Love All Year Round!
As I’m sure you are well aware that today is February 14th, Valentines Day! The day when we exchange chocolates, flowers and sentimental gifts to our loved ones. I must admit the novelty of Valentines Day hasn’t yet worn off for me. I am a hopeless romantic at heart and thoroughly enough the whole…
Success for James
So there I was at 4:00pm sat in my silent empty classroom, 30 minutes after the infamous ‘end of school’ bell had rung and 100’s of children raced for their freedom outside of the school gates. I was sat there racking my brain on how I was going to get James to “enjoy “ story…
There’s No Day Like a Snow Day!
So currently in the UK many of our streets have been dusted with a sheet of perfectly white snow. Our roofs, cars and streets are coated. And unless you’ve attempted to commute to work this means only one thing…. Snow Day! Now snow days, for anyone unfamiliar with this term, is how we describe…
New Year, New Start!
So like millions of other women (I expect) I’ve decided 2015 will be the year of regular exercise and healthy eating. No more over indulging. More greens. Less takeaways. New year, new me! All that jazz. And so far mid way through January I’ve been able to stay away from all things cake related…
The Day I Met Sam
In today’s blog I’d like to share a story with you… So there’s an Autistic man I see around quite a lot in the area of London which I travel to for most of my therapy sessions. Lets call him Sam. Well Sam is one of a kind. And not only because he is friendly…
Don’t Believe The Stereotype
More and more I speak to parents of Autistic children and hear the words “He/she is not the stereotypical Autistic child.” And when I meet the child I realise their parents are right, which leaves me thinking is there really a “Autistic stereotype”? Many people who aren’t regularly around Autistic children believe that ALL…
Against All Odds
So in England at the moment the weather is doing crazy things. (for England) We’ve had 2 weeks of on and off beautiful sunshine and peaks of 31 degrees, which believe me ISN’T usual for England! And for the last two nights in London we’ve had huge thunder and lightening storms. I mean, the…
A Rucksack Full Of Books
Many years ago now I worked with a little boy (for the sake of the story he can be called Luke) who really struggled to balance his sensory needs and as a result of this he found many everyday tasks a real struggle. At school it was like Luke was so willing learn, but…
Filthy Hands!
I saw something while I was on the bus today on my way to a tutoring session and that I wanted to share with you. Now, travelling through London you see a lot of things, but this particular situation caught my attention. Like I said I was on the bus, flicking through the communication section…
The one thing that worked!
This week I put all my passion into practice and planned a jam packed 1:1 ABA session for an ASD child with speech difficulties. I made sure I had a bag full of different resources as working with ASD/ Asperger’s children you never know what to expect or what might grab their attention. (I have…
