by Dancing Wombat | Apr 16, 2019 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Health and Fitness, Sensory Issues
Life is full of highs that raise you in joyful exultation and lows that oppress you like a dark winter’s morning. And then, then there are the days when everything comes crashing down around your ears in the space of a few, brief words: “I have some bad news…” That...
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 12, 2019 | Achievements, Blog, Learning Through Performance, Sensory Issues
Ok, I admit it. In the very early days of having kids, I sometimes fantasised about raising my own little von Trapp family of musicians. I grew up in a musical family myself. My siblings and I all played instruments, my sister and I sang, and my parents were musical....
by Dancing Wombat | Apr 4, 2019 | Achievements, Blog, Family and Community, Identity and Belonging, Life Skills, Socialisation
Hi. I was wondering if I could ask you a question. Well, actually, I’d like to ask you a really big favour, and I hope I find the right words… So began my bumbling enquiry to a local café owner about some regular work experience for my daughter – a lumpy melange of...
by Dancing Wombat | Mar 3, 2019 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community, Life Skills
TIme flies – blink, and it’s nearly the end of term. To be honest, I was dreading the beginning of this school year. Living in hope, but bruised by reality, I wasn’t looking forward to massaging my youngest boy into Year 7, or my oldest boy into Year...
by Dancing Wombat | Dec 18, 2018 | Blog, Coping Strategies, Family and Community
Here we are at the end, the beginning, and more of the same. It’s the end of Term 4, the beginning of high school, and possibly six more years steering our youngest away from the vortex of negativity. From the first day, the final 2018 school term has been a tough gig...
by Dancing Wombat | Nov 13, 2018 | Blog, Family and Community, Health and Fitness
Maintaining healthy eating when you have special needs and are going out We’re into week 6 of my daughter’s changed diet. That’s 6 weeks of slightly altered eating patterns and food offerings. I’d like to say 6 weeks without fast food but of course, maintaining...