About Parenting Special Children
Established 2006
Duration: 2 minutes, 55 seconds
Overview - where the story started
Parenting Special Children was founded in 2006 by Ruth Pearse, CEO & founder and parent of neurodivergent children. The charity was set up to help other parents/carers navigate the world of SEND at a time when there was little known support for families.
Since then, PSC has grown steadily from one person to a team of over 40 with a wide range of specialist knowledge and lived experience who offer a variety of services to over 2500 families.
PSC History
Our Mission
Parenting Special Children empowers families whose children/young people are neurodivergent and/or have special needs and/or disabilities including early life trauma.
We support families, children/young people and professionals directly via a wide range of specialist services.
We hold our families, ensuring no one feels alone in their journey, ‘Prevention before Crisis’.
Our Vision
At Parenting Special Children, our vision is to build a community where every family and every child who is neurodivergent and/or has special needs and/or disabilities including early life trauma, is empowered, supported and no family ever feels alone.
We aspire to be a leading force in transforming the local landscape of support services.
Our commitments to you
To provide a kind, compassionate, listening ear
To provide specialist knowledge
To draw on our lived experience in everything we do
To empower the whole family, moving from crisis to wellbeing
Our Impact
Parent/Carers
2162
were supported by PSC in 2022-23 academic year
Children/Young People
337
were supported by PSC in 2022-23 academic year
Professionals
444
were supported by PSC in 2022-23 academic year
![[The image is an organizational chart for "Parenting Special Children,". Here's a breakdown: Top Level: Trustees (overseeing the organization) CEO (responsible for the overall management) Departments: HR (Human Resources) Helpline Workshops: Includes Pre & Post Autism/ADHD Assessment, Sleep, Sensory Processing. Admin Parent/Carer Training: Offers Courses like Time Out Courses and Who’s In Charge? Finance Support Groups: Community Support Groups, Adopters, Parents/Carers of Neurodivergent Girls, Kinship Carers, Dads & Male Carers, Post Separation Parenting. Family Services Specialist Parenting: Includes Workshops for Parents/Carers and Professionals, and Trauma & Attachment which offers support for Adopters, Kinship Carers, Birth Families. CYP (Children and Young People) Services includes: Family Events, Auticulate (Juniors & Seniors), A Team, Social Confidence Courses, Let’s Get Creative (3 groups), and Transition to Adulthood (16–20) Partnerships & Fundraising Community Fundraising Corporate Fundraising Grant Funding Funding & Commissioning Commissioned Training This chart outlines the structure and various services provided by the organization, catering to families the organisation supports.]](https://parentingspecialchildren.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Parenting-Special-Children-Organisation-Chart-1-300x225.png)
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HRH The Countess of Wessex joins PSC for 15th Birthday Celebrations
We were very excited that our 15th anniversary event was attended by HRH The Countess of Wessex.
Parenting Special Children over the years
Read about how we developed as a charity, from its formation in 2006, to where we are now in 2024
