What is Family Footings?

Family Footings is a project for families of children with disabilities. We help families find a common language with professionals through person centred approaches. The project is co-produced by Family Footings Facilitators, parents co-producers and volunteers.

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Introduction to Family Footings and Person Centred Approaches at Woodlands School, Harrow

Family Footings will be attending the Parent Carer Coffee Morning at Woodlands School, Harrow to introduce the project to parents and educators.

Reflections - an introduction to Person Centred Planning, Bolton

A free workshop for parents and carers of children with special educational needs. During the workshop we will:

  • present basic information...

Family Footings and Autism West Midlands: using Person Centred Thinking when caring for children with Autism, Acocks Green, Birmingham

Family Footings will run a series of presentations in South Birmingham and Warwickshire on how Person Centred Thinking can be used by parents...

Counting the Costs 2012 – Survey by Contact a Family

Contact a Family is calling on parents and other family members caring for a disabled child to take part in important research about the...

What we do

  • Volunteering

    Thank you for showing interest in becoming a Volunteer with Family Footings. The role of the Volunteers...

  • Training Courses

    We offer 3 types of free training events for families:

  • Support Us

    Family Footings is a project by MacIntyre, a national charity providing support to children, young people...

Resources for you

  • Person Centred Approaches

    Person Centred Approaches began with a search for better ways to include people with disabilities in...

  • Special Educational Needs (SEN) System

    Children have special educational needs (SEN) if they have learning difficulties or disabilities that...

  • Definitions

    Explanation of common abbreviations, professional roles, legal and Person Centred terminology.

  • Thinking Tools

    The tools can help you in the following areas: reflecting on and planning action gathering and sharing...

Stories


My Story

I initially had concerns about Freddie when he was around 9 months. He was not making any noises and his mobility was certainly way behind that of his peers. He also appeared to react differently from his peers in certain situations – i.e. music groups and playgroups that I visited. I was not parenting radically different from any of the other mums, yet my child was evidently behaving radically different in these environments. He was a delightful and happy little boy though, so any concerns I had were just fleeting as he seemed to generally be very content. He was my first child and I was enjoying the experience immensely.