Part 2 of fundamental differences between behavioral and developmental approaches in Autism Spectrum Disorder. I am currently on a 7-day course on blending attachment theory with sensory processing theory in a very practical way. I am looking at videos of children and reflecting on our kids at the center. It…
Anxiety
3 Facts on Symbolic and Reflective Thinking
There is something about the end of the year that is slightly nostalgic as I reflect on different Christmas events in the past, especially contemplating times when I was home with family in sunny South Africa. Sometimes I experience loneliness in the midst of people and the hustle and bustle…
3 reasons why Sound Sensitivity makes a Child feel Unsafe
We visited the Moremi wildlife park in Botswana last week. You can only enter with a 4x4 vehicle, as the roads are quite difficult to travel. We had to sleep in a ground tent with no encampment, so wildlife could enter your camping area at any time. I have done…
Let’s talk about Anxiety!
So many children suffer from anxiety in different shapes and forms. The first action usually taken is to refer to a counselor and to perhaps partake in medicine and there is nothing wrong with such practice, except perhaps that there is more to consider. There are different kinds of anxiety.…