Tag: autism
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10 Top Tips to Survive The Summer Holidays (Without Losing Your Sanity)
As the long, long, long, long, long holidays approach some of us mums start to get a little bit anxious. The six week break stretches out before us like a bad dream. School for us is some kind of respite. So without that, life can be a tad stressful. But mums – listen up. We can…
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Have we lost the ability to communicate?
“Jaw jaw – not war war” a wonderfully positive statement famously muttered by Winston Churchill in 1954. In these uncertain times it must always be a credible option to communicate with one another. But what does this communication look like in 2016? Unfortunately I feel the way many communicate today is through a virtual world.…
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Let’s celebrate success
It is a passion of mine to promote the idea that everyone has a talent or strength – and it is our duty as parents and educators to nurture and celebrate our children’s successes. We all know the children who ‘fail’ in the classroom but excel on the sports field. Children who struggle with writing but…
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How vital is it to diagnose and label our special children?
I am appalled this week to learn that our special children in Trafford, Cheshire and Liverpool are being discriminated against. The Deans Trust which runs schools in the area has informed parents of children with special needs who are due to start at Ashton-on-Mersey school in September that, because of “limited resources”, their children will attend…