The Great Minds Podcast

On this episode, Michelle Myers and Emma Mander are joined by the wonderfully inspirational Stephanie Davis to celebrate Autism Acceptance Week. We are truly honoured to have Stephanie as our Ambassador for Great Minds Together, to help promote awareness and help with understanding around Autism, Neurodiversity and the need behind behaviour in children. Over the next 12 months we will be embarking on a number of campaigns together to help society move towards being more inclusive for neurodivergent people, and to encourage schools and children's homes to consider more therapeutic behaviour policies and approaches which will in turn support the mental health of neurodivergent children and young people, as well as their parents/carers more positively. If you would like to get involved, you can email us at info@gmt.team www.greatmindstogether.co.uk www.autismcentral.org.uk

In this episode Michelle Myers, our Head of Autism Central and Inclusive Practice discusses the celebrations and challenges of Neurodiversity with Ailsa McDougall and Emily Duxbury. www.greatmindstogether.co.uk www.autismcentral.org.uk

In this episode, Michelle Myers, Lucy Dimond and Jinnie Tong discuss Childrens Mental Health Week and share some helpful information and strategies around how best to identify and support children's Mental Health. www.greatmindstogether.co.uk

Ailsa McDougall and Michelle Myers speak to Emma about how families can best support their neurodivergent family members in the holiday periods.

In this episode Hayley Morris talks about the service she manages in Great Minds Together and the challenges we face system wide when supporting the 'forgotten children' of our society.

This episode, the lovely Michelle, our North West Autism Central Hub Lead, talks about her personal experiences in the workplace and in life, being an Autistic adult. www.greatmindstogether.co.uk www.autismcentral.org.uk

This episode we talk to the lovely Stacey Walker, a SENCO at a Multi Acadamy Trust in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Stacey talks to us about the challenges and rewards of being a SENCO in a mainstream environment, and gives some great guidance on how we can best support our young people with SEND by making some easy changes to our approach across the Education system. www.greatmindstogether.co.uk

In this episode, we welcome Karen Hardman, an ex-teacher to discuss the teacher strikes, why they are happening and why so many teachers are leaving the profession.

In this podcast we share lot's of helpful websites and phone numbers, if your child is struggling with their mental health, or you as their parent have concerns about their mental health. Supporting Place to Be's Mental Health Awareness Week - 6th - 12th February 2023 - The theme this year is: Let's Connect! www.greatmindstogether.co.uk

This season we will be talking all about 'behaviour'. The aim is to raise awareness on how to understand the need behind the behaviour, and how we can effectively do this for our young people to ensure they are supported in becoming healthy, well rounded individuals able to feel safe in talking about their emotions confidently. We welcome guests! If you would like to get involved in our podcast please email us: info@greatmindstogether.co.uk or contact Bird PR for more information. 0161 549 1169 www.greatmindstogether.co.uk

In this BBC Radio Manchester interview with one of our parents, we discuss the support we provided to one family during Lockdown that proved to be a lifeline. www.greatmindstogether.co.uk

Here we discuss the evaluation of our most recent project delivered in partnership with NHS Health Education England. www.autismpeer.education www.greatmindstogether.co.uk

During this episode we are joined by Vikki Threlfall and Paula Webb from PDA Society. Vikki and Paula share a helpful insight as to how and why PDA society was formed, and provide important information for parents and professionals from supportive techniques to how to ensure details of a PDA profile are shared in an EHCP, as well as answering a few questions from our families. www.pdasociety.org.uk www.autismpeer.education.com www.greatmindstogether.co.uk

Garry shares some of his personal experiences in this episode, along with some helpful information on supporting young people that may struggle to regulate their emotions.

Geraldine Hills talks about emotional resilience and how important this is to practice now more than ever. https://www.inclusivechoice.com/ https://greatmindstogether.co.uk/

In this episode we talk to Andy Smith, founder of Spectrum Gaming. We ask questions on behalf of parents and carers and talk about a range of things including the importance of language and the importance of working in partnership with parents and carers. https://www.spectrumgaming.net/ https://autismpeer.education/ https://greatmindstogether.co.uk/

One of our Directors gives advice about transition for children and young people with special educational needs in this BBC Radio Manchester episode. Emma Mander talks about how we need to look out for the children and young people that may have an unidentified or unmet need and how we can do things differently to support the children now more than ever. "We need to look at how we can support the children, not expect them to conform to society, now more than ever" Thank you to BBC Radio Manchester

Jenny Loughran is a SEND parent as well as one of the founders of Action4SEND. Jenny shares her lived experience, having to navigate the complex processes when applying for an EHCP, she talks about the challenges she faced and how she overcame them. Jenny eventually requested an EHCP herself and gathered all necessary evidence. We hope you enjoy this really helpful podcast. We would like to thank the NHS - Health Education England for their support on this project. www.autismpeer.education www.action4send.co.uk www.greatmindstogether.co.uk

In this episode we ask Doctor Rick, Tameside Radio's resident GP what his thoughts are on the current 3 different vaccines being distributed for Coronavirus. We ask what the differences are, whether they are safe and clear up some of the myths in the media. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions for this podcast and thank you to Dr Rick for taking the time out to discuss this really important subject. We look forward to having him on again for further discussions around mental health, young people and their families. We would also like to thank Quest Media Network for sponsoring this podcast. https://www.questmedianetwork.co.uk/ www.greatmindstogether.co.uk

In this episode you can listen to a podcast version of the video delivered by Emma Mander and Meg Walls on the Autism Peer Education site: www.autismpeer.education Emma and Meg talk about the project, their recent partnership with the NHE - Health Education England and provide information on the support available for families and professionals in order to best support people with Autism, and prevent mental health needs and hospitalisation, by creating more awareness and understanding. Thank you to the people that have contributed to this project so far, and we welcome anybody who would like to get involved, just email us at: hello@autismpeer.education There are details on the Autism Peer Education website of upcoming events delivered by some of the industry's experts and expert parents and carers, so make sure you check it out. Thank you to: www.mycpo.co.uk www.cudox.co.uk www.spectrumgaming.net Twitter: @gfreeman2012 www.inclusivechoice.co.uk www.action4send.co.uk