The Top 10 Myths About ADHD
Both girls and boys get ADHD, and people with ADHD can be very bright. There are lots of myths out there about this disorder, and science is finding the facts to dispel them. Read more here on Every Day Health Go and explore this EXCELLENT website called The Coffee Klatch which is dedicated to […]
Are toddler tantrums pushing you to the edge? Learning from parents of children with autism could help steer you through those meltdown moments.
Here is an interesting article from WalesOnline.co.uk Are toddler tantrums pushing you to the edge? Learning from parents of children with autism could help steer you through those meltdown moments What is it about supermarkets? Is your weekly shop more meltdown than melt-in-the-mouth? Surviving tantrums is a parenting rite of passage. But for parents of […]
The LIME Magazine as it is THE leading independent magazine produced for anyone caring for a child with special needs.
I am delighted to have been published in The LIME Magazine as it is THE leading independent magazine produced for anyone caring for a child with special needs. My article is called Unique and Special and gives practical advice for a parent discovering their child is different – please pass this wonderful resource and magazine […]
Autistic children could be diagnosed from the age of ONE thanks to new brain scan
Researchers studying autistic children have discovered their brain activity appears to be out of sync compared to their peers at a very early stage. They found that language areas in the right and left sides of the brain are less synchronised in autistic toddlers. The weaker the synchronisation, the more severe the communication difficulties exhibited […]
“Special Needs” is like an umbrella sheltering and hiding a huge collection of diagnoses underneath.
I have recently been coaching some wonderful parents who have a child with ADHD and as a former Deputy Head teacher of many children with unique and different needs, I have been exploring with them how to handle the painful and often overwhelming feelings associated with dealing with the diagnosis that their child is different. […]