Educational Psychology First

21/06/2024

Losing a friend can be a devastating experience for adults and children alike. I’ve been working with a number of young people recently on friendships trauma, abandonment and friendships PTSD. Coping with such a loss may feel impossible, but the key is to allow time to heal and grieve in healthy ways. This website has been a useful resource

https://www.choosingtherapy.com/losing-a-friend/

20/06/2024

Tap in to your child’s ‘love’ language. Not sure about the evidence base but this is a fun idea…

17/06/2024

I guess this forms part of a freeze response and when you’ve grown up always being a mediator and peacemaker, it’s hard to move away from the silence, this is permission to advocate for yourself!

13/06/2024

Positive reframing ideas - I’ll try these out on my husband first …

Our guide to giving POSITIVE instructions 😊💬😊
Download all our resources from here https://www.hacw.nhs.uk/childrens-speech-and-language-resources

13/06/2024

Love a little infographic to reinforce understanding - it’s so digestible 🤣🤣

A sensory diet can be many things! It's very individualized. We have many resources on sensory diets and how to incorporate these tools into a sensory lifestyle!

WHAT is a Sensory Diet: https://www.theottoolbox.com/what-is-sensory-diet/
WHY use a Sensory Diet: https://www.theottoolbox.com/goals-of-sensory-diet
HOW to create a sensory diet: https://www.theottoolbox.com/how-to-create-sensory-diet
Sensory Diets for adults: https://www.theottoolbox.com/sensory-diets-for-adults/
Creating a Sensory Diet on a Budget: https://www.theottoolbox.com/sensory-room-on-a-budget/
Turning Sensory Tools into a Sensory Lifestyle: https://www.theottoolbox.com/the-sensory-lifestyle-handbook/

30/03/2024

Heyyyy.

I put this resource together today.

I’m hoping it will be useful in helping adults identify and appreciate all the things that may be contributing to overwhelm and diminished mental capacity in our ND kids.

Because the first thoughts when a neurodivergent kid is having a hard time should not be ‘uncooperative’, ‘non compliant’, ‘disruptive’, or ‘disobedient’.

There are so many other factors at play.
And kids do well when they can (Dr Ross Greene).
In other words, this kid is doing as well as they can with the resources that they have.

I would love for adults to assume that there is a really good reason for all behaviour. And when our kids are properly supported, their ‘challenging behaviour’ happens waaaay less frequently.

I’m hoping this resource helps.
Because we are all doing our very best.

This is free on TPT.
If you search Neurowild and filter by free, you’ll find all my free stuff. And you can set up a free, non-teacher account.

What do you think?

Em 🌈

28/03/2024

Part 3: He’s an angel in school and a terror as soon as I collect him. Like Jekyll and Hyde. After the why what do we do?

Try the relational regulation game:

06/03/2024

He’s an angel in school and a terror as soon as I collect him. Like Jekyll and Hyde. Why?

There can be so many reasons!

2. Let’s think about the ‘window of tolerance’ and where a CYP is throughout the day.

This animation uses beautiful imagery to describe what we mean by our ‘Window of Tolerance’. Our Window of Tolerance is where we are at our personal best – w...

22/02/2024

He’s an angel in school and a terror as soon as I collect him. Like Jekyll and Hyde. Why?

There can be so many reasons!

1. Let’s start with some info on post school restraint collapse:

Your child does not intend to have a meltdown, but this may be the only way they know how to release their emotions. Think about how as an adult sometimes we just need to scream it out or go for an intense workout. This is your meltdown- it just looks and feels different.

07/02/2024

Blob People: can be used in so many ways, attached is the OG tree & questions.

My day pin balls between 20 & 21, of course a joke … this actually happens every hour, with a little 7 and 14 thrown in for good measure. Which one are you right now?

24/01/2024

Sorry is not the hardest word it’s WHY!? Yet it’s the first thing we ask in tough situations eg ‘why did you do that?’ Guilty of this myself, so I was refreshing my knowledge of Blank’s Levels of questioning and came across this useful doc:

10/01/2024

How do we motivate the unmotivated?

This is a brilliant tool I’ve recommended a lot recently for my (approaching) post-16 CYPs to help uncover goals and aspirations for the future and it is great fun 🤩

3 words - Trust the process!