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This amazing video was made by 13-year-old Nathan who is autistic. He talks about his own experience and the people who have supported him. He hopes that other young people will find it useful

2024 WYZ My Name is Nathan 2024 WYZ My Name is NathanAll words and images created by Nathan Jack

Don't miss out! Make sure you sign up for Walk for Autism 2024 by next Wednesday 20th March to receive your t-shirt in time. Visit www.walkforautism.co.uk 👣

Do something amazing this Spring and help to spread autism acceptance and understanding

This is a lovely story about Max, aged 11, who started his own clothes line to help help other autistic people like himself.

The t-shirts are made from a super-soft material and have Pop-Its – popular fidget toys often used by neurodivergent people to help them sooth and self-regulate – in the seams. Called the Fidget-T, the t-shirts feature unique Pop-Its sewn into the seams, where the arms naturally fall, so it can be used as a calming technique without it being obvious.

You can read the full story here:

Derbyshire boy Max, 11, starts his own clothing line to help others who are autistic - Penguin PR A child with additional needs has used his own experiences to create his own world-first range of clothing

Happy Valentine's Day to you and your loved ones! Here's a great reminder from one of the students 🥰

Did you know that this week is Children's Mental Health Week?

This year's theme is 'My Voice Matters' 📢

Place2Be launched the mental health awareness week in 2015 to empower, equip and give a voice to every child in the UK.

Now in its 10th year, their goal is to make sure that no child or young person has to face a mental health problem alone.

You can find out more information on their website

Children's Mental Health Week Place2Be's Official Children’s Mental Health Week shines a spotlight on the importance of children's and young people's mental health.

Some great feedback from our nursery twilight training sessions. Staff at the nursery told us that they found it really useful to repeat the training and refresh their skills.

We recently received some lovely feedback from an OSSME student and his Mum 💓

Happy New Year! 🎊 ✨

Merry Christmas everyone! Have an amazing day 🎅🎄

We received some glowing feedback from the parent of one of the students at OSSME. This is so wonderful to hear, and means so much to the team 🥰

Jo at OSSME recently started using 'Zones of Regulation' to support a student with their emotional regulation.

Individuals learn about each of the four zones, and to recognise when they are in one of those zones.

Self-regulation is an important skill, and 'Zones of Regulation' helps to promote this.

Jo even had the fantastic idea to use the below chart on the student's mobile phone background, so that they can look at it whenever it's needed.

What are the Zones of Regulation?

It's an approach used to categorise all the different ways children feel and the states of alertness they experience into four coloured zones.

help the individuals develop skills to help regulate themselves. Self-regulation is really important for our students, and the zones of regulation helps to promote this.

The activities help individuals to learn about each of the four zones, and to recognise when they are in one of those zones.