THE SEND MUM CIRCLE
Ongoing support for the woman behind the SEND journey
You spend so much time working out what your child needs
But where do you take everything you’re carrying?
The SEND Mum Circle gives SEND mums somewhere to bring the overwhelm, difficult situations and decisions so they can feel:
💙 less alone
💗 clearer about what they need
💙 more confident handling SEND life
£22 per month | Cancel anytime
Joining us this week 🎤
This month’s guest expert is Claire Rushton-Plant from MiniMe Mindfulness, covering confidence, mindfulness and emotional regulation for children.
Join now and you’ll be able to attend live or watch the replay afterwards.
Does this feel familiar?
You’ve sorted one SEND problem…
…and another three have appeared.
One week it’s school.
The next it’s behaviour, sleep, an appointment, an EHCP email, a decision you’re frightened of getting wrong, or something completely unexpected.
You might be:
💙 carrying everyone else’s worries
💙 replaying conversations and meetings in your head
💙 trying to work out what needs your attention first
💙 second guessing decisions you’ve already made
💙 fighting schools, services or the local authority
💙 wondering whether you’re doing enough
💙 feeling guilty whenever you try to think about yourself
💙 exhausted from explaining your family’s situation to people who simply don’t get it
And somewhere among the paperwork, appointments and constant problem solving, you can disappear behind your child’s needs.
Sometimes you don’t need another article.
Or another checklist.
Or another person telling you what you “should” be doing.
Sometimes you need somewhere you can say:
“This is what’s happening and I honestly don’t know what to do next.”
And have somewhere to start untangling it.
The Circle is not about fixing your child
And it isn’t about fixing you either.
The SEND Mum Circle is about giving you somewhere to bring what SEND life is doing to you.
Somewhere to think.
Somewhere to talk.
Somewhere to ask the question you’ve been carrying around for days.
Somewhere to have a wobble without having to explain else feels enormous to you.
Somewhere to celebrate the things other people might not even realise are wins.
You don’t need to arrive with everything figured out.
You can arrive saying:
“I don’t even know where to start.”
That’s enough.
What I want The Circle to help you feel
Not perfectly calm.
Not endlessly positive.
Not like SEND life suddenly becomes easy.
But:
💙 less alone when things feel heavy
💗 clearer when everything feels tangled together
💙 more confident making decisions
💗 more able to recognise what YOU need
💙 more supported while you handle whatever comes next
The problems won’t magically disappear.
But you won’t automatically have to carry every single one inside your own head.
I created the support I wish SEND mums had
Hi, I’m Emma.
I’m a Therapeutic Coach, with 28 years’ experience across education and children’s mental health, alongside my lived experience as a SEND mum.
For years I worked professionally with children, young people and families.
Then I became the parent sitting on the other side of the table.
I’m a mum to an autistic teenager and that experience changed the way I understood SEND families completely.
I know what it’s like to:
sit in meetings wondering whether anybody is really listening
research late at night because you don’t know what else to do
question whether you’re making the right decision
fight for support while trying to keep everyday life going
and carry things nobody else even realises you’re carrying.
That’s why my work isn’t simply about SEND advice.
I support the woman behind the SEND journey.
Through SEND Mum Coach, I bring together:
💙 28 years’ professional experience across education and children’s mental health
💗 Therapeutic Coaching
💙 lived SEND mum experience
💗 an understanding of the emotional load women carry behind the scenes
The Circle exists because I don’t believe you should have to reach breaking point before somebody asks:
“What do you need?”
What happens inside The SEND Mum Circle?
The Circle is deliberately simple.
You do not need another busy membership with a list of activities to keep up with.
You need support that is there when life happens.
💬 Private WhatsApp community
A private space where you can:
ask a question
share what’s happened
have a wobble
celebrate a win
or quietly read along.
You don’t have to be chatty.
You don’t have to introduce yourself with your whole life story.
You can participate in whatever way feels manageable.
Two live group coaching sessions every month
Bring whatever SEND life is throwing at you.
School.
A difficult decision.
Confidence.
Overwhelm.
Something that happened at home.
A conversation you can’t stop replaying.
Or simply:
“Everything feels like too much.”
We’ll slow it down, untangle what’s happening and help you work out what matters and what your next step might be.
These are group coaching support sessions, not teaching webinars.
There is space for you to bring your actual life.
A monthly guest expert
Each month I invite somebody with specialist knowledge relevant to SEND families.
These sessions can help you better understand issues affecting your child, which can make life feel less confusing and reduce some of the pressure on you.
Previous topics have included:
💙 speech, language and communication
💗 mindful parenting
💙 autism and sleep
💗 confidence, mindfulness and emotional regulation
Attend live if you can.
If not, watch the recording when life allows.
Replay and resource library
You’ll have access to guest expert recordings and useful resources you can come back to in your own time.
No rushing.
No “I’ve missed it so I’ve lost it.”
