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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">Announcements</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.0.0.15013">Telligent Community (Build: 12.0.0.15013)</generator><updated>2025-10-07T18:49:20Z</updated><entry><title>Supporting Service Children with SEND - A Directory for Families and Professionals - Northern England</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/supporting-service-children-with-send---a-directory-for-families-and-professionals---northern-england" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/supporting-service-children-with-send---a-directory-for-families-and-professionals---northern-england</id><published>2026-05-19T14:54:45Z</published><updated>2026-05-19T14:54:45Z</updated><content type="html">The Service Families Autism Project was created to support children with autism from Armed Forces families, helping them to thrive and succeed within education. Funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Trust and hosted by The Dales Academies Trust, the pr...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/supporting-service-children-with-send---a-directory-for-families-and-professionals---northern-england"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=13767&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Contact - For Families with Disabled Children</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/contact---for-families-with-disabled-children" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/contact---for-families-with-disabled-children</id><published>2026-05-14T14:40:54Z</published><updated>2026-05-14T14:40:54Z</updated><content type="html">Great courses below:


Tuesday 9th&amp;nbsp;June - free online event - 1900 to 2100 - Toilet Training children with SEND - Driving Digital Inclusion -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a class="OWAAutoLink" id="OWAefe8cef3-5fe0-05b0-67dc-e5e2535ec6d1" href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/toilet-training-children-with-send-driving-digital-inclusion-tickets-1986891759739?aff=ebdsoporgprofile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Toilet Training children with SEND - Driving Digital Inclusion Tickets, Tuesday 9 June &amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;bull...&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/contact---for-families-with-disabled-children"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=13733&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Parenting Children Who Struggle With Big Emotions</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/parenting-children-who-struggle-with-big-emotions" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/parenting-children-who-struggle-with-big-emotions</id><published>2026-05-14T14:26:33Z</published><updated>2026-05-14T14:26:33Z</updated><content type="html">We know that parenting a child with ADHD and/or autism is incredibly rewarding, but also exhausting and isolating at times, especially when you&amp;rsquo;re dealing with big emotions, meltdowns or behaviour which is aggressive or even violent.
That&amp;amp;rsquo...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/parenting-children-who-struggle-with-big-emotions"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=13731&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>SIBS - Free Therapeutic Cake and Cookie Decorating Session</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/sibs---free-therapeutic-cake-and-cookie-decorating-session" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/sibs---free-therapeutic-cake-and-cookie-decorating-session</id><published>2026-04-29T12:32:21Z</published><updated>2026-04-29T12:32:21Z</updated><content type="html">Sibs are offering a FREE therapeutic cake and cookie decorating session on Saturday 6th June at 11.30 for young people who are growing up with a disabled or neurodivergent brother or sister. Delivered in partnership with Julie-Anne from Bake-Well The...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/sibs---free-therapeutic-cake-and-cookie-decorating-session"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=13609&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>FANDF Spring Event 2026</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/fandf-spring-event-2026" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/fandf-spring-event-2026</id><published>2026-04-20T11:27:01Z</published><updated>2026-04-20T11:27:01Z</updated><content type="html">Venue:&amp;nbsp;Gordon Messenger Centre
Date:&amp;nbsp;Monday 18 May 2026
Time:&amp;nbsp;10:00&amp;ndash;15:00
Attendees:&amp;nbsp;Around 40, including serving personnel, families and professionals
Please note that places are offered on a first come, first serve basis s...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/fandf-spring-event-2026"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=13497&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Free online course - Parenting Children with Autism</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/free-online-course---parenting-children-with-autism" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/free-online-course---parenting-children-with-autism</id><published>2026-03-30T14:02:09Z</published><updated>2026-03-30T14:02:09Z</updated><content type="html">Please see below details of a free course Parenting Children with Autism from the Southampton Family Trust.
