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Behavioural patterns – what is the missing link?
One doesn’t train to be a parent of a special needs child. There is no pre learning, no course you can take before hand to ensure your success. No one teaches you about stress management, strategies for self-regulation or even the simple use of the breath. Being consistently triggered is something that I’m not sure […]
Eight habits of highly effective and happy parents with Autistic children
When a parent is thrusted into the world of special needs one generally doesn’t get the time to research strategies around how to cope with the situation – rather, the parent is so busy trying to research on what to do for their child that they don’t realise that they’re in a sinking ship. I […]
Navigating burn out – Life as a parent of a special needs child
People often associate burn out with a high-powered job. One that entails the person working 80 plus hours a week, never seeing their family, feeling stressed and overwhelmed and not having the right support system that they so desperately need. Burnout is very prevalent when you are a parent to a special needs child. It […]
Control. How to keep it when it feels like you’re losing it.
The definition of control is to have the power to influence the course of events. As humans, we believe that we, to some extent, have control over certain aspects of our life and control over the trajectory of our lives. However, when a diagnosis is thrown into the mix, that control seems to slip through […]
3 top tips when faced with adversity
“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and the most beautiful.” Walt Disney. I can confidently say that I have faced more adversity than most of my peers. I have been thrown more challenges and needed to find more solutions than most. However, it is through that process of having a challenge come […]
