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Understanding Why Your Child Has Meltdowns and Tips on How Best to Manage Them
Once you understand what is going on internally for your child when they lose control, you’re a step closer to knowing how to deal with them in a calm and effective manner.
How to Help Children with Overwhelm During the Festive Season
If as adults, we are feeling burnt out by the hectic schedules, social gatherings, family visits, expectations, and the loud and repetitive Christmas music, it’s easy to see how children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or sensory challenges can find this time particularly challenging.
How Children Develop Executive Functioning Skills Through Play
‘Executive functioning’ is an umbrella term that refers to the self-regulatory skills that develop during early childhood and into the teen years, that allow us to plan, organise, make decisions, and learn from past mistakes. Executive functions contain three major components: inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility.
Ways You Can Help Your Child with ASD Adjust to the Challenges of Daily Life During The COVID-19 Pandemic
If your child’s behaviour has been increasingly challenging or regressive, or their stress and anxiety have amplified since the COVID-19 pandemic began, know that you are not alone!
The Importance of Learning Self-Regulation Through Play
Self-regulation is the ability to manage emotions, attention, energy and behaviour in a way that it appropriate to the demands of the situation.