EVENTS & TRAINING

Waltham Forest Parent Forum provides practical training sessions to support families and holds events such as networking meetings and family friendly activities. Events and training are provided where funding allows for free or at very low cost. 

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EVENTS

 

Restorative Yoga

Eliza from Yoga Me Happy will be leading parent/carers in an hour of self-care at the new WFPF dedicated restorative yoga session. As a parent of twins with additional needs, Eliza is well-versed in the challenges the roll as care-giver involves, and with over 10 years as a yoga instructor, is excited to combine both passions to help ease the pressures faced by dedicating so much of yourself to someone else's care and bring much needed balance back to body, mind and breath. 

 

14th Jan /30th/4th Feb/11th Feb 2026 at 10.30am

William Morris, Acanthus Room 

Tea & Coffee available afterwards

 

21st Jan 2026 10.30AM-Longshaw Primary Academy

Longshaw Road E4

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Cost £5 Please book via the shop page.

 

For further details visit the website yogamehappy@yahoo.co.uk

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TRAINING 

Autism, ADHD & Physical Behaviours 13th Jan 2026 6.30-8.30PM

Feeling overwhelmed by constant movement, meltdowns, or aggressive outbursts?
Physical behaviors like hitting, biting, restlessness, or self-harm aren't defiance – they're powerful communication from a person whose brain and body are in distress.
We know what that's like because we're autistic ourselves - this session moves beyond crisis management and explains why these behaviors happen and how you can effectively support neurodivergent people to engage in coping skills. 

Attendees learn all about:

• Proprioception

• Restlessness

• Anxiety

• Agitation, Irritation, Frustration

• Aggression

• Self-harm & pain seeking

• Damaging Furniture

• Hitting & Biting

• Lashing out

• Pushing

• Recklessness

• Screaming

• Increased Stimming

Our expert speaker Loren Snow is an autistic neurodiversity consultant with over ten years experience teaching people about autism. Their professional background includes supporting families with loved ones in psychiatric and eating disorder hospitals to get them back into the community or to prevent hospital admittance. They have also taught and supported tens of thousands of families, professionals, and autistic people and are one of the UK’s lead trainers for The NHS and Social Care's mandatory training on autism.

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Family Wellbeing with Ange McMillan

22nd Jan 2026 7-9PM

Covering:

*The barriers that prevent us from prioritising our own well being

*Impact of Stress and exhaustion on the whole family

*Strategies to help find balance- for parent carers 

*Strategies for young people to prevent dysregulation 

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