Pathways Family Programmes
"Try Before You Buy"
Hello and welcome. We are so pleased that you have found us.
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Thank you for taking this opportunity to explore our family programmes.
You can view the initial sessions below, but first we'll tell you a bit about us...
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Our Story
As a teacher and social worker/counsellor, we thought we were well equipped to be parents. Between us we'd studied psychology, teaching, social work and counselling at university, all with a focus on children and families.
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However, we came to realise that the vast majority of our learning had focused on neurotypical children and was of little or no help when we found ourselves parenting neurodivergent children.
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We wanted to do better, both for our family and for the neurodivergent children and families we worked with.
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So we started again. We learnt everything we could about neurodivergence and specifically autism.
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New Pathways is the programme we wish we'd had many years ago. It offers a comprehensive understanding of autism, addresses commonly asked questions, and gives you the knowledge and skills to parent and advocate for your child with confidence.
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Your Pathway provides a fun and neuro-affirming opportunity for autistic children/teens to explore their autistic identity with a trusted adult.
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Pathways Family Programmes:
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Combine professional training with lived experience
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Are practical and informative
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Are neuro-affirming and reflective of current research and understanding
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Are accessible for those who struggle to attend in-person or live on-line training
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Include life-time access, enabling you to return to sessions as needed
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Are good value
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Are immediately available (no waiting lists)
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You can find out more about the programmes and access the initial sessions below.
If you decide to purchase them, using the code TBYB at checkout will give you £5 off.
New Pathways
For Parents and Carers
(with an extra session for siblings)
New Pathways consists of 15 sessions for parents/carers, and 1 session for siblings. The programme offers a real understanding of what it means to be autistic. It uses this understanding to consider how we can adapt our parenting to best meet our child’s needs and help them thrive. New Pathways is realistic in acknowledging the challenges which autistic children and their families can face, whilst also suggesting positive ways through them and supporting you to parent and advocate for your child with confidence.
All sessions are available on-demand for convenient access.
New Pathways covers the following and more:
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Valuing neurodiversity
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Sensory processing (including the vestibular, proprioceptive and interoceptive senses)
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Autistic communication (including the double empathy problem)
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Autistic ways of thinking, doing and learning (including executive functioning)
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The theory of monotropsim
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Masking and the importance of encouraging children to be themselves
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Meltdowns and shutdowns
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Encouraging self-advocacy
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Reasonable adjustments and accommodations
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Supporting co-regulation and self-regulation (including the role of interoception in regulation and alexithymia)
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Parenting autistic children
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Understanding and valuing PDA
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Parenting PDA children
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Low demand parenting
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Supporting autistic children with school and education
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Co-occurring conditions (ADHD, Tourette’s Syndrome and Tics, OCD, Dyspraxia and Apraxia, Dyslexia, ARFID, Trauma, Autistic Burnout)
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Addressing parent blame
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Supporting siblings
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Looking to adulthood (the importance of positive autistic identity)
The first 3 sessions can be viewed below.
Transcripts are also provided.
New Pathways TBYB
New Pathways Session Slides and Transcripts
Session 2
So your child is autistic. What now?
Session 3
Autism &
Neurodiversity
Session 1
Introduction
We hope these 3 sessions provide a good introduction to New Pathways.
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To gain lifetime access to the full programme (16 sessions)
you can purchase New Pathways below.
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Use the code TBYB at check out for £5 OFF
Your Pathway
For autistic children and and teenagers
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Your Pathway is a 6 session programme for autistic children and young people. It is a fun and neuro-affirming opportunity to explore their autistic identity and needs with a trusted adult.
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The sessions are available on-demand so children can work through them at their own pace. There are plenty of activities and opportunities for discussion (resources are provided in an activity pack).
Your Pathway covers the following and more:
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Valuing neurodiversity
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Sensory processing
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Communication and social interaction (including the double empathy problem)
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Thinking, doing and learning
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The challenges an autistic child can encounter during a typical day and accommodations which can help
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Meltdowns and shutdowns
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Self and Co-regulation
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Masking and the importance of being yourself
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Stimming
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Spoon theory
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Monotropism
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Your Pathway includes the kind of psychoeducation and self-exploration usually facilitated by a therapist, making it accessible for the child to access with their trusted adult. It supports the development of self-understanding and positive autistic identity, which research shows is so important for the mental health and wellbeing of autistic individuals.
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Your Pathway
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is suitable for parents/carers to use with their child at home
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is suitable for schools/groups to use in a 1:1 or group setting
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is suitable for children aged around 7-15​
The first session can be viewed below.
PLEASE NOTE: This is an opportunity for parents/carers to consider the suitability of the programme for their child.
Children will not be able to fully utilise the session without the activity pack.
If you decide to purchase the full programme, your child will receive an activity pack with resources needed for the various
activities and Guidance Notes will be provided for the supporting adult.
Your Pathway Session 1
We hope this session provides a good introduction to Your Pathway.
The remaining sessions go into greater depth, but in a similarly accessible format with plenty of activities included.
To gain lifetime access to the full programme (6 sessions)
and the activity pack
you can purchase Your Pathway below.
Use the code TBYB at check out for £5 OFF
Additional Purchasing Options
"The Package"
Your Pathway, New Pathways and email/telephone support.
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Many parents/carers value talking to fellow parents/carers who are further on the journey. Others appreciate speaking to someone with professional experience and training. As parents and professionals, we can offer both, along with the reassurance that we are qualified counsellors and registered professionals (and therefore our practice is regulated).
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The Package consists of the Your Pathway and New Pathways programmes along with 1 hour of email/telephone support.
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Extra Resources
If you are completing Your Pathway with more than one child, you can buy additional resouces below
Buy
Extra Resources
for completing Your Pathway with more than one child. There are two options:
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Shared activity packs
£5 for each additional child
(suitable if children are able to share the electric circuit kit and colouring pens)
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Additional individual activity packs
£10 for each additional child
(suitable if children would prefer to have their own individual pack)
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Testimonials
Our programmes were evaluated by 100+ professionals, parents/carers and children. Every single respondent said they would recommend the programmes to others and numerous clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, teachers and many other professionals are now recommending our programmes to families.
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Feedback from New Pathways:
"A great resource that I would definitely recommend"
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"I would have found this course really useful when my son was first diagnosed"
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"Extremely helpful for those who are just starting out exploring what it means to have someone with neurodiversity living with them"
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"I like the support provided to parents"
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"I found it really affirming that autism is not a disorder or deficit and is not bad news!"
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"I particularly liked your neuro-affirming approach, and encouraging young people to embrace their true autistic selves"
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"Really helpful to learn the affirming language to think about my child and use with others eg difference vs disorder and how to advocate for those differences"
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“An invaluable addition to the resources we share with clients who receive a diagnosis”
"Validating for a lot of parents"
"It was really eye opening as we go on this journey with our children"
"One of the best training courses I have listened to”
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"I really liked how well you have covered so many areas"
“I feel less isolated!”​
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Feedback from Your Pathway:
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“A brilliant course"
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"Well-paced, engaging and really informative"
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"It gave my child permission to acknowledge feelings and behaviours"
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"Very strength not deficit focused"
"A great, neuro-affirming resource!"
"A nice mixture of activities to break the sessions up"
“One of the things that came out of the EHCP discussion is how far (he) has come, he no longer has a need to develop a positive autistic identity, (Your Pathway) helped him massively, he is proud of his autistic brain and wouldn't want to be without it!”