Et Al therapy and learning centre

23/11/2025

End-of-year holidays are around the corner, and for many families that means travelling to various destinations. It can be tempting to equip children with a screen (portable TV, tablet, gaming device or cell phone). However, an excess of screen time can:

- Have negative effects on their ability to tolerate boredom / self entertain
- Decrease their attention span
- Decrease ability to emotionally regulate and increase irritability
- Cause eye strain and headaches
- Promote motion sickness
- Contribute to poor posture “tech neck”
- Negatively impact sleep

Scroll to find some screen-free activities to keep your child stimulated well traveling.

23/11/2025

End-of-year holidays are around the corner, and for many families that means travelling to various destinations. It can be tempting to equip children with a screen (portable TV, tablet, gaming device or cell phone). However, an excess of screen time can:

- Have negative effects on their ability to tolerate boredom / self entertain
- Decrease their attention span
- Decrease ability to emotionally regulate and increase irritability
- Cause eye strain and headaches
- Promote motion sickness
- Contribute to poor posture “tech neck”
- Negatively impact sleep

Scroll to find some screen-free activities to keep your child stimulated well traveling.

07/11/2025

07/11/2025

Stress is our automatic response to demands, pressures and /or competing priorities in our life. Not all stress is bad. A certain level of stress can motivate us and help us to get things done. Too much stress or stress carried on for too long, can activate our flight or fight response, which if leave unchecked , can leave us exhausted, overwhelmed and even decrease our ability to function in one or more areas of life.
It is a feeling of being under abnormal pressure, whether from increased workload, or an argument or financial worries.
Stress is part of life, the goal isn’t to try to get rid of all stress. The goal is to respond well to it.

04/11/2025

04/11/2025

Our theme for this festive season is JOY!

Grab a lightbulb at reception and write something that brings you joy! Let’s spread the joy🐣❤️

18/10/2025

Encouraging rhyming doesn’t just make language fun — it builds the brain for reading! 💬💖

12/10/2025

Let the sunshine in! Warmer weather provides an opportunity to participate in a wider range of sensory play: think mud kitchens, water slides and trampolining.
Sensory Play is a great tool for supporting the development of a child’s sensory processing, which is essential for optimal everyday functioning.
It involves engaging the 5 better-known senses (touch, smell, taste, sight and smell) as well as the lesser-known movement and body-awareness systems.
By allowing children opportunities to engage with sensory-rich activities, they can explore and make sense of the world around them.

06/10/2025

World Cerebral Palsy Day is about recognition, inclusion, and action for the 17 million +++ people world-wide that live with cerebral palsy. It’s a day to celebrate the achievements of the CP community, challenge barriers, and push for a more accessible, inclusive world.

03/10/2025

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month.

Encourage those who need a diagnosis to get one!

Support those who you know are dyslexic.

Praise every achievement no matter how small of a dyslexic child or adult.