Educational Psychologist Jean Louw

AAC Awareness Week 2023

What does AAC Inclusion look like?👀

Thank you Coughdrop for this amazing resource!

Great resource! A handy chart featuring over 30 iPad apps for learners with special needs ..

30+ Educational iPad Apps for Learners with Special Needs

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2017/08/updated-chart-of-best-ipad-apps-for.html

🌀Educational Technology

Our iPad Wheel of Apps for Learners with Complex Additional Support Needs has been refreshed and updated! Download a copy from here:
https://www.callscotland.org.uk/downloads/posters-and-leaflets/ipad-apps-for-learners-with-complex-additional-support-needs/

Validating how your child is feeling is so important. If we try and talk our children out of their feelings, they just think that we don’t understand and the anxiety will "fight" more to be heard. However, if we acknowledge it such as “I get it. It can be scary to leave mum”, what is happening is that they feel understood and that you are on their side. This will also help calm the brain as they feel that they don’t have to “fight” alone. You don’t have to agree with your child but you do have to try and acknowledge how they are feeling.

More information on my blog

https://www.thetherapistparent.com/post/managing-separation-anxiety

The Formulation Tree is a fantastic tool used to support understanding of a child's difficulty.

Thank you Juliet Young/.clinical.psychologist for all of your amazing illustrations! If you would like to support Juliet by buying her a coffee, follow this link: http://buymeacoffee.com/CreativeCP

Autistic Traits

✖️ How society interprets them (versus)
✔️ What they really are

Obsessive & limited interests versus
Special interests that bring joy

Refuses eye contact versus
Eye contact is painful/uncomfortable

Aggressive behavior versus
Difficulty regulating emotions/sensory input

Inability to relate to others/no empathy versus
Different ways of showing empathy/hyper-empathy

Odd/disruptive body movements/sounds versus
Stimming to help regulate & express

Inability to communicate versus
Different ways of communicating

Lives in their own world versus
Ability to see the details that no one else can

They have a disorder versus
They are an entire identity

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