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Use of Social Stories to Support Children with ASD
Social stories are a useful tool for helping children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) understand and navigate everyday situations. Developed by Carol Gray in the early 1990s, social stories use simple language and visuals to explain social situations and...
ADHD: The Unsung Strengths
Understanding ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often talked about in terms of its challenges: difficulty focusing, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. For children and young people, this can mean struggles in the classroom, trouble with...
Supporting Children to Embrace Uncertainty
As discussed in our previous blog post, uncertainty is a natural and unavoidable part of life. For some children and young people, this uncertainty can be overwhelming and intolerable and it is essential that adults support children and young people (CYP) to learn to...
Uncertainty – Why Some Children Struggle
Uncertainty is an unavoidable part of life which we all face. From small, everyday uncertainties such as whether it will rain on the planned school trip to Drayton Manor, to the big, life-altering uncertainties, such as waiting for exam results, uncertainty is...
Lego®-Based Therapy – What Is It?
January 28th is International LEGO® Day and to celebrate, we have a free resource for you which can be found here. It offers a full how-to guide for setting up 'Brick Club' in your setting. At the end of the document we also have role cards for you to print and use in...
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation and why does it work? Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) is a technique developed by Dr. Edmund Jacobson in the 1920s, aimed at reducing physical tension and stress. The process involves tensing and then slowly relaxing different...
What Can Simple Games Tell Us?
As a Year 2 Trainee Educational Psychologist, I am always on the look out for different ways to assess children's needs and strengths. When I first meet a child, I always like to play some sort of game to ease them into our work together and to build some sort of...
Sensory Snacks and Movement Breaks – a FREE Resource
Our focus this month is on sensory processing and provision which you can find out more about in our previous blog posts: What is Sensory Processing? Why is an Understanding of Sensory Processing and Provision Important? In addition to our training course on sensory...
National Chocolate Milkshake Day – Milkshake Breathing!
Today is National Chocolate Milkshake Day, so to celebrate, here is a free resource that you can use with young children to encourage deep breathing. When we get anxious and the fight/flight/freeze response is triggered, our breathing often becomes fast and shallow....
What is Visual Perception?
We have many training courses available on our website relating to sensory needs including Cool Characters and Fine Motor Skills, Cool Kids Programme, Sensory Processing and Provision, and Sensory Circuits. Our newest training course, Visual Perception, looks into:...
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