Teddy bear breathing
Tap into your child’s imagination to help them to engage with breathing exercises.
Tap into your child’s imagination to help them to engage with breathing exercises.
The benefits of social play
Social play helps to encourage children to learn about sharing and turn taking. It helps develop social skills and language whilst also promoting communication skills and team work.
Social play helps to encourage children to learn about sharing and turn taking. It helps develop social skills and language whilst also promoting communication skills and team work.
Annie (practitioner)
The benefits of Imaginary play
Imaginary play helps to develop story telling skills. It also promotes self-expression and encourages creativity and imagination.
Imaginary play helps to develop story telling skills. It also promotes self-expression and encourages creativity and imagination.
Annie (practitioner)
The benefits of building play
Building play helps to promote problem-solving skills. It also supports the development of fine motor skills and encourages persistence and resilience.
Building play helps to promote problem-solving skills. It also supports the development of fine motor skills and encourages persistence and resilience.
Annie (practitioner)
Overcoming anxiety
As parents, we may naturally want to shield our kids from distress, sometimes leading to avoiding challenging situations. Whilst this might offer short-term relief, it can sometimes limit opportunities to face and overcome their anxieties. Sometimes, supporting children to gradually face their fears can help them to develop confidence and coping skills.
As parents, we may naturally want to shield our kids from distress, sometimes leading to avoiding challenging situations. Whilst this might offer short-term relief, it can sometimes limit opportunities to face and overcome their anxieties. Sometimes, supporting children to gradually face their fears can help them to develop confidence and coping skills.
Ruby (practitioner)
Importance of stimming
Stimming is a unique way that some autistic people use to express themselves and regulate their emotions and sensory experiences.
Stimming is a unique way that some autistic people use to express themselves and regulate their emotions and sensory experiences.
NADINE (PARENT + PRACTITIONER)
Distracting from worries
Focusing on fun activities that require concentration can help your child to switch off from worries that they can’t do anything about.
Focusing on fun activities that require concentration can help your child to switch off from worries that they can’t do anything about.
Ruby (Practitioner)
The magic praise ratio
Parents, noticing opportunities to praise your child can help foster a supportive and encouraging environment.
Parents, noticing opportunities to praise your child can help foster a supportive and encouraging environment.
Annie (Practitioner)
Open conversations about future goals
What did your parents want you to be when you were a child?
What did your parents want you to be when you were a child?
Emelia (Parent)
Quality over quantity
Caring for a child with additional needs can sometimes make it harder for parents to spend one-to-one time with each child. However, just 10 minutes of focused one-on-one time with your child can satisfy their need for attention much more effectively than 30 minutes of divided attention.
Caring for a child with additional needs can sometimes make it harder for parents to spend one-to-one time with each child. However, just 10 minutes of focused one-on-one time with your child can satisfy their need for attention much more effectively than 30 minutes of divided attention.