Supporting children and young people as they navigate the complexities of friendships and relationships is a primary concern for many parents and carers. This two-part series will provide a comprehensive, trauma-informed guide to fostering healthy connections throughout a child’s development.
In this first part Nerys looks at the essential building blocks of social interaction. She talks about how to build deep, secure foundations of connection and belonging, and how to navigate the transition from early childhood connections to the more complex dynamics of middle childhood. Nerys also provides real-world strategies to help teach children about protecting information and setting clear boundaries.
This webinar is aimed at parents and carers of young children to pre-teens. In part-two Nerys will cover the teen years.
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Founder of Whole Child Therapy
Nerys Hughes is an advanced paediatric occupational therapist, clinical director and respected educator specialising in sensory processing, early childhood development and complex needs. Holding advanced practitioner status in SOS Feeding, Sensory Integration Therapy, Therapeutic Listening and sensory processing disorders, she brings together both clinical and lived experience as a parent to a neurodivergent child.
Nerys founded Whole Child Therapy (WCT) to meet the needs of children, creating a model that honours each child’s story, body, spirit and aspirations. Internationally recognised for her work in sensory impairment, she contributes to national children’s eye‑care standards and develops specialist assessment tools and training programmes.
As a mentor and trainer, she leads WCT’s accredited framework, supporting schools and therapists to build confident, therapeutically capable teams.