Sue Larkey
Here’s How to Set up a Passive Playground / Lunchtime Club

Here’s How to Set up a Passive Playground / Lunchtime Club

Many schools have introduced Lunchtime Clubs and had great success. Playgrounds are unstructured, unpredictable places where children with ASD struggle to follow and join in the numerous social interactions surrounding them. Children with ASD frequently return to...
Sue Larkey’s Complete Newsletter Term 3 – 2016

Sue Larkey’s Complete Newsletter Term 3 – 2016

For those of on holidays or about to start the break.  I thought you might like some holidays reading -Term 3 Newsletter. By subscribing to our newsletter below you will then be able to print out or read online the complete newsletter. Many of you would have heard me...
Puberty and Sex Education for Home & School

Puberty and Sex Education for Home & School

Puberty is a natural development for all children. Puberty starts in girls around 10-11 and boys 11-12. Menstruation for girls typically occurs between 12 and 13, while voice changes for boys is often around 15. We ALL need to have on-going discussions with the child...
Just Calm Down

Just Calm Down

 Has anyone ever told you to calm down? How did you respond?Have you ever sent a child to a “break area / time out” and it escalated the behaviour?Do you know children who have difficulty regulating emotions? Do you know kids who struggle with friendships...
Fine Motor Challenges – Quick Solutions

Fine Motor Challenges – Quick Solutions

Role of Writing and Fine Motor Skills “The process of writing requires much more than the ability to form pretty letters. The writing process involves skills in language, organization, motor control and planning, and sensory processing: four areas that are...
You Can’t STOP Behaviour! Just Replace It

You Can’t STOP Behaviour! Just Replace It

Understanding Sensory NeedsDr Temple Grandin talks a great deal about her sensory needs, how sensory has been one of her biggest challenges in life, and how a huge amount of her behaviour could have been stopped by some simple clothing changes (e.g. pants not...
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