Encouraging flexibility in your child with autism

Children with autism can sometimes have a hard time with flexibility. Here are some ways you can talk to your child and help them become more comfortable with being flexible.

Children with autism can sometimes have a hard time with flexibility. Here are some ways you can talk to your child and help them become more comfortable with being flexible.

Nadine (Parent + practitioner)

Create a ‘calm down’ space

Help your child to create a safe space when they’re feeling overwhelmed.

Help your child to create a safe space when they’re feeling overwhelmed.

Nadine (Parent + practitioner)

Encouraging independence

Help children learn skills by breaking them down into smaller steps.

Help children learn skills by breaking them down into smaller steps.

Nadine (Parent + practitioner)

Needs Behind Behaviour

Children’s behaviour can often tell us about what they need. Finding the need behind the behaviour can help your child to express their needs in healthy ways.

Children’s behaviour can often tell us about what they need. Finding the need behind the behaviour can help your child to express their needs in healthy ways.

Ruby (practitioner)

Reducing Sibling Rivalry

Here are some ways to prevent and manage sibling rivalry.

Here are some ways to prevent and manage sibling rivalry.

Emelia (Parent)

Managing lying

It’s common for children to experiment with not telling the truth, here are three ways as a parent, you can respond to this.

It’s common for children to experiment with not telling the truth, here are three ways as a parent, you can respond to this.

Annie (practitioner)

Descriptive praise

Parents, describing the behaviour that you appreciate is an authentic and genuine way of praising your child.

Parents, describing the behaviour that you appreciate is an authentic and genuine way of praising your child.

Annie (practitioner)

Boundaries

Boundaries allow you to set clear expectations around behaviour. Here are 4 tips to help set boundaries as a family.

Boundaries allow you to set clear expectations around behaviour. Here are 4 tips to help set boundaries as a family.

Emelia (Parent)

Praise and encouragement

Praise and encouragement can help to grow loving relationships and improve your child’s confidence.

Praise and encouragement can help to grow loving relationships and improve your child’s confidence.

Nadine (parent + practitioner)

Travelling with your autistic child

Traveling can be unpredictable, disrupt routines and sometimes cause sensory overload. Here are some ways you can support your autistic child on the go.

Traveling can be unpredictable, disrupt routines and sometimes cause sensory overload. Here are some ways you can support your autistic child on the go.

Nadine (Parent + practitioner)