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Understanding Mealtime Challenges - once and for all
Tanya Kemp Tanya Kemp

Understanding Mealtime Challenges - once and for all

Family meals and how they run require the unpacking of a very strongly ingrained value in most families. When looking at it through the lens of understanding and respecting neurodiversity, there is a lot more to consider.

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Vestibular Input for Calm Regulation- Practical Strategies
Tanya Kemp Tanya Kemp

Vestibular Input for Calm Regulation- Practical Strategies

When the brain does not receive coherent messages from the vestibular system, it wreaks havoc. Having over or under-registration in this sensory modality can look like a child that won’t move or try new things and always needs their feet on the ground to a child who takes extreme risks through their movement and can’t ever sit still. 

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Thinking about Intrinsic Motivation
Lynn Hawthorn Lynn Hawthorn

Thinking about Intrinsic Motivation

Raising an intrinsically motivated child has been a priority for me even before I had Lily. I wanted my child, one day, to be driven by an internal desire to learn, be kind, have social responsibility, and succeed in life.

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When we Meet Resistance in Our Kids
Lynn Hawthorn Lynn Hawthorn

When we Meet Resistance in Our Kids

We often have many great ideas to try with our kids – ways in which to support their learning, sensory regulation strategies or executive function habits. 

They will then often, in turn, present us with resistance!

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Finding your Family's Natural Rhythm
Tanya Kemp Tanya Kemp

Finding your Family's Natural Rhythm

Science/Research on earliest brain development shows clearly that growth and development is fostered in predictability and consistency in daily life. We know that stability and boundaries give children freedom to learn, be creative and thrive. Rhythm provides children with a feeling of safety, a feeling of containment in which their imagination and energy can flourish.

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