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Transforming Autism secures National Lottery funding to support underserved families in Essex
Transforming Autism has secured three years of funding from The National Lottery Community Fund to deliver a new family support programme for young autistic children from Black, Asian and mixed ethnicity communities in Essex. The project will focus on families who often face the biggest barriers to getting early support. Research shows that children from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds
Transforming Autism expands family support programme with National Lottery Community Fund support
Transforming Autism has received funding from The National Lottery Community Fund toexpand its family support offer for families with autistic children.Building on previous National Lottery funding which enabled the delivery of Confident AutismParenting courses and the creation of an online parent community, the new funding will support thecontinued growth of this support. Around 200 families who take part in Transforming
The effectiveness of a strengths-based early intervention ‘First Steps’ programme with young autistic children
Lucie Wheeler, ARU and CEO RECAP Ltd Dr Theodora Papatheodorou, Independent scholar and researcher Tracy Pepper, CEO Transforming Autism Introduction This paper presents key findings of the evaluation of the ‘First Steps – An early autism support programme’ for young children (up to the age of 4 years) and their parents/primary caregivers (Papatheodorou and Prescott, 2021). First Steps is informed
New Grant Boosts Support for Autistic Children and Families in Buckinghamshire
Transforming Autism has received a generous grant from the Heart of Bucks
Community Fund, enabling the organisation to expand its work with autistic children and their
families across the Buckinghamshire area, with a special focus on Taplow, Iver and Burnham.
Play:cademy – an online early-years parent coaching programme
Our latest Transforming Autism project is the Play:cademy, an online parent-mediated early-years support programme for families of young autistic children.
Transforming Autism Welcomes Sir Christopher Ball as First Vice Patron
Transforming Autism is proud to announce Sir Christopher Ball as the charity’s very first Vice Patron. Sir Christopher has been a dedicated supporter of Transforming Autism for many years and now takes on this new role to continue his commitment, share his voice, and help the charity expand its reach to support more families across the UK. What makes Sir
Transforming Autism Launches Parent Community to Connect, Support and Share Advice
We are excited to announce the launch of our “Early Years Parent Community”, this is a dedicated space for parents of young autistic children to connect, share, and access practical guidance and support. This initiative has been made possible thanks to funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. The Parent Community is exclusively open to parents who have taken part
Major Grant to Help Autistic Children Thrive at Home
Transforming Autism is proud to announce that it has received its largest funding award to date – £45,000 from the Sir Halley Stewart Trust. This generous grant will support the development and pilot of a new, progressive online early intervention programme for young autistic children and their families. The programme, designed by our clinical therapist Nicholas Krueckeberg and led by
Neurodiversity: What does it mean and stand for?
Founder Guy Shahar has been thinking about the word neurodiversity- what it means and what it stands for. Whether it’s helpful or unhelpful in supporting the acceptance of every individual regardless of difference. Using the power of AI and presented in the form of a Conversation between two people debating the merits of the current “Trend “in the use of
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