40 years of educational reform is causing more harm than good

cutely aware that working with me requires a certain level of investment, I decided I wanted to capture my knowledge and make it available to a wide audience so more families can get the right support for their children.

If I get a headache, going for the paracetamol is not my instinctive response. I’d always prefer to resolve things without resorting to tablets if at all possible.

If you have a child that struggles with spelling, and your school has weekly spelling tests, it can result in stressful homework.

All too often I hear stories of how school staff or Local Authority (LA) staff have been unhelpful or provided incorrect information to parents. We are quick to rush to blame, when people we deem as ‘professionals’ give the wrong information, particularly where our children are concerned.

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

As parents, we’ve all had those moments, when our child has used those dreaded words, “I can’t”. Depending on your own upbringing, philosophy and perspective your reaction to those words, may range from “OK”, through, “you can’t yet,” to “of course you can!”