Join the Parent Detectives
With shared community knowledge and advice from sector experts, we can troubleshoot problems and overcome challenges together.
Parent Detectives is a six-part Zoom workshop course introduced by expert therapists, legal advisors and parents who are navigating the education system. The sessions focus on understanding a child’s profile of strength and need, their education rights, and how to support them through transitions starting from primary to secondary education and, ultimately, into work.
How Parent Detectives works:
The six-part course takes place annually, live, over a number of weeks from October to December. Each session is online, and approximately an hour and a half so participants can ask questions of experts.
Book into all six live workshops at a discounted price of £75.00 using this link:
Book into individual live workshops at £16.96 using links in the programme boxes below. (To ask for concessions click ‘contact’ at the bottom of this page).
Session One: Introduction
Learn how careful observation and ‘detective work’ in the classroom at primary school can help us plan pupil passports to support the transition into secondary school and set up learning for life.
Understand the impact of a child’s individual cognitive, sensory, social and communication profile on their educational and future path. Learn which reports can help provide evidence of need and support strategies. A workshop recording is available using our contact form throughout the year. Book for the live workshop using this link in Autumn 2026:
Session Two: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY AND SEEING STARS
Understanding the role of occupational therapy reports, and how they can reveal the inclusion strategies neurodiverse children need.
You’ll also learn about our Sensory Training and Regulation Strategies programme (Seeing STaRS) and how to get support in your school. A workshop recording is available using our contact form throughout the year. Book for the live workshop using this link in Autumn 2026:
Session Three: Revealing communication, speech and language reports, how they can help us
Subtle, hidden difficulties with communication are often missed or misinterpreted at Primary School. This can lead to ‘snowballing’ of poor educational, social and emotional outcomes. Once understood, strategies to support the child can be a ‘tweak of good practice’ (Communications Trust). A workshop recording is available using our contact form throughout the year. Book for the live workshop using this link in Autumn 2026:
Session Four: What is it with this child? EP Reports, How can they help us?
An EP (Educational Psychologist’s) careful observation and analysis of a child’s learning profile can help the pupil, parents and teachers understand then implement strategies for learning- strategies that will become key for further education and employment.
Research shows that only 2% of employers ask about inclusion strategies, so the onus is on us to help children learn to explain their talents and describe the reasonable adjustments that will support them through life
A workshop recording is available using our contact form throughout the year. Book for the live workshop using this link in Autumn 2026:
Session Five: Meet the Parents
Three parents explain how they worked with teachers and other professionals to identify and put in place strategies to help their child’s transition to and inclusion at secondary school. The parents have experience of education in mainstream, private and specialist secondary schools. A workshop recording is available using our contact form throughout the year. Book for the live workshop using this link in Autumn 2026:
Session Six: Understanding Education Law
When do parents need to get legal help to secure support for their child’s education? In this important legal workshop, we will hear from experts in Educational Law from Geldards, who will explain children’s rights and the development of Education Health and Care Plans (EHCPs). A workshop recording is available using our contact form throughout the year. Book for the live workshop using this link in Autumn 2026:
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“The Parent Detective sessions were excellent – we had speech and language and occupational therapy experts, a parent who had gone through what we were experiencing, a lawyer to introduce us to special educational needs rights. Action-attainment gave us the knowledge and confidence to fully support our son, and for that we will always be grateful,”
Sign up to Parent Detectives
Parent Detective workshops run, live, annually between October and December. To arrange to watch recordings of the Parent Detectives, or to find out how you can join our next, live, online course, please use our contact form: