What is Navigating the Maze?

Navigating the Maze is a workshop for parents of children who have needs that may be associated with ASD and/or ADHD. Its purpose is to support parents to become experts to their children, by understanding and therefore responding to their presenting needs. In doing this, parents can become co-therapists to their unique children, and in doing this uncover and recognise their amazing gifts. The workshop was created by professionals with both lived experience and knowledge and experience of working clinically with neurodivergent children.

What does the workshop involve?

It is a six-week online programme.

  • Weeks 1 & 2 explore your understanding of neurodevelopmental (ND) needs and how you respond to them. These lay the foundation for the following weeks. To get the most out of this workshop, it is really important to try to engage with each week fully.
  • Week 3 explores different presentations of neurodivergence.
  • Week 4 examines neurodivergence in the context of the developing brain.
  • Week 5 focuses on independence skills and strategies to support these.
  • Week 6 is an overview of the workshop and also examines the importance of play.

What can you expect after attending the workshop?

The workshop is a supportive tool and not a cure-all solution. It targets parents of children spanning a range of neurodevelopmental needs, ages, and across different points in their journeys. Therefore, parents can watch this workshop before, during, and/or after their journey of ND discovery. 

If you are considering requesting an assessment for your child, please be aware that it is a very long process, because demand is so high. Most of the referrals do not require an assessment. ASD and ADHD are lifelong diagnostic outcomes, and as such can never be treated as urgent. Needs associated with them, however, can be supported in all environments. 

Should you complete this workshop, and you decide to complete a screening pack for consideration of assessment, you will be required to evidence this by noting which support and strategies you put in place following the workshop, and the outcomes of these.

Where will the workshop be held?

Our workshop is held online so that parents/carers can access and revisit it whenever they choose. You can access our workshop here.