Tag: anxiety
Tourette’s
Lucy Toghill on a widely-misunderstood neurological condition.
Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome, known more commonly as Tourette Syndrome, TS or Tourette's, typically starts around the...
School refusal
Naomi Humber on the causes and signs of school refusal, and what to do when it happens.
School refusal, also known as school phobia or...
Toxic stress and the developing brain
Mine Conkbayir on the precarious process of early brain development.
At a neurobiological and physiological level, children under stress cannot learn and they will fail...
Brain differences are normal
Parenting can be confusing, lonely, frustrating, frightening, sad, demoralising, funny, wonderful, and intensely passionate, says Alicia Drummond.
As the neurodiversity movement has evolved, the focus...
Brick by brick
Dr Gina Gomez de la Cuesta on building skills and learning through play.
Children's brains are designed to absorb information about their world through playful...
Point of view: parent
Baking, dyslexia and parenthood. Alex Tait’s on a roll…
I wear two hats. One that comes with being a specialist dyslexia teacher and the other,...
Going the extra mile
Zororo Mubaya on private transport services for people with SEND.
Sometimes, families need access to reliable transport that offers greater support, companionship and awareness of...
It’s OK to read with your ears
Lucy Rand on the joys of audiobooks. It's so much easier to follow the story.
Reading can be daunting for people with dyslexia. It can...