Fighting For Our Children
Fighting For Our Children
Fighting for Our Children is one of our big campaigns at CHANGE.

Fighting for Our Children is one of our big campaigns at CHANGE.
 

people with learning disabilities should have equal rights to be parents The campaign started because people with learning disabilities should have equal rights to be parents, but often have their children taken away unfairly by social services.
Fighting for Our Children ‘Fighting for Our Children’ is what parents with learning disabilities wanted to call the campaign.
  Parents with learning disabilities are helping CHANGE to do three things as part of this campaign:
Make accessible information on how to look after children

1. Make accessible information on how to look after children
CHANGE has made some accessible books and leaflets for parents with learning disabilities about how to look after children. CHANGE has made some accessible books and leaflets for parents with learning disabilities about how to look after children.
accessible version of the Supporting Parents with Learning Disabilities We have also made an accessible version of the Supporting Parents with Learning Disabilities – Good Practice Guidance. This shows people how to support parents with learning disabilities. It is free of charge and available to everyone.
books can be ordered from on our online shop All of these books can be ordered from on our online Shop.
Campaign for changes in the law that would better support parents with learning disabilities

2. Campaign for changes in the law that would better support parents with learning disabilities
  So far we have:
Talked to Government Departments about how to work together for parents with learning disabilities
  • Talked to Government Departments about how to work together for parents with learning disabilities
Held events for parents with learning disabilities
  • Held events for parents with learning disabilities and lots of organisations, to raise awareness of the issues faced by parents with learning disabilities
Sent copies of the Supporting Parents with Learning Disabilities – Good Practice Guidance to organisations from all over the UK
  • Sent copies of the Supporting Parents with Learning Disabilities – Good Practice Guidance to organisations from all over the UK
Train parents with learning disabilities on how to change attitudes towards them

3. Train parents with learning disabilities on how to change attitudes towards them
We have developed ‘Parents Training for Change’ We have developed ‘Parents Training for Change’ – a two part training course for parents with learning disabilities to become trainers and then train professional people and students on how to work better with parents with learning disabilities.
find out more information about this course in our training section You can find out more information about this course in our Training section.
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