KAYAKS

An opportunity to make things better. Nothing changes unless we engage... When listening really works NHS England have asked Inclusion North and Autism in Mind to talk to children, young people and families about what works for children with a learning disability, autism or both, who can have challenging behaviour and may also have a mental health condition. This is part of the Transforming Care programme which aims to improve services so that children with a learning disability do not end up in hospital due to their challenging behaviour or mental health condition unless it is absolutely necessary. We want to hear about times when things really worked for your family because you were involved in decisions, and when things went wrong because the right conversations weren’t had with you, and you weren’t listened to. Do you have experience of everything working well? Or do you have a horror story that you would be willing to share to help make things better? All information you share will be anonymised and we will use it to make a general set of recommendations to NHS England. For more information please contact Karen at Inclusion North karen@inclusionnorth.org or call/text 07375034291 Or Carole at Autism in Mind carole@autisminmind.com or call 07557374206