by FamilyConnections | Nov 25, 2021 | Children, Emotions, Neuroception
Neuroception, as described by Dr Stephen Porges “is a neurobiological process, programmed into our DNA, which helps us evaluate our environment and distinguish whether the situations or people around us are safe, dangerous or life threatening. Neuroception is...
by FamilyConnections | Nov 15, 2021 | Children, Toileting
There are many reasons why toileting is a tricky thing for a child. It can be difficult to understand what the underlying causes are. To develop continence, a child needs to be able to have control of their bowel and bladder, understand the toileting routine,...
by FamilyConnections | Nov 4, 2021 | Children
Dr Jean Ayres, founder of Sensory Integration Therapy coined the term Gravitational Insecurity (GI) in 1972. Gravitational Insecurity is an exaggerated emotional or fear response to movement experiences, and is considered a vestibular-based sensory integration deficit...
by FamilyConnections | Oct 28, 2021 | Children, Emotions
Often when people think about social skills they look at categories of play (practice play, constructive play, symbolic play and games with rules) and stages of social play (unoccupied play behaviour, onlooker play, solitary independent play, parallel play,...
by FamilyConnections | Oct 20, 2021 | Children
The United Nations now recognises the importance of play for child development. It is deemed a Human Right of every child. Through play with peers and other adults, children are given the opportunity to develop their emotional, cognitive, language and self-regulation...
by FamilyConnections | Apr 20, 2020 | Children, Emotions, Sensory Activities
In our busy reality, everything happens quickly and our children are often expected to follow at the same pace. Everything happens faster and there is more things happening around us. We don’t always have time to check if children understand what is happening around...
