Connection, Regulation,
and Growth

With the new school year fast approaching, a new cohort of young students is set to attend ‘big school’ for the first time.

Some kids will enter caut...

Supporting children with challenging behaviours is inherently... challenging. The fundamental question is: who owns the challenge? Is it the child's b...

I was recently told: 
"𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙨" . 

My response? 
"𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚."

The same goes f...

As allied health professionals, we’re wired to care for others – it’s what we do. But how often do we turn that care inward?

Today, on Self-Love Day, I...

When faced with challenging behaviours, it’s easy to focus on what the child is doing. 

But if we stop there, we miss the most important piece: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝘆...

 (The question every paediatric therapist is quietly asking.)

Many occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and speech pathologists feel the tensio...