FII Awareness Week
In 2022 Sunshine Support started the very first FII Awareness Week with the intention of shining light on the ongoing injustices and false accusations of Fabricated or Induced Illness.
After conducting some independent research our results showed us the 37% of accusations started at school. It's vital that awareness and education is improved in this area. 2023's awareness week focused on this.
2024's awareness week will continue to focus on education and social care, whilst ensuring Dads and male carers are given a voice.
Our intention is not to blame or shame but to support those with their education and, in turn, to improve practice within schools, health and social care.
FII Awareness Week 2024 will take place 6-10th May 2024.
Events to Inform, Education and Empower YOU
FII Awareness Week 2024 takes place 6th - 10th May
Below you'll find our full schedule of empowering, inspiring events.
Most webinars will be hosted on the Sunshine Academy, meaning there is just one ticket cost for the entire week to ensure it is more affordable than ever to gain this vital information.
A General Overview of FII
A vital webinar explaining FII and the most up to date research with Cathie Long and Dr. Fiona Gullon-Scott (co-authors and researchers of the FII Guidance by BASW) hosted on Facebook (free to watch). A great first webinar to start our week of learning.
School 'Refusal' & its links with FII
When children struggle to attend school it can often bring about social care involvement, which parents report to be a slippery slope to wrongful FII accusations. Chrissa & Jess explore this in detail including the causes of non-attendance and how to help.
Gestalt Language Processing
Dawn from SmallTalk will explain how Gestalt Language Processors can often be misunderstood; when repeating back phrases they've learnt (but not necessarily understood) it can sometimes be misconstrued sparking unnecessary social care involvement (and even child protection).
SEND Dads Discussion about Parental Blame
Inspirational SEND Dads Ben & Andy will be chatting about their own journeys.
Whilst Mums tend to receive false FII accusations, the Dads are equally made to feel blame and shame but their voices are seldom heard.
Pathological Demand Avoidance & FII
We know from research that false FII accusations plague the PDA community.
We are honoured to have PDA Society CEO Elizabeth (Ed) with us to explain why this is and what we can do.
Social Care Assessments & Neurodivergent Families
Social workers need to take great care to understand neurodivergence (ND) before embarking on assessing ND families. A lack of understanding often leads to false accusations of FII and even unnecessary child protection proceedings.
A Dad's Journey
David has been on a heartbreaking SEND parenting journey. His story will move you; whether you're a professional or a parent/carer. He shares his inspirational journey with us to encourage better practice in health and social care, and to empower others.
Trauma & Mental Health
Every single family who has gone through parental blame or false accusations of FII will admit they feel entirely physically and emotionally traumatised by their experience. The lovely Chdel will explain why and how we recover.
Education, Teachers & FII
We know from our own research that FII accusations begin within education. Highly experienced specialist educators Kelly & Gabby will be inspiring us to do better, to improve long term outcomes for families.
SIGN UP
All the webinars above will be available on the Sunshine Academy,
the brilliant online learning platform by Sunshine Support.
To ensure we keep cost low there are no individual ticket fees this year; sign up to the Sunshine Academy for £10.99 to watch ALL of this year's webinars during FII week (and hundreds more!)
(Terms and Conditions apply, the £10.99 payment is the first month's cost for the Sunshine Academy membership; monthly subscription that can be cancelled at any time)
Cuppa&Chat Support
We know FII Awareness Week can be a very emotional time where we each need to connect to gain support, that's where our Cuppa&Chat comes in...
FII Impact Film
A film that aims to improve awareness of the trauma and devastation experienced by families who are accused of 'making up' or 'exaggerating' their child's difficulties.
A hard-hitting, emotional film that we self-funded and produced. Please share to help us improve awareness.
Get involved with FII Awareness Week 2024
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FII Awareness Week is an initiative started by Sunshine Support. Follow their Facebook page for updates and events!
FII Awareness Week learning takes place on the Sunshine Academy, to sign up for access click above!
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