One of the increasingly known conditions that can come hand-in-hand with Autism and related SEN is pathological demand avoidance (or PDA for short!) PDA is becoming more and more of a hot topic amongst many health professionals but, still, very few understand it deeply. PDA describes the way that a person may struggle with everyday …
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10 things to do this Autumn with the kids!
Autumn is well and truly here. I must admit, I absolutely love waking up in the morning to the cotton candy coloured clouds as the sun begins to peek through. Pulling out all my winter jumpers and throwing on something super cosy before settling myself down (eventually) to a warm bowl of steamy porridge. However, …
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PDA and ‘conforming’
Todays society has so many unspoken and assumed ‘rules’. Be it in shops where you will find an array of pink in the ‘girls’ section and blue ‘for boys’, or how a child is expected to kiss their family member goodbye despite saying “No, thankyou”. When did these silent expectations begin to dictate how we …
Autismum best SEN blog 2019 Award!
For many years now, I have been using Twinkl as my main site of searching for fab resources and inspiration for lots of home teaching….it certainly has saved me a lot of time over the summer holidays! I absolutely love the fact that i can edit resources to suit our needs too! Twinkl is an …
10 Top Tips for making ‘back to school’ easy!
That moment when it’s time to start the uniform shopping and start getting back into your ‘normal routine’ of alarm clocks and pre-making lunches can be daunting for parents and children alike, so here are my 10 top tips to making the transition from ‘holiday mode’ to ‘back to school’ super easy! Make a transition …
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