The Sense of Balance – links to ADHD and Dyslexia
Immaturities in the sense of balance often underlie difficulties with learning to read and write. While your child may appear to have good balance when moving, riding a bicycles etc, it is their static balance, or the ability to sit still and concentrate that is important for learning in the classroom. Children with immaturities in […]
We Need to Feel Safe to Learn – Learning and Behaviour through a Polyvagal Lens
so many.Many children struggle to learn in a traditional classroom. The result is that they often miss days or even outright refuse to attend. After years of struggle, many find it all too hard, and just give up. These behaviours are bringing us a message. Rather than trying to modify the behaviour that appears on […]
Strategies to Address Bullying
Bullying can wound us both physically and emotionally. It is a behaviour that is deliberately intended to cause harm, and takes place within some form of personal relationship. It is not OK. What is Bullying? “Bullying is when someone (or a group of people) with more power than you, repeatedly and intentionally uses negative words […]
Parent Coaching
Parent coaching is a way of helping you to be the parent you want to be. We all have times when we feel we are struggling as parents, and it’s not only when our children are small. Once upon a time, new parents were surrounded by family – parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles. We learnt about […]
Counselling with Children
Your child’s Counselling session is a time where they can feel seen, heard and understood, a safe place where they are able to relax and let go a little. Maybe they are struggling with something that feels overwhelming, or perhaps their behaviour is triggering some strong emotional reactions in you?. As a parent, it is […]
Anxiety at School – Developmental Readiness and your Child’s Nervous System
School anxiety often looks like headaches, tummy aches or angry behaviour, especially in the morning before school. The resultant behaviours can look like signs of ADHD, but can there be other issues? These behaviours cna often be linked to deyas or immaturities in early sensory and motor development, making learning difficult. Often labelled as school […]
Anxiety at School- children’s behaviours are bringing us a message
It’s not unusual to see signs of stress and anxiety in children at school, when you know what to look for. Their behaviours are bringing us a message, and it is up to us to learn how to read them. Recently, some parents have expressed concern that their children are getting into trouble at school […]
Play – the Work of Childhood
“Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play really is the work of childhood.” – Fred Rogers Children are born to play, it’s their natural state of being. Through play, they are able explore and get to know their world, become […]
Visual Processing – links to ADHD, dyslexia
Good visual processing skills are essential for classroom learning. They also form the foundation for social connection, and our ability to “read” faces, and are closely linked to other areas of sensory and motor development. Delays in early development of visual processing skills often become apparent when children start to struggle in school,. You may […]
School Refusal – or is it school rejection?
School refusal (also known as school can’t, and school avoidance) has been defined as “Significant emotional distress at the idea of going to, or staying at, school” (Parliament of Australia Research Paper). It has been increasing globally since the Covid 19 pandemic. School Can’t Australia noted that “39% of year 1-10 kids were chronically absent in […]