Mytools4life

12/07/2022

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27/06/2022

01/06/2022

I will be delivering the supporting CYP with anxiety course, starting Wednesday 6pm - 8pm next week.

It’s always a pleasure meeting likeminded and lovely parent/carers.

The course offers support and practical advice throughout the 6 weekly workshops ❤️

A few spaces may be available👇🏻👇🏻

29/05/2022

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03/05/2022

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21/04/2022

We recognise an association between autism and anxiety, with approximately 80% of autistic children and adults feeling mildly anxious for much of their day and for most of their lives. They often experience intense anxiety in specific situations, such as when there are changes in routine or expectations, uncertainty about what to do or what is going to happen, fear of imperfection and making a mistake and specific sensory experiences. There can also be anxiety in crowded places such as a shopping mall on a Saturday. Research has confirmed that an anxiety disorder is the most common mental health problem for autistic adults. Sometimes, the level of anxiety experienced may be perceived as actually more disabling than the diagnostic characteristics of autism.

Research and clinical experience indicate that approximately one-third of autistic adults experience cyclical feelings of sadness and pessimism that can evolve into clinical depression. There are many reasons why an autistic person may become sad and depressed. These include feelings of social isolation, loneliness, and not being valued and understood by family members and colleagues. Another reason for depression is the exhaustion experienced due to socialising, trying to manage and often suppress emotions, especially anxiety, and coping with sensory sensitivity. The person is constantly alert, trying to endure perpetual anxiety whilst suffering a deficit in emotional resilience and confidence. The mental effort of intellectually analysing everyday interactions and experiences is draining, and mental energy depletion leads to thoughts and feelings of despair.

Anxiety may strongly influence many autistic individuals' behaviours, thoughts, and emotions. It can be challenging for some to articulate what they are feeling and experiencing. As parents, carers, teachers, and professionals, we need to consider how autistic person feels, what they are experiencing, and whether they need help but cannot communicate.

This Friday, we will explore anxiety and much more in our emotions and behaviour management event. The management component is around helping to support autistic teens to manage their own emotions and behaviours and to learn, understand, and accept themselves.

https://attwoodandgarnettevents.com/.../emotion.../

This live course counts for 5.5 hours of Continuing Professional Development or Teacher Accreditation hours. (For NSW Teachers: the course may be recorded as an elective PD with NESA).

Does your Child or Adolescent have NDIS Funding? If you are self-managed or third party-managed and parent education is in the Plan you can use your NDIS funding to attend this event.

Do You Need a Tax Invoice Receipt for this Event?
Please email us at events@attwoodandgarnettevents.com and we will send you one.

** The information in this post is from peer-reviewed research and the perspectives and experiences of many autistic individuals from clinical experience and communications and may not apply to each person.

18/04/2022

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Being forced to comply through fear and manipulation is not respect. Kids learn whatever we model. If we want then to be respectful and grateful then we need to model respect and gratitude.

More information on my blog:
https://www.thetherapistparent.com/post/teaching-kids-gratitude

Link in bio

26/03/2022

10/03/2022

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On this page unless you are speaking about yourself, please do not say.

Person with Autism (We are Autistic, it's who we are, we don't have it)

Person with ADHD (same as above, i prefer ADHDifferent 😁)

Person with ASD (medical terms are outdated and harmful)

An ASD person (Autism spectrum disorder is insulting, our brains are not disordered)

Person that has Autism or adhd (Speaks for itself)

Suffer from Autism (😠 I only suffer from people's ignorance)

Levels of Autism (its not a competition)

Aspergers (you know why, cos of n***s)

Low or high functioning (very harmful as they hold back both labeled people in different ways)

Severely Autistic or severe Autism (You can't be severely Neurotypical, we are no different in that sense. Autistic is a neurotype, not a condition)

Non Verbal (Pre verbal or non speaking is preferable)

Special needs (Additional needs or different needs is preferable)

On the Spectrum (A Spectrum is a band of colours as seen as a rainbow, or a scale in which something is measured upon in extremes. We can't be measured in extremes, so we must be IN THE SPECTRUM of colour)

Note: This is not a dictatorship, I'm only spreading information that is readily available to all who wish to look for it. The Autistic community overwhelming prefers most of these and some of these are my own observations. I identity as Autistic or Neurodivergent, so please also respect that. Thank you ❤

08/03/2022

Verity has wrote a lovely article to raise awareness for Autism (ASC).

Many children with neurological conditions (ASC, ADHD, Dyslexia) find school settings difficult to manage, this is due to environmental factors, sensory processing, social challenges and change of routine.

Training from Space4autism is available if your child is going through the ASC diagnosis pathway.

Please contact me directly if you would like resources/services to support children with ADHD.

“I could no longer ask her to get dressed or brush her teeth without an explosive outburst. It was like a switch flicked overnight, and we could no longer just think this was just her quirks.”