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Born at the Right Time’s vision is to Bridge the Gap between families and practitioners in SEN, Health and Social Care through collaborative working and building positive relationships. We believe working well together means services run more efficiently, practitioners feel more equipped, and families experience better outcomes.
We partner, dream and collectively curate a new way.
How we’re different
We bring a powerful dual perspective combining lived experience and professional insight. Our work is grounded in a deep understanding of the factors that often create adversarial and traumatic interactions between services and parent carers.
Rooted in Lived Experience
Informed By Evidence & Reserarch
Initiating Actionable Solutions
“Highly recommended”
“One of the best trainings I’ve ever attended – bar none!”
“Catalyst for Change”
“Every single staff member said it was one of the best training sessions they have ever completed. ”
“Inspiring”
“Training based on real experience making sure we remember real people in our practice. “
How we make a difference
As a leading voice in transforming rhetoric into reality, we challenge tokenism and drive meaningful change. We are changing systems, attitudes and practice through our engaging, empathic and transformative work.
Training and Development
Bridging the gap for SEND, health and social care practitioners. Dynamic, expert courses (e-learning, on-line, in-person) and consultancy.
Supporting Families
Nurturing a parent/caregiver collective who feel seen, resourced and connected by workshops, blogs, books and ‘The Skies We’re Under’ podcast.
Influencing and Speaking
An expert voice driving initiatives and research to influence policy makers and providers to turn rhetoric into reality. Family centred research, speaking at global conferences, ComplexUs and Don’t Call Me Mum initiatives.
Founder/Director Rachel Wright introduces how Born at the Right Time works towards improving the lives of people impacted by complex disabilities.
Awards
Featured Sections
Books
What happens when life doesn’t turn out as you planned? ‘The Skies I’m Under‘ is a memoir about becoming the parent of a child with complex needs, while ‘Shattered‘ uses 40 reflections to help walk that unexpected path.
Podcast
Founder & director of Born at the Right Time, Rachel Wright, hosts ‘The Skies We’re Under’ podcast with fellow parents of disabled children. Each week they bridge the gap by telling tales, laughing and sharing useful information for families and practitioners alike.
Writing
Whether through bespoke animations, articles, research or written information for families, Born at the Right Time shares people’s stories to improve services and bring about lasting change.
Find us on social media @bornatrighttime
VIRAL Blog post from July 2016 seen by over 4 million people and still creating waves. Four reasons my son won’t accept his 100% Attendance Award. No. 2 son has been awarded an evening at a soft play centre because he has 100% attendance at school. He loves going to soft play, he loves going out with his friends, we love it when school reward him BUT he won’t be going. Here’s why…
The Don’t call me Mum initiative is working towards #bridgingthegap between professionals and parents. Parenting a child with disabilities requires a relationship with many professionals which work best when founded on mutual respect. Practitioners can easily to demonstrate their passion for working with parents as partners by simply using the parent’s name.
