B.S.L Community Specialist Parenting Services, supports families associated with Deafness; Deaf Parents with hearing children, and Hearing Parents with Deaf children, who experience significant barriers in developing appropriate parenting skills and capacity.
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B.S.L Community's Specialist Parenting Service provides direct parenting support to Deaf Families. We work with Deaf parents and parents with Deaf children living in London, Kent and the South East of England. Our aim is to meet the needs of ‘Deaf families’ by working to improve parenting capacity and access to information, advice and support.
We offer the following services:
Information, Advice and Guidance helpline via email.
Parenting Workshops for Deaf Families.
1-1 tailored parenting support (through home visits and/or contact centres)
Deaf Family Groups & Events
Deaf Parenting Awareness Training for Service Professionals
Service Package costs varies - please contact us for details.
Availability
Referral required
Yes
Referral Details
The more detailed and factual information given, the quicker and more efficient the referral can be dealt with. The ideal information for the online referral should include:
Full names and date of birth of the family members involved (Parents & Children).
Full Postal address and telephone/Mobile contacts for parents
Ethnicity, religion, and cultural background
Referral Purpose
Any other means of support undertaken with the family prior to the referral.
Other notes
B.S.L Community's Specialist Parenting Service provides direct parenting support to Deaf Families. We work with Deaf parents and parents with Deaf children living in London, Kent and the South East of England. Our aim is to meet the needs of ‘Deaf families’ by working to improve parenting capacity and access to information, advice and support.
Social Care Services who are not culturally aware of underlying issues affecting deaf families, will miss valuable information, and tools to help address issues appropriately.
Our Parenting Mentors who are Deaf and/or Sign Language users, parenting trained with significant experience in frontline Children and Family work, are able to provide direct support that meets the Deaf family’s educational and cultural needs.
