Working Together with Parents Network

We support professionals working with parents with learning difficulties and learning disabilities, and their children. Any professional working in any way with parents with learning difficulties is welcome to join.

PLEASE NOTE: The Working Together with Parents Network is now led by Research in Practice. The network's new website is here. This site will no longer be updated, but thank you for your interest.

New research and policy recommendations on what Substituted Parenting means in the family courts published - June 2023.

Keynote Address: Sir Andrew McFarlane, President of the Family Division - Parents with intellectual impairment in public law proceedings - the need to be alert. Speech by the President of the Family Division: Parents with intellectual impairment in public law proceedings - the need to be alert - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Court of Appeal case H (Parents with learning difficulties: Risk of harm) [2023]. Essential reading. Re H (Parents with Learning Difficulties: Risk of Harm) - Find case law (nationalarchives.gov.uk)

The WTPN Regional Directory of Services has been compiled by members of the Network to provide a signpost to services that support parents with learning difficulties/disabilities. It will be updated monthly and new services added.

See the latest news from the Network including mentions in the press, research findings, publications, project updates and more.

Working Together with Parents Network

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