Live Out Loud Limited

16/11/2025

“I started in NLN in 2022 and I did Level 3 Career Start and then I moved onto Level 4 Digital and Retail Skills. Before coming to NLN, I had finished 5th year and I didn’t want to go back to school. I was really dreading it because I would have been going in to Leaving Cert but I was finding school very hard.
It just wasn’t for me, but then I heard about NLN.

NLN offers supports to help students with their mental health which I found very helpful. They have a psychologist and a Rehabilitation Officer for students to talk to, and the Rehabilitation Officer does meditation with students and I also found that very helpful. There is a really good atmosphere in the centre, everyone in NLN is so nice and welcoming.

The best thing about NLN is that you make lots of friends. You get to go on group outings, and each student gets to go on work experience. I have achieved certification from all my modules from Level 3 and Level 4 and I have gained a lot of confidence.

My family and friends have noticed that my confidence has grown massively since I started NLN. I am finished NLN now and I am going to do Level 5 Childcare because I want to work in childcare.

I would highly recommend NLN for anyone who found school hard. NLN has a lot of supports for students to help them with their needs, and to get work experience, and to work on their confidence.
The staff at NLN are a great support and they couldn’t be nicer" ~
Blathnaid from NLN Ennis.

28/10/2025

27/10/2025

A gentle reminder if you haven't booked in for the over 18's talk please do so ASAP.

27/10/2025

Reframing the criteria exploring the presence of ADHD using strength- based language.
Refreshing!

Credit:
explaining brains

27/10/2025

Using strength-based language in thinking, speaking and writing makes such a difference! It brings light!

Credit: explainingbrains

19/10/2025

18/10/2025

What is working well to support children and young people who are experiencing barriers to engaging and participating in school?

It all begins and ends with relationships.

Relationships First
Flexible Accommodations
Dedicated Safe Spaces
Realistic Expectations and Child-led Pacing
Whole School Awareness and Integration
Family Partnerships

Edpsyched.co.uk

14/10/2025

Supporting a child means looking at the "whole child"!

12/10/2025

Many adults want those top few levels from their neurodivergent kids.

To get to those higher levels, we need all the lower levels solidly built up.

If you have concerns about any of those higher skills, work on the blocks underneath.

Maturity and life experience also help with building this tower. Many of our kids will need accommodations in place to support some things, such as the purple level (executive function skills). Needing accommodations is not a personal failing- not for the kid and not for the parent. It's a sensible, practical, and necessary support.

If you are accommodating your ND kids, your ND students, your ND employees- you are amazing. Thanks for showing the world that it can be done.

Em 🌈

10/10/2025