Understanding Sensory Modulation

We receive lots of information through all our senses. They tell us what we can hear, feel, see, smell, which way up we are and movement. We then filter out which bits of information we need to make sense of things, and to tell us how to behave. Sometimes we all can struggle with this … Read more

Shoulder to Shoudler to Day #S2S2D – Jar of Happiness

In case you were not aware Emma Day, who blogs over at Crazywithtwins, has Cancer Again. She is only 27 years old and Mother to one year old twin girls plus a six year old singleton daughter. She had to have a hemithyroidectomy and the results showed that due to the results on the right … Read more

Competitive Family

For a while I have been hearing about this 50 things to do before 11 3/4s list organised by the National Trust and really wanted to get around to reading it. To find out more, and to join in with the linky then please go over and visit TheBoyandMe. (Please note these links are by … Read more

Active Playtime

Our favourite ways are on our 14ft trampoline, bikes and trips to the park (where sometimes we have people encourage us outdoors by bringing equipment). You can make a trip to the park more exciting by going on a “treasure hunt” (see my post) These are easy ways to slip activity daily into the routine. … Read more

#Blogging4Madeleine Happy 10th Birthday

Birthdays are really a big thing for me, that’s why when I heard that it was International Missing Children Day on 25th May 2013 I really wanted to help spread the word. You see that is MY birthday & I would like nothing better than to help others be reunited with their children. Today marks … Read more

Then and Now #SpecialK30 Changes over 30 years

This is an entry into the “BritMums/Special K “How I’ve changed Linky challenge”  Sponsored by Special K. Let’s be honest here I only entered this for the prizes. Sometime in the last 30 years I had tried Special K and HATED it. I thought it was bland, plain and flavourless. It reminded me of drop a … Read more

Parent-Child Led Activities with Disabled Children

It is known that warm and responsive parenting is optimal for child development. A study* has found that “the parents of children with disabilities and suspected delays evidenced significantly lower levels of warmth and less frequent parent–child activities compared with other parents.” With studies like this it is always a case of the sample utilised, … Read more

#Autism Differences & Strategies

April is Autism Awareness We believe that our youngest son has Autism. Whatever it is he needs help. We have just received his final statement. It does not look like he will get into the school of choice unless we have evidence that his main difficulty is in Communication and interaction. As he is going … Read more

School Allocations: With Special Needs #SEN

It was an exciting day as the school allocations arrived, either by e-mail (in the early hours of the morning for the dedicated parents), or by post. LOTS of disappointment this year with some sort of baby boom and people not getting into their first, second, third and even fourth choices! But what they did … Read more