Unstoppable Parenting Workshop Series

Bethany is a confident, experienced and engaging public speaker and facilitator, who delivers heartfelt, honest and gritty real life examples which is cleverly coupled with the latest evidenced-based research to meet her audiences where their at. Bethany’s lived experiences as a mother to a child with an acutely rare disease in addition to her professional experiences creates a safe space, where audiences are seen holistically and are inspired to meet their potential and become unstoppable.

Topics include:

• Topic 1: Parenting a child with neurodivergence (ADHD/AuDHD). A introduction to what AuDHD is, how it impacts parenting, your relationship with your family/friends and practical tips to parent calmly.
  This session focuses on the parent/child relationship.

• Topic 2: Parenting children with special needs. This session focuses on upskilling parents to effectively advocate for their children and provides parents practical tips to support the child/parent relationship.
  This session focuses on the parent/child relationship.

• Topic 3: Post diagnosis. A parents journey through grief, mental health tips, finding support and acceptant.
  This session focuses on parents.

• Topic 4: My story: I share my story of being a mother to a child with an acutely rare disease. The session covers the six years of medical gaslighting to diagnosis, ongoing systematic advocacy, mental health issues, relationship struggles and a fight to access the medications for my child. Some parts will make you cry and others you will want to cheer.

Bethany has a Bachelor of Social Science with a major in Children and Family Studies, has 15-years experience working in state government and the non-for-profit sector in the fields of health, disability, mental health, child development, neurodivergence and much more.

TESTIMONIALS

‘Bethany from Unstoppable Parenting has been a valued supporter of Kiind for many years, delivering a range of workshops to our community that consistently attract strong attendance from families. Bethany has a unique ability to combine lived experience with professional expertise, allowing her to connect with parents and carers in a genuine and meaningful way.

Nothing is ever too much trouble for Bethany, and her passion for supporting parents and carers of children with disability is evident in everything she does. ‘

Alana Vanderwoude, Kiind Org.

‘Very raw and brutally honest session, it was so good to be able to speak with a beautiful group who "get it' thank you’.
Participant, Post Diagnosis Parenting Workshop