The book that changed everything – Understanding Your Child’s Sensory Signals
I want to share a book that honestly changed the way I parent in many ways and even the way I see myself as a neurodivergent person. It is called
7 October 2025
Tag: NDD Advice
Dear Advisor- My daughter, who has ADHD and is awaiting an autism assessment, bites and hits me…
Dear Advisor- My daughter, who has ADHD and is awaiting an autism assessment, bites and hits me. She is 8 now, getting bigger and really hurts me. It seems to
19 September 2025
The Importance of Boundaries for Neurodivergent Children and Young People
Boundaries play an essential part in the development of all children and young people, however for those who are diagnosed neurodivergent, it is even more important that you put boundaries
25 June 2025
You Don’t Have to Be Strong All the Time
Robert Ward is a Parent Carer Worker at Suffolk Family Carers, he is also neurodivergent. Here he explains how his own lived experience helps him to empathise and encourage parent
25 June 2025
Body Doubling
Body doubling is quite simple in its concept, and the name really explains all there is to it. The process requires finding another ‘body’, and then engaging in an activity
1 May 2025
Emotional Regulation; Our child’s brain and the 3 R’s
How many times have you said something to your child and experienced what you consider to be an overreaction to your question? Maybe you asked them if they have any
28 December 2024
Social Stories
During my time as a family adviser I often suggest to carers, the use of social stories with their children. Many carers say ‘What is a social story?’ Social stories
4 November 2024
ARFID – Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) are in the process of establishing a specialist Suffolk ARFID team to support children and young people. As the newly appointed Assistant Psychologist, I’m
9 September 2024
Emotional Regulation: The Iceberg and The Window of Tolerance
Emotional regulation is a term used to describe our ability to manage our own emotions, we will all experience emotional dysregulation from time to time, for example when getting angry
4 September 2024
Intensive Interaction
I first heard about Intensive interaction when I was working with a speech therapist at a special support unit, attached to a main stream school. At the time I was
7 July 2024
