Trusting Development Instead of Managing It
Letting Children Grow Without Anxiety Our culture is one of speed, efficiency, and results; it should come as no surprise that to some, parenting has…
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Introducing Taya the Tortoise: An Activity Book for the Children Who Bottle-Up, Retreat, or Disconnect
Introducing Taya the Tortoise: An Activity Book for the Children Who Bottle-Up, Retreat, or Disconnect By Dr. Karen Treisman. Find her latest book, Taya the…
Systems and Safety: On Masking and Autistic Burnout
Viv Dawes, autistic advocate, on masking and burnout Viv Dawes is the author of The Young Person’s Guide to Autistic Burnout. Viv is an autistic…
We Were Raised to Burn Out: Helping Neurodivergent Kids Honour Their Energy
My Body’s Power Pack by Sandhya Menon Burnout isn’t always a loud crash-bang, can’t-do-it-anymore, sleep-in-bed-for-days kind of thing.Sometimes it creeps in. Quietly. Like when you…
Why is a neuroaffirmative approach important when you’re diagnosing autistic children?
This is an extract from The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment Handbook – The first handbook on neuro-affirmative child autism assessment, written by a group…
Help Your Dyspraxic Child Find Their ‘Eureka Moments’
Help Your Dyspraxic Child Find Their ‘Eureka Moments’ Read this article with 5 helpful tips on helping your dyspraxic child find their strengths, written by…
How to support a child with dyslexia to discover their strengths
How to support a child with dyslexia to discover their strengths Margaret Rooke is the author of Meet the Dyslexia Club! and the parent of…
Using sensory regulation to help with the transition back to school!
Using sensory regulation to help with the transition back to school! Clare Ward and James Galpin are the authors of ‘My Senses are Like Cups‘,…
Parenting children with neurodiverse needs: with or without a diagnosis
By Eve Bent, a neurodivergent mother of four, with two autistic children and over fifteen years working with children of all abilities, including working in…
Building Better Therapeutic Relationships with Children
This blog post was written by JKP author Deborah Schroder, author of Building Better Therapeutic Relationships with Children. This week is Children’s Mental Health Awareness…