Dear Dody Thank you for your further post. It appears from the post that you are concerned about your son’s behaviour in the placement. You say that he is exhibiting sexualised behaviour. From reading your post it seems that this something that was spoken about to the social worker and the children...

Dear Dody, Thankyou for your further post. You say that the contact sessions with your children have been reduced to only one session per month. You would like to know if this can be increased. The first step towards increasing contact sessions is to ensure that you attend the current contact sessi...

Hi Dody Good to hear you have completed the parenting classes, I found my sessions very useful. My advice is to keep going and stay positive (it is very hard but do not let them break you) and also be assertive with Children's services. Is there a reason the contact sessions were reduced? Do your c...

Dear Dody Welcome to the parents’ discussion board and thank you for your posts. My name is Suzie and I am Family Rights Group’s online adviser. You have posted a few times and have received helpful responses from other parents. I will reply to the queries raised in your various posts here. From th...

Hi Suzie, Trust you are doing great! Thanks for all the advice in this my challenging time, you are highly appreciated. It's been a very difficult time for me I must say, but my strength is in God. I had my final interview with the police yesterday and it was a tough one, i was charged to a crimina...

Hi Saraheve i have always tried to work with social services and i have attended the freedom program, parenting sessions and family group conferences. It doesn't seem to matter what i do it's all a complete waste of time and it's all because they decided to believe the father and not me and then co...

Hi Dody Depends on your current situation. Parenting courses are a good idea. Have you asked Childrens services to refer you and pay for the costs, as most of these types of classes are run by private providers? If they refuse to refer and pay, you can address this with your legal advisor. I would ...

Hi katkat10 I initially got a referral for parenting courses, and I completed it successfully. I also had a referral from a psychiatrist to conduct sessions, but it was not available for free. I got it in the private sector and also completed it successfully, but the judge refused to give the childr...

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Is there any other course I should take besides parenting courses? To support myself to get my kids back?