In partnership with Sunbeams Community Hub Great Yarmouth
About Paradigm
Our Story
When our children were diagnosed as autistic, we were booked onto a parenting course and told to 'plod on' by the paediatrician.
Fast-forward 20 years, with grown-up children who are autistic with secondary diagnoses of ADHD, Opposition Defiant Disorder, OCD, Anxiety, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Epilepsy, POTS and brain damage, we are now in a position to help others - not to 'plod on', but to embrace neurodiversity and to empower children & young people to be their authentic selves in a supportive environment.
We have dedicated our lives to studying psychology and working in the field of neurodiversity, in order to help, find individual solutions and provide training for families, practitioners and professionals. Our aim is to Change the Narrative, not to change the child!
"Neurodiversity may be every bit as crucial for the human race as biodiversity is for life in general. Who can say what form of wiring will prove best at any given moment?" Robert Blume
Chantelle Goslitski, Director
Chantelle has a foundation degree in Psychotherapeutic Counselling and is currently completing her BSc (Hons) in Psychology with Counselling. She holds registration with the National Counselling Psychotherapy Society and is a qualified National Autism Trainer. Chantelle has also recently qualified as an Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist. Chantelle is blessed with two young men with their own neurodivergent diagnosis. She is also a proud AuDHDer (living with both neurotypes).
"When my firstborn was diagnosed at the age of 5 and my second son at age 7, I needed someone to let me know that it was going to be ok. I was left on my own to 'figure things out'! My curiosity took me into studying neurodivergence and I am keen to offer support, share my knowledge, and empower those around their neurodivergent child, to accept, understand and learn with them."
Pamela Frisby, Director
Pam holds a Master's Degree in Psychology (Conv), awarded with Merit. Her research focuses on family relationships & dynamics in families with neurodivergent children, and her dissertation devised a stress relief model which is implemented in our 'In Tandem with Families' service. Pam is a Chartered Linguist and a certified CPD Trainer. She has two grown-up neurodivergent children.
"When my children were young, I desperately wished for a 'manual' that would provide guidance on how to handle difficult situations. That's exactly what we aim to offer."