Early help for parents and carers

Our speech, language and communication support page offers lots of information with helping your child children as they learn to listen, talk, read and make friends.

Triple P parenting programme provides online support for all parents and carers in Barking and Dagenham who have children that are under 17 years old. 

Other organisations including charities offer advice and support to parents and carers:

Ways to help ease anxiety in children

What to do if your child if refusing to go to school (school phobia)

Sorting out school problems

Bullying and cyberbullying online

Bereavement and young people