Five top tips for a positive school placement for your child with SEND
By Stephen Hull, co-author of The Parent’s Guide to SEND, available now from www.jkp.com When school goes well everything can seem easy. Routines work well,…
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School Transition With SEND – How Parents Can Support
By Gary Aubin, co-author of The Parent’s Guide to SEND, available from www.jkp.com Read more about The Parent’s Guide to SEND here. A successful partnership…
The School Mental Health Response Handbook
Covering topics including developmental trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, school-avoidance, self-harm and more, The School Mental Health Response Handbook is designed for the busy individual seeking…
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‘,…
12 ways to get your children to talk to you about things that are important to them
By Katy Elphinstone, author of How to Raise Happy Neurofabulous Children. Katy Elphinstone, besides her current main work as a parent, is active in the…
Ten Reasons Why Rewards & Punishments Go a Bit Wrong with Autistics
By Katy Elphinstone. As a parent of two (one being an autistic child), and an autistic person herself, Katy Elphinstone is well equipped to know…
Messy Art: The Brain Building Power of Sensory Play
This blog post was written by Anna Reyner, MA, ATR, LMFT, author of Trauma Informed Art Activities for Early Childhood. Messy Art activities are one…
Girls with Autism Becoming Women
Autistic girls and women often go un-or-underdiagnosed. Heather Stone Wodis’ book Girls with Autism Becoming Women investigates the experiences of seven autistic women as they…
The Red Beast, Then and Now
In 2009, Jessica Kingsley Publishers released their very first colour picture book – The Red Beast, by K.I.Al-Ghani. This book went on to become a…
Different Minds: Understanding Twice Exceptional Children
Different Minds provides an insight into the challenges and benefits specific to gifted children with attention difficulties. You can purchase the book here. 1) Can you…