Tag: autism
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Don’t Waste Your Money On A Tutor
Tutors. Do we need them? For our lovely special children I’m not so sure. He has an extremely tricky time at school. Keeping focussed, keeping still, trying to process that complicated instruction, trying to just stay out of trouble. Then it’s home time. Yay! But wait. Time to go to the tutor. What do you…
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Gender neutral. Yay or nay?
Boys should be boys and girls should be girls. Blue for boys and pink for girls. Agree or disagree? I will lay my cards firmly on the table so you are in doubt what I think. We need to give all children the same opportunities so they all have self-belief that they can achieve anything…
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What your child’s new teacher must know
Who knows your child best of all? You. When your child goes back to school next week, the new teacher almost certainly will not have the first idea how to really manage your child’s behaviour. Therefore it is up to you to make sure the new teacher knows the facts. I don’t want to fill…
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Are you feeling guilty about your child going back to school?
The school summer holidays are very long. Very very long if your child has ADHD or challenging behaviour. Days may have been stressful, exhausting and sometimes even a total nightmare. Days may have also been wonderful, entertaining and a complete joy. Parenting a child with ADHD can be totally and utterly exhausting as life is…