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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Announcements</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements</link><description /><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>Supporting Service Children with SEND - A Directory for Families and Professionals - Northern England</title><link>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</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 14:54:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:0ddc6769-2dea-410d-bffc-6eea284fe866</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=13767</wfw:commentRss><comments>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#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>Contact - For Families with Disabled Children</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/contact---for-families-with-disabled-children</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:40:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:883d4e2c-80c0-4a8a-a696-85fe62fedda0</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=13733</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/contact---for-families-with-disabled-children#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>Parenting Children Who Struggle With Big Emotions</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/parenting-children-who-struggle-with-big-emotions</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 14:26:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:9f19cda9-6b98-414c-afe4-90fc90611ac6</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=13731</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/parenting-children-who-struggle-with-big-emotions#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>SIBS - Free Therapeutic Cake and Cookie Decorating Session</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/sibs---free-therapeutic-cake-and-cookie-decorating-session</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 12:32:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:627e05ee-0d9e-4322-99f8-562dd3269682</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=13609</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/sibs---free-therapeutic-cake-and-cookie-decorating-session#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>FANDF Spring Event 2026</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/fandf-spring-event-2026</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 11:27:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:d7dce1fd-b371-4d1a-9bbc-37ce7ccee29d</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=13497</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/fandf-spring-event-2026#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>Free online course - Parenting Children with Autism</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/free-online-course---parenting-children-with-autism</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:02:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:3684e2db-533c-4c51-81bb-041cfe7c7bce</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=13374</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/free-online-course---parenting-children-with-autism#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>Southampton Families Trust - Online Parenting Courses, Sessions and Seminars April - July 2026</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families---april---july-2026</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 10:20:13 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:7737ac37-feb8-4cc8-aba4-cd34dc2a49dd</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=13238</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families---april---july-2026#comments</comments><description>
&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;</description></item><item><title>Afasic Voice for Life - Courses</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/afasic-voice-for-life---courses</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 11:27:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:c692bf24-db50-4854-8146-7baf7247da86</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=13065</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/afasic-voice-for-life---courses#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>Autistic Parenting &amp; Mental Health Services - Autistic Parents UK Facebook Live Q&amp;A</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/autistic-parenting-mental-health-services---autistic-parents-uk-facebook-live-q-a</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 15:46:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:5cf1243b-81f7-45a1-8050-cc93dd65cb79</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=12955</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/autistic-parenting-mental-health-services---autistic-parents-uk-facebook-live-q-a#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>Courses for Royal Navy and Royal Marines Families</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 15:01:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:dd259c82-71d6-471b-9fe6-26842133486f</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=12920</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/courses-for-royal-navy-and-royal-marines-families#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>ADHD course for Naval families starting on 20th January</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/adhd-course-for-naval-families-starting-on-20th-january</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:45:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:1050c479-face-4e70-b208-914a56fe9408</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=12854</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/adhd-course-for-naval-families-starting-on-20th-january#comments</comments><description>
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;</description></item><item><title>Useful Information and Support Currently Available</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/useful-information-and-support-currently-available</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:26:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:978d3812-1aee-499a-903a-85a069f4e48a</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=12525</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/useful-information-and-support-currently-available#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item><item><title>Relationship Support Course for Naval Couples</title><link>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/relationship-support-course-for-naval-couples</link><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:49:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">b28a645c-0ea2-4600-866f-e043a0fddeae:6c459dc7-a1ae-48e7-9129-9371302603e7</guid><dc:creator>RN Forum Moderator</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/rsscomments?WeblogPostID=12042</wfw:commentRss><comments>https://forum.royalnavy.mod.uk/topics/neurodiversity/neurodiversity-community/b/announcements/posts/relationship-support-course-for-naval-couples#comments</comments><description>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;</description></item></channel></rss>