Social Stories – Siobhan Timmins and Social Articles into Adulthood
Dr Siobhan Timmins is an approved Satellite Trainer in Social Stories™ and offers training in the approach to parents, professionals, and NHS staff. She is an…
Tag: parenting
18 in 18: A Chromosome and a Year
JKP author, researcher and speaker Kate E. Reynolds recently travelled to the Chromosome 18 Europe conference, to speak to attendees about sexuality and relationships. Here,…
Screen Time for Autistic Children
Jonas Torrance is a registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist and a behaviour consultant, who has worked with autistic children for over 30 years. He also facilitates…
Talking about dementia with very young children: why it helps and how to go about it
In this blog, Lynda Moore, the author of My Book about Brains, Change and Dementia introduces her new picture book about dementia, which encourages good…
Stories of Autism Advocacy from Parents around the World
From America to Australia, and stopping off in every continent in between, these stories from the parents of autistic children highlight changing attitudes to autism.…
Telling a Child About their Autism
This blog is a helpful, in-depth exploration of deciding on the right time to tell a child about their autism diagnosis, and judging whether they…
15 Things to Say at your Book Launch
Adapted from the inspiring speech she gave at the launch of her first book, Debby Elley highlights the reasons why she wrote Fifteen Things They…
Developing Resilience: Top 5 Tips for Parents of Autistic teens
Announcing the second book in the Parents’ Practical Guide to Resilience range, authors Jeanette Purkis & Emma Goodall take us through their top tips for…
Art Therapy Cards for Children: What they are and how to best use them
The author of Art Therapy Cards for Children, Elitsa Velikova introduces her Art Therapy cards and shares some ideas on how one can work with…
Life after “He’s Always Been My Son”
Janna Barkin is the proud mother of a transgender son, and a passionate transgender youth rights advocate. She writes regularly for the Huffington Post and…