When It’s Hard to Get to School: Support for Parents and Their Tamariki - WEBINAR RECORDING

This 70-minute webinar recording is designed to support parents, caregivers, and educators navigating the challenges of school attendance, particularly when anxiety or neurodiversity is involved.

Perfect for sharing in your school newsletter, sending to parents as needed to offer a little extra support, or embedding on your website and directing parents to this at different times of the year.

This session offers practical, realistic strategies to help tamariki engage more confidently with school, while reminding whānau they’re not alone.

Parents will take away:

- Practical tools to support tamariki in attending school

- Insights into common barriers to school attendance

- Strategies for working collaboratively with your child’s school

- Reassurance that small steps really can make a big difference

Presented by:

Anna Mowat is the director of Real Parents. She has a background in psychology and has a passion for children's wellbeing. Anna has worked across the child wellbeing space for over 15 years supporting parents, teachers, and children. Some of her work includes being the child and family advisor for the post-Christchurch earthquake All Right? campaign, project leading Sparklers for over 7 years, a trainer for the New Zealand Institute of Wellbeing & Resilience - NZIWR, a writer for Manahau, a parent coach, and a facilitator of the Incredible Years and Incredible Years Autism parenting programmes.

Morwenna Bates-Thornton is an experienced early childhood educator with a deep passion for neurodiversity. Her interest has grown as a māmā to three neurodivergent tamariki, and the need to explore and advocate for inclusive approaches. Morwenna is also a facilitator of the Incredible Years parenting programme, supporting whānau on their parenting journey.