Helping To Understand Our ADHD Kiddos
Parents quite understandably want their kiddos to get on with their day, not be bothered by others or seemingly little distractions, to concentrate on the ‘important’ stuff like learning and following the teacher’s direction. They want their kiddos to have friends and to ‘fight or disagree’ less with their peers or siblings and to switch off and sleep when it is ‘time’ to go to bed.
In this blog post, Belinda explores how to help parents and teachers to understand and support ADHD children.
Would You Like A Hug?
My three-year-old was standing before me, his little body tense, his hands in fists, and his brow furrowed. He was communicating to me non-verbally that he was very mad. I can’t remember what had happened to consume his little body with this emotion, but I do remember what I said and the impact it had on him…
Join Belinda as she experienced first-hand the value and importance of emotional connection with our children.
Developing Parent-Child Play for Deeper and Meaningful Connections
Finding time to play with our children just might be easier than you think! Playing with our children does not have to be structured or planned out. It can occur in micro-moments as we go about our everyday family life. It can give us a bridge to tackle challenging tricky transitions with them, and sometimes it can just be the antidote we all need to get through unavoidable daily demands.
In our ever-increasing digital world where children have access to online gaming and virtual connection with their peers, parents may be feeling a sense of loss related to building and sustaining (non-virtual) social and communicative connections with their children.
Why Assess For Autism AND ADHD?
We offer a combined autism and ADHD assessment and evaluation which we call the NeuroDivergent - Assessment & Evaluation or ND-AE for short. This assessment process aims to determine any neurodivergence that meets criteria for autism and/or ADHD. Our ND-AE package will detail your strengths and difficulties and provide recommendations. Knowing your personal strengths and how to support your needs may help to improve your daily functioning irrespective of diagnostic impressions. This is why our ND-AE package provides the best approach to understanding your neurodivergence.
Play the Neurodivergent Way
Differences may be seen in the way children approach play spaces, interact with their peers, manipulate play objects, attend to details, move their bodies, use language, and express their emotions. These differences are the result of divergent neurological pathways. Without this knowledge and understanding from the community our neurodivergent children may be at risk for teasing and bullying.
