Monarch Support Services

24/06/2024

What a delight to be amongst neurokin!

28/04/2024

We all want to be loved.

We all want our children to be loved.

Feeling loved and connected is a basic human need.

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Have a gorgeous day folks.

Love, Madhavi Nawana Parker

15/04/2024

My latest book order has arrived. Already feeling so seen by 'The Family Experience of PDA' 💕👌. Stay tuned for book reviews!

02/04/2024

World Autism Awareness Month 2024 ❤️🧡💛💚💙

https://www.aspect.org.au/waud/i-would-like-you-to-know?fbclid=IwAR0gvuseqb9zUS69VGO8fwBD7p7GeSQ8Ku7CSMynySaKp_DjhjNUeoHXRhk

I would like you to know ……

16/08/2023

Super excited to attend this session tomorrow night. Recommend checking out anything that Lived Experience Educator has to say 🌈

Fundamentals of Neurodiversity Affirming Practice, Hosted at Flinders University, Sturt Rd, Bedford Park SA 5042, Australia, Thu 17th Aug 2023, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm ACST. Tickets are only $10. Only on Humanitix

01/06/2023

Yesssssss 🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️

We need to actively facilitate the wellbeing of our neurodivergent kiddos. We can’t just keep doing what we’ve been doing and hope that the outcomes for this group of people will be somehow better.

The four base blocks are a big part of what we have been missing.
Many Autistic and ADHD kids simply don’t have those blocks in their tower. We need them to be there.

By strengths, I mean that the child knows what they are good at, and they have these skills and traits recognised by others (in other words, staying far away from a deficits model). A positive identity means that the person knows about their neurodivergent brain, and understands that it is different but not less. Support network refers to family or friends who offer love, empathy, connection, joy, and radical acceptance. And safety and health refers to the child feeling safe to be themselves, as well as speak up and self-advocate.

The next level of blocks (blues) is talking regulation. This is so, so important for our neurodivergent kids. Without regulation, they are unable to stack up any of their executive function skills (purple). And without those purple ones, they are unable to demonstrate the behaviour, skills development, and academic achievement that many adults expect from them.

Unfortunately, many adults (particularly in schools) focus big-time on the top few things without recognising that the blocks needed to hold these things up are missing, or have fallen down.

A dysregulated person can’t access their purple executive function skills, so they can’t operate in a classroom effectively. A person who feels unsafe in an environment cannot access their skills for good learning.

If you have a child who you have concerns for regarding those top few things (behaviour, skills, academics)- consider what the rest of their tower looks like. And work to build it up.

What do you think?

Em 🌈🌻✌️
AuDHD SLP

30/04/2023

Please consider donating to the Australian Equestrian Team who hope to compete in the Virtus Global Games to be held in France this June. The Virtus Global Games is for intellectually impaired athletes.

This is the first time ever that the Virtus Global Games being held this … Heath Ryan needs your support for Australian Equestrian Team - Virtus Global Games

02/04/2023

27/03/2023

We attended the launch evening for autonoMEe and it was a privilege to hear the founder, Tania, sharing her genuine passion for people having and developing autonomy in their lives. Enjoyed meeting the friendly and experienced team of 'Extenders', eating the delicious food prepared by participants, and seeing the impressive venue for the variety of supports on offer. Congratulations team! I'm excited for the futures of those you support!

21/03/2023

Exciting to hear about the microenterprises of NDIS participants and learn more about how to support participants to acheive their self- employment goals. Thank you for having us Rapid Enterprise Development - RED

14/02/2023

❤🧡💛🦋

You belong 💙