Allison Davies - Music and the Brain

Intervention

I’ve had a question about the phrase ‘early intervention’ in regards to the post I made last night. And it was specifically about the word intervention.  When we intervene we are getting in there to fix and change something and you know… And you know I have been a therapist for many, (many, many years) […]

Expectations from a neurodivergent perspective

The topic of expectations is a personal and emotional reality for me. I have been told these, and told myself these, phrases (and a whole variation of similar) my entire life! And in turn, I developed a whole lot of beliefs about myself – “Alli you’re lazy, you’re, selfish, you’re unthoughtful, you’re not organised enough”. […]

Support your child’s individual ability to regulate

Your child can regulate themselves with your support! The sensory overload, the decision fatigue, the hyper-stimulated motor cortex and amygdala, the survival mode, each child’s individual ability to regulate… Understand these things, and support them, and the behaviours will honestly just start to sort themselves out! Behavioural framework, paradigm, management and expectations are still the […]