TRAINING AND PARENT TALKS FOR STATE AND INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
Support for your staff, and for your parents.
Practical SEND and neurodiversity training your staff can use the next day, and informal talks with Jessie that give parents somewhere to bring their questions. Book a single session, or build them into your year.
LED BY JESSIE HEWITSON
SEND agony aunt for The Times, author of books on autism and ADHD
Three ways we can help
Choose one, or combine them.
Staff training
INSET days, twilights and sessions for teaching assistants on autism, ADHD and SEND, focused on practical adjustments in the classroom.
Help with your SEND training
Support planning and delivering the SEND training the DfE expects schools to run for their staff, so it fits your setting and sticks.
Parent coffee mornings and talks
Informal sessions with Jessie on raising happy neurodivergent children, with time for parents' questions.
Staff training
Putting your inclusion strategy into practice
FREE FOR EVERY SCHOOL
Parent coffee mornings with Jessie
A relaxed session for parents on how to raise happy children, whether their child has a diagnosis, is waiting for one, or they simply have questions. It is a simple way to show families the support around them.
What's included
An informal talk from Jessie
Time for parents' questions
Information on further support for families
In school, at a time that suits your parents
Every session is shaped around your pupils and your staff. Topics are drawn from:
Sensory needs and regulation
Working well with parents
Understanding autism, ADHD and other neurodivergence
Practical classroom adjustments
Training is delivered by our team of former headteachers and experienced SEND consultants, in school or online.
Emotionally based school avoidance (EBSA)
The role of teaching assistants
The role of teaching assistants
Demand avoidance (PDA)
Inclusion that parents can see
Families choosing a school ask more and more about how neurodivergent pupils and children with SEND are supported. Independent schools often come to us for three reasons.
FOR INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
Parents
Families expect SEND support they can see and trust before they commit.
Inspection
Clear evidence for ISI and your Equality Act duties, in one place.
Alongside training and parent talks, we offer one-to-one specialist sessions for parents who need more, and an independent Provision Review and Inclusion strategy (see Inclusion strategy).
Admissions
Confident decisions on meeting needs, and families who stay.
Easy ways to start
Open to every school, state or independent.
The people behind ThriveND
CO-FOUNDER
Jessie Hewitson
Jessie is the SEND agony aunt for The Times and the author of Autism: How to Raise a Happy Autistic Child and ADHD: How to Raise a Happy ADHD Child. She leads ThriveND's work with families: the first call, the plan, and deciding which specialist, if any, a family needs.
A parent coffee morning or talk with Jessie
An INSET or twilight session for staff
A Provision Review with a prioritised action plan
Mix and match, from one session to a full year
CO-FOUNDER
Alex Ardizzone
Alex leads ThriveND's operations, project delivery and strategy. She has more than 20 years' experience leading strategy and change programmes, including delivering projects alongside consulting firms, and founded the advisory practice Savvy Accounting in 2016. She oversees how ThriveND runs, from bookings to school projects.
Work is delivered by Jessie's team of former headteachers and experienced SEND consultants.
Book an initial conversation
No obligation. Tell us about your school and we'll talk it through.
Or email: hello@thrivend.co.uk