
a specialist assessment framework for parents
with learning disabilities and additional needs
ParentAssess Courses
Support Workers Workshop
This 1 day course provides an overview of the framework and the ParentAssess approach and enables other members of the team or service to work effectively in supporting the parent either before or during the assessment. It includes the observations skills of the pre-verbal child.
Legal Advocate’s Workshop
This is open to solicitors and barristers in Family Law. It provides an outline of the ParentAssess framework and describes the approach adopted. It explains how case law and the Good Practice Guidance 2021 are applied. It provides tips on what to look out for to ensure the parent and the child have been given appropriate consideration.
Train the Trainer
This is open to Local Authorities who have trained a group of staff but want to be able to train others due to any future staff turnover. Please note ParentAssess is a complex course and Trainers will need a good working knowledge of the framework before attending this training. The Local Authority will also need to sign the Training Licence Agreement
This course is over 2 days online.