Reasonable adjustments are accommodations that schools, whether state-funded or independent, have a duty to make. These adjustments apply to disabled pupils, where the disability creates a long-term and substantial adverse effect on the pupil’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

It’s such a dilemma, isn’t it? On the one hand, you can see the harm that school is doing, and on the other, you feel that if you take them out, it might be worse. Could it be a case of out of sight out of mind?

School summer holidays are long. And no matter how much your child struggles at school, you may find that they appear to equally dislike the holidays.

When our parenting skills come under scrutiny our natural reaction is defensive - how dare you think I am the problem?

In many ways, to the child with SPD, it feels like being caught in the crossfire in a war zone.

Behaviour is a function of a person in their environment.

When you have a suspicion your child may have a specific difficulty, it can be difficult to know whether to go through the hoops to get a diagnosis and if you do, whether to share that diagnosis with your child.

In some ways, our children who are struggling and withdraw in order to deal with it, are at most risk. Their behaviour is often overlooked, and withdrawing from the world prevents them from accessing learning.

Rebelling’ behaviour comes from a child where there is a fundamental unmet need, and the child is unable to communicate their need, other than through their behaviour.

Does your child explode when they get home from school, and yet at school they appear to be fine? It could be they are masking…