Special Parenting

The Special Parenting Service supports parents who have a mild to borderline learning disability. This means they will have an IQ of 55 – 85.

The Special Parenting service are a range of professionals available to work with families to improve a parent’s skills. They will assess, teach and offer guidance. Their role is to help parents understand the needs of their children and in particular how to:

keep children safe
set routines for their baby or child
access further support and help
manage their child’s behaviour.

Download the Special Parenting Service Referral Form

This referral form needs to be filled out completely. Then returned to the email address:
cpn-tr.SPSTeam@nhs.net

Parents Opening Doors Course

The Special Parenting Services and Cornwall College’s Parents Opening Doors Course provides training on parenting, education, computer skills, literacy, numeracy, life and employment skills.

Referrals can be made by anyone, but those made by other health professionals are prioritised.

More information is available in our Special Parenting Leaflet which is also available in easy read format.