(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/free-online-course---parenting-children-with-autism"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=13374&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Southampton Families Trust - Online Parenting Courses, Sessions and Seminars April - July 2026</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families---april---july-2026" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families---april---july-2026</id><published>2026-03-11T10:20:13Z</published><updated>2026-03-11T10:20:13Z</updated><content type="html">
&lt;a href="https://www.sftrust.org.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Southampton Family Trust&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;are hosting&amp;nbsp;parenting courses, seminars and couple-support sessions&amp;nbsp;available to&amp;nbsp;Royal Navy and Royal Marines families. Funded by RNRMC as part of the Strengthening Families Programme.These free sessions ...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families---april---july-2026"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=13238&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Afasic Voice for Life - Courses</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/afasic-voice-for-life---courses" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/afasic-voice-for-life---courses</id><published>2026-02-18T11:27:11Z</published><updated>2026-02-18T11:27:11Z</updated><content type="html">National Online School Transition Courses 2026Does your child, or a child you know, have speech, language and communication needs and is currently in year 6, due to start at secondary school in September?Afasic organises courses with schools and spee...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/afasic-voice-for-life---courses"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=13065&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Autistic Parenting &amp; Mental Health Services - Autistic Parents UK Facebook Live Q&amp;A</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/autistic-parenting-mental-health-services---autistic-parents-uk-facebook-live-q-a" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/autistic-parenting-mental-health-services---autistic-parents-uk-facebook-live-q-a</id><published>2026-02-02T15:46:35Z</published><updated>2026-02-02T15:46:35Z</updated><content type="html">Live Q&amp;amp;A - Autistic Parenting &amp;amp; Mental Health Services
Tuesday 10th February at 7pm.
Laura Richmond will be joining Tanya Adkin live on the &lt;a href="https://www.autisticparentsuk.org/about" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Autistic Parents UK&lt;/a&gt; public Facebook page for a Q&amp;amp;A session on the topic of Autistic Parenting &amp;amp;amp...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/autistic-parenting-mental-health-services---autistic-parents-uk-facebook-live-q-a"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=12955&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Courses for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families</id><published>2026-01-26T15:01:21Z</published><updated>2026-01-26T15:01:21Z</updated><content type="html">Fabulous online courses for those that may be affected by some of the issues.&amp;nbsp;
&lt;a href="/topics/news/m/resources/4731" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE&lt;/a&gt;
(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=12920&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>ADHD course for Naval families starting on 20th January</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/adhd-course-for-naval-families-starting-on-20th-january" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/adhd-course-for-naval-families-starting-on-20th-january</id><published>2026-01-19T08:45:46Z</published><updated>2026-01-19T08:45:46Z</updated><content type="html">
Southampton Family Trust still have places left for their&amp;nbsp;ADHD 8-week course for Royal Navy and Royal Marines families&amp;nbsp;starting on Tuesday 20th&amp;nbsp;January, on Zoom, 9.30 to 11.30 am. This course is suitable for parents of children with A...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/adhd-course-for-naval-families-starting-on-20th-january"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=12854&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Useful Information and Support Currently Available</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/useful-information-and-support-currently-available" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/useful-information-and-support-currently-available</id><published>2025-12-02T15:26:53Z</published><updated>2025-12-02T15:26:53Z</updated><content type="html">The following details of courses, support groups / sessions, events and workshops currently available have been put together by RNRMC Neurodiversity Navigator.

ADHD Somerset - A Support Group for Adults, Families &amp;amp; Carers&amp;nbsp;- for anyone affec...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/useful-information-and-support-currently-available"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=12525&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry><entry><title>Relationship Support Course for Naval Couples</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/relationship-support-course-for-naval-couples" /><id>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/relationship-support-course-for-naval-couples</id><published>2025-10-07T17:49:20Z</published><updated>2025-10-07T17:49:20Z</updated><content type="html">Marriage Care are here to help support Naval couples in building resilient relationships in the face of the unique pressures Naval life can present.
Marriage Care provide relationship support courses for those working in the Royal Navy, Royal Marines...(&lt;a href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/relationship-support-course-for-naval-couples"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/aggbug?PostID=12042&amp;AppID=269&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</content><author><name>RN Forum Moderator</name><uri>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/members/dutymoderator</uri></author></entry></feed>