Hi, I’m actually rather impression that it’s the last Monday of January and I’ve managed to complete every Living Arrows post. This year I said I was going to be more organised and so far I’m sticking to it. Go me! Using symbol communication systems Anyway, this weeks photo is J using symbol communication board…
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The Challenges of Challenging Behaviour…how to help your child.
Eurgh, J’s behaviour has been challenging over the last week. I put it down to a combination of things: -Change in routine as J now goes to Nursery (he’s not been around groups of children like this for a little while). -Turning 3 and officially being a ‘threenager’ -Being more communicative now so ‘asserts’ himself….
5 Ways My Autistic Child Might Fool You…
Children are great at fooling adults. I’ve seen many parents who smirk when someone compliments their child by saying how well behaved they are when little did they know that 5 minutes earlier they were screaming the shop down as they couldn’t have the £200 toy. Or at preschool when a child wouldn’t be able…
My favourite things: September 2017-Disney Cars
J has always had an obsession with vehicles and can get very ‘one track minded’. This means that I have to get creative if I want to extend his play or his world outside of this. He has a habit of picking a ‘favourite’ vehicle for the day and that will come everywhere…and pity the…
Dear Zoo…how to donate your child to the monkey enclosure!
Ok the title is a bit of false advertising, but J has hit the terrible 2’s with full force and gave me only 2hrs sleep last night so my energy reserve for ‘tantrum outbursts’ is running low today. Today we used the new PECS cards to explore Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell. We love this…
Welcome to J’s journey: Our First Blog Post
Hi, welcome to the start of J’s journey. Today, J had his first appointment with the speech and language therapist. For me, this was quite a daunting idea. The thought that I would be judged or that they wouldn’t believe my concerns was overwhelming. In reality it was the opposite. There’s so many emotions around…
Mummy Est.2014 