SEND - PARENTING - BALANCE

Let me challenge you with a controversial discussion on behaviour, discipline, rewards and consequences.

I don't discipline my children! I don't reward my children! True Story!

I was forced into this approach when my children didn't respond well to discipline and now I wouldn't want it any other way.

What happens is something much better!

Let me share why that is...

What options do we have when our children are suffering with school attendance difficulties?

What happens when the EBSA approach no longer works?

What should I do if the school are being supportive but the interventions they are offering do not work?

I want to view another school but how do I know this will be better for my child?

Feeling overwhelmed about home education?

Not home educating yet but have it as a plan B in your back pocket?

This podcast discusses why and how we started home education. I discuss the negative environment of being on a mainstream school roll but not attending school due to anxiety and how this can impact negatively on children, also, how I prioritised my daughters mental health over and above education.

Do you have a child with PDA, AUTISM / PDA?

Have you ever felt stuck between a rock and a hard place when choosing from a limited pool of options for support? Usually with none of the options being preferable?

Do you find that one intervention for ADHD/AUTISM/PDA may irritate another need linked to ADHD/AUTISM/PDA therefore, not really wanting to choose either option of support or intervention?

Yes its complex, so lets get stuck in and unpick this with some likely examples of eating disorders, sleep disorders, school anxiety and toothbrushing!

Does your child have autism, ADHD, anxiety or PDA?

Help my child has too much control is something I have whispered from time to time!

An attachment phase with a PDA streak that felt isolating and tricky to control as a parent.

From whether or not I wore certain clothes, to whether or not I spoke to a friend in the community, to whether or not I left the house where all questionable.

If this resonates with you then this podcast is for you!

Children with ADHD/AUTISM/PDA can have difficulties in finding their own self identity in comparison to the world around them and others. In this podcast we start to unbox the reasons why, how different environments matter and how as parents we can help to increase self worth, self belief, self esteem, self confidence and improve body image.

With 18 years of personal and professional experience with ARFID I felt sharing my journey may help others along with theirs. I personally have two children aged 18 years and 7 years with ARFID and am able to talk about ARFID at different stages of a child's life.

In this podcast I talk about a recent TikTok I have seen regarding connections with people and places and how being a parent/carer to a child with mental or physical health needs can hinder the process of connection.

Whichever intervention you put in place for Autism with inevitably irritate the ADHD and vice versa! So how do we ease the clash between the two? Surely it's impossible?

The mental load of any parent is one thing but the mental load of a parent or carer with a child who has AUTISM/ADHD/PDA is a whole new level of ridiculous! How can I stop my mind from being so busy all the time? How can I shhhhh the mind?