Why being out of school is no holiday...
Yesterday, a comment popped into my Instagram direct message inbox, referring to the fact that I'd taken our younger daughter ice skatin...
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Section A of an EHCP (Education, Health and Care Plan) including one page profile
November 27, 2019
Statement of Educational Needs
This week I helped out on behalf of the PDA Society at the National Autistic Society conference about Pathological Demand Avoidance , ...
Tuesday, 12 November 2019
BAPS Blogging Awards 2020 for SEND parents
November 12, 2019
SEND
Last year I was thrilled to be able to attend the BAPS Blogging Awards for the first time. BAPS actually stands for Bloody Awesome Parents ...
Wednesday, 6 November 2019
When a day out is not what it seems
November 06, 2019
social
Since May this year, there have been far fewer posts published on this blog overall than over the previous year. I've been tending to wr...
Wednesday, 30 October 2019
Rewards and Consequences with PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
October 30, 2019
rules
The question about whether rewards and consequences work with children who have the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile of autism is one ...
Thursday, 10 October 2019
Mental Health: #ChooseKind
October 10, 2019
World Mental Health Day
Today I started to write a short post about World Mental Health Day for sharing on social media, but then I realised I just couldn't. ...
Monday, 9 September 2019
So that was Summer... Part 1
September 09, 2019
PDA Life
Last year I wrote a day by day account of our summer holidays on my Facebook page and spread them over two posts on my blog, called Summer H...
Friday, 6 September 2019
Not Back To School..... Not Fine In School.
September 06, 2019
SEND
So here’s my Back To School front door photo. I shared this a couple of days ago on my Facebook page and got a huge response from lots of ...
Saturday, 17 August 2019
Blackpool Sandcastle Waterpark: Leading the way in disabled access (including autism)
August 17, 2019
waterpark
We visited the Sandcastle Waterpark in Blackpool earlier this year and were extremely impressed with their attitude towards adults and chil...
Monday, 5 August 2019
When someone you love has Cancer
August 05, 2019
Macmillan Cancer
Two weeks ago, my mum was given the awful, heartbreaking news that she has cancer in her spine. Our family has all been stunned. I've fo...
