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This article aims to provide ideas to help school become a place where your child can feel comfortable enough to engage with people and learning. Proactive adjustments and accommodations can help a child feel safer at school so that they can thrive (reasonable adjustments) so should always be agreed when areas of need have been identified. Examples of reasonable adjustments are provided, alongside ideas that can help stimuialte new ideas and ways of thinking about life at sch

Parents have spoken to me about the dilemma they sometimes wonder about with their autistic child: how much to encourage or insist that they continue doing the things in their week that they need to, or that are felt to be good for them—for example, attending school, hobbies, or meeting up with loved ones and friends. On one side is the consideration of wanting to be sensitive to the child’s needs and wants, attempting to create a good fit between them and their daily lives w

Young children develop in different ways and at different rates. It can be a real source of stress and worry for parents when their child...

Learning more about the daily challenges and problems your child faces can lead to you feeling more informed and able to predict what may increase their stress and set them off.

A person's autism is unique to them and as such autism needs to be seen as a constellation which shapes people very differently. This...

The Biology of Autism Autism is complex and a constellation, meaning that there are just as many differences as similarities between...

An explosive child often reacts in big and intense ways to what appears to be minor things, situations and daily expectations. Some...

Energy accounting is an approach that can help people who have been prone to experience overwhelm, overload, exhaustion, fatigue and burnout. Spending energy Increasing your awareness of your physical and mental energy can be the start to knowing when recharge or recovery is needed.. Analogies such as batteries, 'spending' energy, smarties, and spoons or stress buckets have been used to to help understand the idea of accounting for your energy and finding ways to manage and/o

Temperament refers to the part of a person’s character that shapes their mood and the way they react to situations and behave, in other...

Here is an introduction to the concept of Schemas, the ideas and beliefs we develop about ourselves. Schemas A combination of nature (for...