Getting Transitions Right 2: With Families

Schedule

Thu Nov 13 2025 at 09:30 am to 04:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Norton Park Conference Centre | Edinburgh, SC

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In this 1-day course, you will hear powerful stories from young people with additional needs and their parents
About this Event

🌟 Discover the power of lived-experience led training! Our participants are sharing incredible stories of transformation and growth. 🌱✨


For families of young disabled people, the journey to adulthood can be full of both excitement and challenges. For success, the young person, the parents and the professionals helping them need to work together but, sometimes tension arises creating misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and unnecessary stress.


Fear not, our lived-experience insights, and a solution-focused approach, will help you foster positive collaboration, ensuring that everyone feels heard, supported, and confident as the young person moves toward greater independence.


Format:

In this 1-day course, you will hear powerful stories from young people with additional needs and their parents, so you can gain new insight and collect proven tips on what can help or hinder the journey to independence. All our impactful courses are co-led by the ARC Scotland Associates with real lived-experience.


Audience:

This inspiring course is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED for all professionals and parent/carers supporting young disabled people towards independence.


Learning Outcomes:

Lived-experience led training will always stick with you. In this authentic learning journey you’ll:

  • Insights into the real experiences of young people and families navigating transitions and what truly helps.
  • A unique framework to guide successful transitions, tailored to families’ and young people’s needs.
  • Skills to foster an empowering environment that encourages steps toward independence.
  • Clear, actionable steps to support the young people you work with.


‘Really beneficial…lived experience puts it all into context’– course participant


Join us to discover just how vital your role is in creating positive, smooth transitions for young people and their families. BOOK NOW. Early bird offers available.


Cost

£150, or £20 for parents / carers (unpaid). Early bird offers available.


Our trainers

Alexander Warren - is an actor, a teacher and a Hearts fan (please don’t hold that against him!). He aims to inspire people to follow their dreams no matter how big or small, and his inspirational personal reflections will ensure your learning remains grounded in the experiences of young people and their families.


Dave Warren is a retired computer scientist. His son Alexander inspires people across Scotland by sharing his life story and experiences of living with a learning disability; Dave brings the ‘parent’s view’.


Scott Richardson-Read - works on the Scottish Transitions Forum primarily working with a group of young people called the Divergent Influencers ensuring disabled and autistic voices are heard.


Brought to you by the experts in lived-experience training, ARC Scotland

🗣️ If the training you choose isn’t lived-experience led, is it valid? 🗣️


Terms & Conditions

Your cancellation charges

If you are unable to attend the course you are booked on, you may substitute, by prior arrangement and after notifying us, someone else from your organisation.

If you are unable to attend, and not in a position to transfer your place to another person, then the following charges will apply:

3-8 weeks' notice: 25% of fee

1-3 weeks' notice: 75% of fee

Less than 1 weeks’ notice: 100% of fee


ARC's cancellation

Please note that full payment is required for non-attendance on a booking that has been transferred.

ARC Scotland events and courses are periodically updated and while we endeavour to deliver the courses as advertised there may inevitably be occasions where we have to change content without prior notice or, in exceptional circumstances, to cancel an event.

In the case of a course cancellation delegates will either be offered an alternative date, a credit note or a full refund and we will also consider any reasonable request to cover non-refundable travel arrangements if a course is cancelled within 2 working days of the start day.


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Norton Park Conference Centre, 57 Albion Road, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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