This course is designed for professionals as well as parents and carers with children that have literacy difficulties. This course will support students with a wide range of literacy problems including dyslexia, dysgraphia, ASD and ADHD. It will look at different issues that children may face when learning to read and write, what to look […]
'Anxiety is a thin stream of fears trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained.' Arthur Somers Roche The daily pressures on our children are increasing from targets and testing in the classroom to the rise of pressure advertising and social media. For many of our […]
Up to 1 in 3 teenagers struggle with chronic anxiety - overwhelming feelings of worry, fear and panic that can make daily life immensely difficult to navigate. Without support, living with persistent anxiety can result in complex and unhelpful patterns of behaviour developing and often results in a negative cycle of isolation feeding the anxiety. […]
‘As an autism sibling, I make sacrifices that a lot of my friends will never understand. I don't mind though, I love my brothers and autism is our life' Layla Daly Living with autism or ADHD in the family can have its challenges and often siblings can be silently struggling, with little available support. Using […]
Dyslexia has a further reaching impact on an individual than reading and writing alone. Self esteem is often severely compromised when dyslexia is not understood by the individual and their family. Understanding what dyslexia is and how to use your learning skills to compensate weaker areas and flourish will allow both child and parent a […]
EMOTIONAL REGULATION - For parents and professionals to provide support at home and in the school environment For many children to thrive and succeed within the home and school setting, they need to have developed an ability to manage/regulate their emotions so that they are able to learn and achieve. An original version of the […]
Have you ever wondered why your child is so angry or what you can do to manage their outbursts? There are very real reasons why a child behaves in this way. Anger doesn't just appear from nowhere. This workshop will give you a new and unique understanding about what is causing your child to behave […]
Lego Therapy was originally developed for children with autism but brick building has been and continues to be used therapeutically with children with other social skill difficulties and communication difficulties including language impairment and social use of language. It promotes development of key communication skills, including attention and listening, vocabulary and concept development, sharing, collaboration, […]
EMOTIONAL REGULATION - For parents and professionals to provide support at home and in the school environment For many children to thrive and succeed within the home and school setting, they need to have developed an ability to manage/regulate their emotions so that they are able to learn and achieve. An original version of the […]
UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD’S SPEECH, LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION NEEDS ‘Are you concerned about your child’s speech?’ ‘Are you worried that your child does not understand what you are saying?’ ‘Does your child have difficulty interacting with other people?’ The aim of this workshop for parents / carers is to increase awareness of how speech, […]
