Part 3: Parental Burnout – recovery, prevention and signs
When a child needs intensive support, caregivers tend to stop prioritising self-care and push their needs to last.
Part 2: Parental Burnout – Neurodiverse families
Parental burnout occurs when the level of stress outweighs the availability of resources to cope with it.
Part 1 : Parental burnout – definition, risk factors and impact
Parental burnout occurs when the level of stress outweighs the availability of resources to cope with it.
Part 5 : Creating inclusive classrooms – Punishments & discipline
It takes an empathetic and curious teacher to distinguish between a stress response, or an attempt to gain additional sensory input, or a symptom of underdeveloped skills from purposeful behaviour.
Part 4: Creating inclusive classrooms – norms and acceptance
Outdated classroom rules can be problematic for neurodivergent students because they have been written with a neurotypical lens.
Part 3: Creating inclusive classrooms – environment, resources and instruction
Neurodiversity can be supported by adapting, adjusting and enhancing teaching strategies and the classroom environment.
Window of Tolerance – help your child stay regulated
Neurodivergent children, because of their neurology and sometimes the past trauma they’ve experienced, usually have a much narrower Window of Tolerance.
Lived Experience: A new way to do Christmas
Asking your child what is hard for them around Christmas can help you prepare and make it a smoother more enjoyable period for the whole family
Find your calm so you don’t join their chaos
Remaining calm in situations where we are triggered is not easy, but the benefits of keeping composed in challenging moments have an immediate and long term positive impact on your child.
Teaching self-advocacy skills
Teaching your child self-advocacy skills is giving them a life-long gift that not only equips them to seek support but also builds their self-confidence.