Families where a child has a brain condition face challenges every day. Just to learn, play, make friends and experience the world can feel difficult, even impossible. But we don’t believe there’s any challenge that can’t be overcome.
So we listen to families, we learn from them. We carry out research, we design and innovate, we make and share. From new equipment to new learning resources, to new ways to play and support each other, everything we find out together makes life better, It opens doors to discovering the world.
It’s an incredibly rewarding journey for everyone involved. Why not be a part of it? You never know what we’ll discover together.
Cerebra Parent Guides
Cerebra have a very useful library of information including parent guides covering a wide range of issues that parents face when caring for their child with disabilities. Cerebra cover lots more information and advice on their website that you may find useful. Click here to find out more
These Guides are provided free of charge but if you would like to make a donation to help cover the costs of research and updating, it would make a huge difference. You can donate online, or by text, sending CERE12 and then the amount to 70070 or telephone our Fundraising Department on 01267 224221.
Please find below a list of downloadable PDF Parent guides
- Accessing Public Services Toolkit
- Anxiety Guide: A Guide for Parents
- Arrest and Detention of Disabled Children: A Guide for Parents
- Decision Making, Confidentiality and Sharing Information: A Guide for Parents
- DLA Guide
- Education Health and Care (EHC) Plans. (Education in England: A Guide for Parents)
- Education in England: Statements of Special Educational Needs: A Guide for Parents
- Education in Wales: A Guide for Parents
- Factsheet: What to do if your child isn’t getting the social care support s/he needs
- Factsheet: What to do if your child’s care package is reduced
- Finding and appraising information and evidence on the Internet
- Finding and Assessing Sources of Legal Help: A Guide for Parents
- Learning Disabilities, Autism and Internet Safety: A Parent’s Guide
- Managing Challenging Behaviour Factsheet
- Managing Stress for Carers and their Families
- Money Matters: A Guide for Parents
- Pain: A Guide for Parents
- Parent/Carer Rights: A Guide for Parents
- Returning to school: A teacher’s guide for pupils with brain tumours, during and after treatment
- School Transport: A Guide for Parents in England
- Sleep: A Guide for Parents
- Social Care in England: A Guide for Parents
- Social Care in Wales: A Guide for Parents
- Supporting disabled children and young people who are victims of or witnesses to crime
- Toilet Training for Children with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities
- Transition to Adulthood: A Guide for Parents
- What’s The Evidence? reports
Cerebra Sleep Service
Many families struggle with sleep disturbances, which are common in children with a brain condition. They may include difficulty settling to sleep, waking early in the morning or during the night, daytime drowsiness and problems sleeping alone. Cerebra’s Sleep Service aims to give you the knowledge, skills and confidence you need to tackle your child’s sleep problem. Click here to learn more
Cerebra Innovation Centre
Our Innovation Centre design products to help children discover life and have fun alongside their friends. Their designs aim to reduce some of the social stigma attached to disabilities by making not only functional but beautiful products that are also fun to use. What can we help your child discover? Click here to learn more