0:01my name's lorna and i've got a
0:03five-year-old son called jack
0:05jack was diagnosed with autistic
0:07spectrum disorder in 2018.
0:10jack doesn't deal very well with change
0:12in routine and his anxiety was making
0:14him behave in a way that was putting him
0:16at risk
0:18i was really concerned at that time and
0:20i didn't really know what to do to try
0:22and support him
0:23i saw an advert for the navigate service
0:26online
0:27we were struggling a bit as a family at
0:29the time and so i clicked on the link to
0:31try and find out more
0:33it's a six session service for parents
0:36of disabled children
0:37what we do is provide support for the
0:39parents so emotional support
0:42lorna was struggling with um the
0:44behavior at home
0:46over the period of the six weeks we
0:47spoke
0:49she just she made lots of decisions and
0:51i think it just helped having somebody
0:52she could speak to
0:54sebev gave me quite a lot of different
0:56types of support
0:57she gave me some practical solutions to
1:00some of the different behaviors that
1:01jack was
1:02was showing but also what i found the
1:05most
1:06important was that bev gave me a space
1:08to talk about my needs
1:10as a parent of a child with special
1:12needs you spend so much time
1:15trying to work out what the child needs
1:17that you neglect yourself
1:19and actually they've really reinforced
1:21that
1:22i needed to be okay in order to care for
1:24jack
1:25the amount of change that happened
1:27within that short period of time i
1:29i would never have expected from any
1:32service if i'm honest
1:34there is so little support out there for
1:35parents sometimes they just need someone
1:38to talk to and we're there to talk to
1:40you
1:40and we're there to support you and we're
1:42there to listen