Tag: anxiety
School avoidance : Unlocking brighter futures
Samantha Lea discusses how the right balance of academic and vocational opportunities in a nurturing supportive environment can provide even the most long-term school...
ADHD and the classroom – Why is it so hard to...
The challenges of the classroom
No child was born to sit still. They are programmed to always be on the go; whether that’s running, jumping,...
Recovery – Starting Again
Children and young adults with disabilities, and the process of arriving into a world made different by the pandemic
A thought in many parents’ and...
Layla’s Life, My Words: An Insight Into the World Of a...
This is a very personal record of one family’s journey to educate other people and professionals about the difficulties their daughter Layla faced. The...
Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Children
Dr Beardon has been working in the field of autism for decades, in capacities ranging from practitioner to researcher to trainer and lecturer. He...
Autism, anxiety and some surprising lockdown wins
We all know about the downsides of quarantine, but Karen Massey shares some surprising upsides to lockdown for children with autism.
A core component of...
High anxiety
How does anxiety affect children and what can schools do to help? Amy Phipps and Sandra Dunsmuir explain all
To stim or not to stim
We need to understand what repetitive movements might mean to the individual with autism, not simply try to stop them, says Robyn Steward.
Not long...
Book Reviews
Parenting Children With ADHD
10 Lessons That Medicine Cannot Teach
Dr Monastra, is a clinical psychologist who is internationally recognised for his research on the neurophysiological characteristics of children...