The support is there when you’re ready for it.
Monday check-in
Every Monday, there’s one simple check-in.
How are you?
What’s happening?
What do you need this week?
You can reply.
Or not.
There are no endless prompts and no pressure to perform “community engagement”.
You do not have to keep up with The Circle
This is really important.
Some months SEND life will be quieter.
Others will knock you sideways.
You might come to every Zoom one month.
Then barely open WhatsApp the next.
That doesn’t mean you’re “doing the membership wrong”.
There is:
no pressure
no guilt
no gold star for perfect attendance
Come closer when you need more support.
Step back when life is full.
The Circle is still there.
Imagine being able to say…
“School have emailed again and I don’t know how to respond.”
“I’m worried I’m making the wrong decision.”
“I’m so angry and I need somewhere to say it.”
“Can somebody help me work out what actually needs dealing with first?”
“I feel like I’ve lost myself somewhere along the way.”
“Something went well today and I need someone who understands why that’s massive.”
…and not having to explain why any of it matters.
That is the kind of space I want The SEND Mum Circle to be.
The Circle might be right for you if…
✅ You’re tired of keeping everything in your own head
✅ You regularly second guess yourself
✅ You want somewhere you can bring difficult situations and decisions
✅ You feel like you’re carrying far more than anyone sees
✅ You want ongoing support rather than another one-off piece of information
✅ You’d value access to trusted guest experts
✅ You want somewhere that understands SEND life without needing the full backstory every time
✅ You sometimes feel more like an advocate, coordinator or carer than a woman
✅ You want support without being expected to turn up every week
✅ You want to feel less alone and more confident handling whatever comes next
The Circle probably isn’t for you if…
❌ You’re looking for legal representation or specialist legal advice
❌ You want somebody to tell you exactly how to parent your child
❌ You’re looking for therapy or crisis mental health support
❌ You want a highly structured programme with daily activities and homework
❌ You want a course promising that SEND life will become easy
The Circle is ongoing support, coaching, connection and specialist guest input.
It is somewhere to bring real life as it happens.
What members have said
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“It’s like a breath of fresh air.”
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“I finally realised I wasn’t alone.”
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“Somewhere I don’t have to explain myself.”
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“It’s so valuable knowing other mums truly get it.”
Learn from guest experts without having to find them all yourself
Previous guest experts have included:
Karen Massey — Speech, Language & Communication
Helen Sellars — Mindful Parenting
Kelly-Anne Riley-Smith — Autism & Sleep
All guest expert sessions are recorded and added to the member library.
You don’t need to wait until you’re falling apart
Sometimes we only ask for support when we’re completely done.
When we can’t think straight.
When we’re crying in the car.
When one more email feels like the thing that might tip us over.
But you don’t need to wait for that.
You can ask for support because:
you’re tired
you’re unsure
you need perspective
you’re carrying too much
you’d like someone in your corner
That is reason enough
Join The SEND Mum Circle
Ongoing support for the woman behind the SEND journey
Your membership includes:
💙 Two live group coaching sessions each month
💗 Monthly guest expert
💙 Replay and resource library
💗 Private WhatsApp community
💙 Monday check-in
£22 per month
Cancel anytime
No minimum term.
No six month commitment.
No annual contract.
Join when you need support.
Leave if it stops being right for you.
Imagine six months from now…
Six months from now, SEND life may still be unpredictable.
There may still be emails.
Appointments.
Decisions.
Good weeks and terrible ones.
But perhaps you’re handling them differently.
When something happens, you know where you can take it.
When everything feels tangled together, you have somewhere to slow it down.
When you’re doubting yourself, you’re not automatically working it out alone.
You’ve heard from professionals who have helped you understand things more clearly.
You’ve got other mums around you who understand why the things you’re dealing with matter.
And maybe, somewhere along the way, you’ve started remembering that your needs belong in the picture too.
That’s what I want The Circle to give you.
Less alone.
Clearer about what you need.
More confident handling SEND life.
A gentle note
The SEND Mum Circle provides peer support, connection, coaching-based support and wellbeing-focused guidance.
It does not provide legal, medical, therapeutic or other regulated professional advice.
Guest experts share information within their own professional remit, and members should seek individual professional advice where appropriate.
WhatsApp privacy: when you join the member community, your WhatsApp name, mobile number and profile photograph may be visible to other members depending on your privacy settings.
Members must not save, share or use another member’s details, or contact another member privately without permission.
You spend so much time being the person everybody else needs
Fighting.
Organising.
Remembering.
Researching.
Supporting.
Holding everything together.
You deserve somewhere that supports you, too.
If you’d like somewhere to bring the overwhelm, difficult situations and decisions and know you don’t have to work everything out alone, I’d love to welcome you into The SEND Mum Circle.
£22 per month | Cancel anytime
Because behind every child who needs support is a
woman who deserves support too