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Secure Attachment Style – The Ultimate Goal
There is power to a parent showing up, so that children feel safe, seen, soothed and secure. However, showing up is the goal of parenting, creating a secure attachment style. A secure attachment increases children’s lifelong satisfaction and happiness. It optimizes...
Autism and Burnout
When there is low stress and your autistic child is feeling good they are able to access:• Socialising• Can participate in hobbies or their passions/interests• Anxiety is low and controllable• There is a feeling of contentment and happinessThis can slowly and without...
ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) is not a lack of discipline. It’s an anxiety response.
ADHD is a cognitive regulation challenge. It’s about struggling to maintain focus and manage impulsivity. ADHD individuals often find themselves more attuned to the constant stream of thoughts and stimuli around them than the task at hand. Understanding the...
Tenacity is Instinctual
Understanding the role of the 7 instincts will comfort and provide you with the knowledge to help your children. The 7 instincts of tenacity displayed by children are:1. Intuitive Optimism: “born believing”, in other words children don’t always need to learn by...
Secure Attachment Style – The Ultimate Goal
There is power to a parent showing up, so that children feel safe, seen, soothed and secure. However, showing up is the goal of parenting, creating a secure attachment style. A secure attachment increases children’s lifelong satisfaction and happiness. It optimizes...
PDA in Short…
Ever heard of Pathological Demand Avoidance? It's a central nervous system disability that is part of the autism spectrum (AS). It is often confused with Oppositional Defiance Disorder or ODD.In short, your child isn't attention-seeking or misbehaving. They are...
Monotropism
The definition of Monotropism is a person’s tendency to focus their...
History is not destiny
History is not destiny By making sense of your own story, you can be...
Why Prodigious PDA?
Simply because PDAers are remarkably or impressively GREAT in...
What your Autistic child wants you to know
• WE ARE DIFFERENT HUMAN BEINGS, NO MATTER HOW DIFFERENT WE SEEM. •...
Person First/Identity First LANGUAGE
Terminology and Autism
High-functioning VS Low-functioning Previously these terms were...