Reflections

A school-aged child stands behind a bright yellow school bus, carrying a backpack on her back, and smiling.

She is so much more. autism behaviours parenting schooling Aug 05, 2021

I often touch on how important it is to move beyond the generic support framework for our autistic children in the classroom. This includes a timer, dot points on the board and visuals.

Whilst these are really great supports for many of our children, I often see them used without...

An illustration of a women kneeling down with a dustpan, and a young child sweeping with a broom towards her.

We bring our children home. autism neurodivergent parenting schooling Jul 22, 2021

We bring our children home

From failed systems

That have been enabled not to care

Not to care for our children

For us; when we were the children

We educate our children

And while trying to create a safe space

For their trauma to unravel

Our trauma too, unravels

Our children are...

School Trauma: Tuning into the language of behaviour. behaviours communication neurodivergent schooling Jul 08, 2021

For many of us, when we withdraw our children from school after prolonged challenges within that system, we expect that our children will begin to do better at home.

This isn't always so.

Our children do the best they can, in survival mode.

Survival mode...

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