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GECKO SA Gifting Every Client Kindness and Opportunities - Inclusive Ed Consultant & PBS Practitioner.

14/02/2026

If you are in, or around Port Pirie, I highly recommend checking out the range of sensory items Alicia has. If you are after anything specific, reach out as I know she will be very happy to locate specific items.

06/02/2026

Either way, we are going to spend the time...

When we meet students’ emotional needs first, learning comes easier, behaviors decrease, and classrooms feel lighter. 💙

If you’re ready to build routines and instruction that support the whole child (without adding more to your plate), join us for our upcoming free training 👇
✨ Practical strategies
✨ Teacher-tested systems
✨ Less chaos, more clarity

When we meet students’ emotional needs first, learning comes more easily, behavior improves, and classrooms feel lighter.

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06/02/2026

When a child is struggling, it’s easy to take their behavior personally.
But most of the time, it isn’t defiance, manipulation, or an attack.

It’s communication.

Children do the best they can with the skills they have in that moment. Big reactions often mean big feelings they don’t yet know how to manage on their own.

Seeing behavior through this lens doesn’t mean we remove limits. It means we respond with understanding instead of shame, and support instead of blame.

That shift changes everything.

06/02/2026

Safety is something a person decides internally.

It doesn’t matter if someone tells us ‘you’re safe’.
People who say that are usually referring to physical safety.
‘Physically you are safe here.’

It’s often not as simple as that.

If we don’t feel safe, we don’t feel safe, and we often don’t mean physically.

The thing we’re missing might be relational safety. It might be sensory safety. Emotional safety. Environmental safety.

We may not be able to explain what exactly is happening in our bodies, or why.
We may not have the words to wrap around our experience.
If our nervous system is heightened, for whatever reason, it can be hard to identify messages from our bodies. It can be even harder to explain that to someone who clearly is not experiencing the same thing as us.

It’s a big ask. We may not be able to.
But you might see clues in our actions, our emotions, our energy, our capacity, our behaviour.

Returning to authentic connection and coregulation in these moments is always a good move, whether you believe we have reasons to feel unsafe or not.

If we don’t feel safe, for whatever reason, it’s not up to you to decide something different.

It’s your job to recognise that our nervous system may be different to your own, and support us in our tricky times. And make sure that support is kind, curious, and empathetic, otherwise you are only pushing that sense of safety further and further away from us.

Yes?

Em 🌈

05/02/2026

When a child’s behavior feels challenging, it’s easy to assume they’re doing it on purpose.
But most of the time, behavior is communication.

Kids act out when they’re tired, hungry, overwhelmed, anxious, missing connection, struggling with a skill, or carrying an unmet need they don’t yet know how to express.

Seeing behavior this way doesn’t mean we allow everything. It means we respond with kindness and curiosity instead of punishment, and support instead of shame.

When we look for the reason beneath the behavior, we help our children feel safer, more understood, and more capable of learning better ways to cope.

That’s where real growth happens. 💛

30/01/2026

Positive Morning Affirmations for Kids

30/01/2026

Stimming is not bad behaviour.
It is how many people help their body and emotions feel steady and safe.

Movements like rocking or hand movements, sounds like humming or repeating words, or focusing on textures can reduce stress, manage sensory overload, and help people stay calm and regulated.

This is especially important for autistic children and adults, and for many people with ADHD or sensory differences.

If it is safe, it does not need fixing.
Understanding supports regulation. Correcting it often increases distress.

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26/01/2026

Anxiety on the first days or weeks of school is so normal. Why? Because all growthful, important, brave, hard things come with anxiety.

Think about how you feel on their first day of school, or before a job interview, or a first date, or a tricky conversation when you’re setting a boundary. They all come with anxiety.

We want our kids to be able to do all of these things, but this won’t happen by itself.

Resilience is built - one anxious little step after another. These anxious moments are necessary to learn that ‘I can feel anxious, and do brave.’ ‘I can feel anxious and still do what I need to do.’

The anxiety they feel in the first days or weeks of school aren’t a sign that something is wrong. It’s part of their development and a sign that something so right is happening - they’re learning that they can handle anxiety.

Even if they handle it terribly, that’s okay. We all wobble before we walk. Our job is not to protect them from the wobble. If we do, they won’t get to the walking part.

To support them through it, remind them that this is scary-safe, not scary-dangerous. Then, ‘Is this a time for you to be safe or brave?’

Then, ask yourself, ‘Is this something dangerous or something growthful?’ ‘Is my job to protect them from the discomfort of that growth, or show them they are so very capable, and that they can handle this discomfort?’

Even if they handle it terribly, as long as they’re not avoiding it, they’re handling it. That matters.

Remember, anxiety is a feeling. It will come and then it will go. It might not go until you leave, but we have to give them the opportunity to feel it go.

Tomorrow and the next day and the next might be worse - that’s how anxiety works. And then it will ease.

This is why we don’t beat anxiety by avoiding it. We beat it by outlasting it. But first, we have to handle our distress at their distress.

We breathe, then we love and lead:

‘I know you feel […] Of course you do - you’re doing something big here and this is how big things feel sometimes. It’s okay to feel like this. School is happening but we have five minutes. Do you want me to listen to your sad, or give you a hug, or help you distract from it?’❤️

25/01/2026

What does a safe learning environment look like for you?

If you could set up the optimal learning environment for yourself, what would that include? How would it feel?

Do you enjoy my posts about parenting? This post made the cut for my latest book. It’s a concept I’ve never seen before and I’m excited to be the first content creator to do this. I’ve taken my posts and created a book. The book is visually appealing and easy to read, just like when we scroll online or read a book to our child. You can read one post or a whole section. I know I’m bias but it is a must have for all parents who enjoy this page. It is also a way to pass on the knowledge you have gained from this account, to someone else.

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24/01/2026

Chicken nuggets aren’t junk.
They aren’t laziness.
And they aren’t a parenting failure.
For many autistic people, chicken nuggets are safe.
Safe means the texture is predictable.
Safe means the flavor doesn’t change.
Safe means every bite feels familiar — no surprises, no guessing.
When the world is loud, fast, and overwhelming,
food that stays the same can help the nervous system stay regulated.
Eating isn’t only about nutrients.
It’s about comfort.
It’s about control.
It’s about having one reliable thing in a day full of uncertainty.
So when chicken nuggets are chosen again,
it’s not resistance.
It’s not refusal.
It’s self-regulation.
Safety comes first.
Growth can come later — when the body feels ready.

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