Published October 2024
What is the Autism Hub
Our unique, innovative lifespan service is being provided with the financial support of the South Tyneside Clinical Commissioning Group in partnership with South Tyneside Council. We support families & individuals collaboratively with Autism In Mind. The Hub is free to all families in the area with a South Tyneside
postcode. TTHT provide specialist support to parents and families of autistic children and young people up until the age of 18, without requiring a referral or even a confirmed autism diagnosis.
Autism Hub Brochure
Published July 2024
Published June 2024
Please find information about The South Tyneside Autism Hub in partnership with the Toby Henderson Trust
Toby Henderson and South Tyneside Autism Hub June 2024
Published December 2023
Please find the upcoming support groups hosted by The Toby Henderson Trust.
The Toby Henderson Trust host FREE support group sessions for families living in the UK – A Grandparents Guide to Autism Group and a group for Families of Autistic Girls. These sessions are held over Zoom. Please contact them directly for further information.
https://www.ttht.co.uk/training-workshops-and-events/support-groups/
Published December 2023
Solihull Approach
South Tyneside Family Hubs have partnered with the Solihull Approach to offer free access to expertly designed online courses for parents, carers, grandparents and teens living in the region, with courses going live on 4th December 2023.
Supporting emotional health and wellbeing from 0-19+, parents can sign up to understand their child’s feelings, as well as their own, as they go through life as a family. Parents will learn to understand the changes in their child’s development and how best to support them, whilst also strengthening their relationships.
Courses include:
- Antenatal and postnatal baby bonding
- Understanding your child or young person
- Your child or young person with additional needs
- Teenager’s feelings and brain development
- And lots more specialist courses
Families can be signposted to the Solihull Approach series here where they can find out more about the courses on offer. To access the courses, South Tyneside families need to follow the simple registration process inputting the access code ‘ForEveryFamily’
Watch a short video below and learn all about the Solihull Approach and our online courses for parents https://youtu.be/nyUGe090q7k
Through this collaboration, South Tyneside Family Hubs are funding a multi-user license, which will also enable practitioners within the council and across our partnerships to access a specialist training at no cost.
Solihull Approach online CPD courses for practitioners include:
- Understanding brain development: insights into the science behind children’s brain development and emotional health, helping families make informed decisions that support healthy cognitive growth.
- Understanding trauma: specialist education on trauma recognition, processing and recovery
- Understanding attachment: strategies for open and effective communication that will strengthen the parent-child bond and promote emotional well-being.
To access the courses, South Tyneside practitioners will soon be provided with a simple registration process. Online courses are designed to be accessed anytime, anywhere and are completely private and personal to you.
The Solihull Approach is a not-for-profit, NHS organisation for practitioners and parents to support emotional health and well-being in children, families, and adults.
Watch. This. Space
Published December 2023
FOCUS GROUP: Working with Dads and Male Carers
South Tyneside Family Hubs are committed to an all-inclusive approach that proactively engages Dad’s and Male Carer’s because they play such an important and influential role in children’s lives, experiences and outcomes.
To develop the best approach to working with Dad’s, we are seeking input from professionals by inviting you to focus groups to explore the topic of Father Inclusive Practice to understand what currently works and what gets in the way of Dad’s and Male Carers being supported as part of Children and Families work in the area.
If you would like to take part in a Focus Group, click on the link on the attached booking form to choose a session and you will be sent a link to join.
We look forward to seeing as many of you as possible over the coming weeks.
Dad and male carers focus group – invite
Published December 2023
