTPN, you can join here: https://t.co/psdJBj8TWk @UoBrisSPS @LdWales @SCLDNews

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@Communicourt @3PBChambers @NtonChambers @DuncanLewis Would really like to hear this but can't travel to Birmingham. Any chance of enabling virtual attendance, even though will miss out on canapes?!

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@johnpringdns Just seen the Disability Action Plan Consultation document. Finally, a mention of disabled parents!

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@johnpringdns And we will continue to press for some mention of disabled parents in a National Disability Strategy!

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Parents with learning disabilities - Supported or supplanted? Free webinar following on from launch of Substituted Parenting report 7 June 2023. How do your own policies/practices measure up? https://t.co/NKXLSQGhid

[transparency project @seethrujustice]

Substituted Parenting: What does this mean for parents with learning disabilities in the family court context? Free online launch event, 7th June 2023, 1-2pm. Beth Tarleton & Nadine Tilbury, University of Bristol will discuss their findings:
https://t.co/ET9sB0TJWB

[WTPN @wtpn_bris]

@tessa5news @5_News Thanks very much for taking the time to call and reply to our enquiry. Much appreciated.

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@OliverConway Good to hear. Is the judgment published?

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A very welcome and major step forward in improving procedural fairness for parents with learning disabilities and their families involved with children's services https://t.co/G5IG3DxpQ8

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@tessa5news @5_News Puzzled and disappointed not to have received any reply to our email 27 Jan asking about the sources for your data. We are being asked to confirm whether your stats are valid. Your response would enable us to answer appropriately.

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@tessa5news @5_News Some striking statistics given in your report. We've emailed you about the sources for your data as we welcome robustly evidenced data.

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@ChildrensComm Has your work included families where one or both parents has/have learning disabilities/difficulties? Do you have any family profiles from them?

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@FathersNetScot Great resource! Mellow Parenting is known to us, but are any of the other entries also learning-disabled dad friendly? 🙂

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@ChildrensComm Hoping that the Review will include the perspectives of families with disabled parent(s).

[Beyond Words @uk_beyondwords]

Having a Baby is the first of two books about maternity and parenting. It covers pregnancy from first symptoms to birth and can be read in health and educational settings, or even just for fun. https://t.co/gSSkcD8PZO

[WTPN @wtpn_bris]

@LynRomeo_CSW and @IsabelleTrowler can we help with any steps you will be taking regarding this judgment?

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see paras 106-108 re importance of social workers applying principles of Good Practice Guidance working with parents with a learning disability. https://t.co/nR5jvU9orQ @LynRomeo_CSW and @IsabelleTrowler https://t.co/8ddYVX9asd

[Prof Jo Delahunty KC @JoDQC]

Knowles J gets it right (again)Good Practice Guidance on working with parents with a learning disability needs to be more widely disseminated to social workers & be at the forefront of LA planning XX, YY and Child H (Rev1) [2022] EWFC 10 (19 January 2022) https://t.co/oSujNoOCO8

[WTPN @wtpn_bris]

see paras 106-108 re importance of social workers applying principles of Good Practice Guidance working with parents with a learning disability. https://t.co/nR5jvU9orQ @LynRomeo_CSW and @IsabelleTrowler https://t.co/8ddYVX9asd

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@FamilyRightsGp @Tweets_ALC @TheLawSociety An excellent resource for many of our members working with and supporting parents with learning disabilities/difficulties who are involved with Children's Services. An easy read version would be great too ...

[Family Rights Group @FamilyRightsGp]

Thanks to funding from @TheLawSociety we put together ten FAQs that parents, carers and other family members often have when they hear about, or are involved in, care proceedings
➡️https://t.co/62okCz2PWX
#FamilyCourt #ChildWelfare #FAQs

[🇺🇦Mike🌻♿➡️⬅️🥇📙 @14RRMS]

Could everyone RT this logo.
It indicates that the person who wears it is deaf & in some cases wears a hearing aid.
In these times it's also impossible to read lips which makes it very difficult
There's no point in carrying the sign if half of people don't know what it means 🙏