Accessible Summary The Circle of Security Parenting (COS‐P) programme can be helpful for some parents of children with learning disabilities to think about their relationship with their child. Parenting a child with learning disabilities is different, and COS‐P can highlight this difference. This can feel painful for parents and may stop them engaging with the programme. Abstract BackgroundBackground: The promotion of secure attachment relationships in childhood leads to better outcomes in later life (British Psychological Society 2017, Incorporating Attachment Theory into Practice: Clinical Practice Guideline for Clinical Psychologists Working with People who have Intellectual Disabilities). The Circle of Security Parenting Programme (COS‐P) provides a clear framework for reflecting on attachment relationships (Cooper et al 2009, Zero to Three, 37, 27). MethodsMethods: Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with parents of children with learning disabilities who attended a COS‐P programme to find out about their experiences of the course and how applicable it was to them. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. FindingsFindings: Four key themes were identified: these related to (1) COS‐P concepts are relevant to all children but (2) parenting a child with a learning disability is different and (3) COS‐P can create a focus on their child as different, which can be painful, and (4) changes recommended to make COS‐P suitable for parents of children with learning disabilities. ConclusionsConclusions: This paper outlines the benefits and challenges of COS‐P in sharing concepts related to attachment, whilst highlighting differences for parents of children and young people with learning disabilities, which can be painful.

Accessible summary• Network Training is a way that helps people to understand behaviour like hurting people or breaking things, called 'challenging behaviour'.• Network Training is where lots of people meet up to think about the person showing challenging behaviour.• We did Network Training to help understand the behaviours of a boy who has a learning disability. His support workers, teachers and doctors came to think about what was making him show challenging behaviours.• The people who came to the training thought that it was useful. AbstractBackground: Network Training is an intervention that draws upon systemic ideas and behavioural principles to promote positive change in networks of support for people defined as having a learning disability. To date, there are no published case studies looking at the outcomes of Network Training.

This article considers the role of ‘participation’ in challenging disabling discourses and cultures within the NHS. It introduces ideas about working with parent and young people participation groups linked with a child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) for young people with a learning disability.

Background The Child Development Advisor (CDA)  (Portage) service provides developmental support to children with significant developmental delays and emotional support for their families through fortnightly home visits. However, the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions imposed to control its spread prevented services from providing face‐to‐face sessions with families and caregivers, thus removing the CDA (Portage) service's primary means of supporting children and their families. This article aims to explore the impact of those changes on a team of CDAs. Methods Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with six CDAs representing the CDA (Portage) service within one NHS Health Board. Findings The CDAs expressed feeling an initial negative impact of the COVID‐19 restrictions on the service, but in the longer term they noticed a number of positive impacts, including caregiver empowerment and improved working with other professionals. Conclusion Despite having their primary means of providing support removed as part of the COVID‐19 restrictions, the service has been able to adapt to continuously support families and promote child development throughout the pandemic and inadvertently developed a service offer that may be more beneficial for both families and professionals in the future.