All play is ok
All play is ok I spoke last week at the Community Playthings Day of Play. It was an amazing day, with over 200 people all…
Author: Cheryl Warren
Creating a Sensory Friendly Bonfire Night
Bonfire night, what a great time of the year. Great colours lighting up the sky, social gatherings in the garden or at an organised event…
SEND L4 Qualification
A blog written for FAMLYHQ Why work towards a SENDCo qualification? | Famly I am an award-winning trainer and consultant working…
My Messy Classroom
Current stats 117,757 children in mainstream primary schools with an EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan) and 629,184 children reported as requiring SEN support, without…
Let’s make the possible, possible
A blog written for Connect Childcare We talk about the term enabling a lot when it comes to environments for children within an early…
Understanding and Supporting Children’s Behaviour
Always a very controversial discussion and with the newly published DfE guidance on ‘Behaviour in School, July 2022, landing in the inboxes of schools across…
An ‘early years expert’ home schooling in 2020
Updated: Apr 7, 2022 Well, what a year, what a rollercoaster, what a nightmare. But that fact that I’m writing this blog, means that I have…
But he doesn’t look autistic………
So, what does autism look like? I couldn’t tell my son was autistic just by looking at him, I could tell my son was autistic…
A Sensory Spectacular
“He’ll eat when he’s hungry” “He’ll get used to messy play if we keep encouraging him” “She can’t play with the water unless she puts…
What children with an autism diagnosis have taught me….
Updated: Jul 13, 2023 When we think of a child with additional support needs, dysregulated behaviours, special needs or delayed development what do we…