by Dancing Wombat | Apr 2, 2017 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Sensory Issues
Some of our special needs kids have more anaesthesia in a year than we will have in our lifetime. Some of them deal well with the process. Others might always struggle. Then there’s the in-between group, who sometimes manage, and sometimes don’t. My daughter belongs...
by Dancing Wombat | Jan 25, 2017 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies, Identity and Belonging
Welcome back to Dancing Wombat dear reader! I’m looking forward to sharing 2017’s tales, trials and triumphs with you. For now – the Australian summer holidays are almost done. The beginning of Term 1 brings us all back to issues that holidays help us take...
by Dancing Wombat | Oct 26, 2016 | Blog, Coping Strategies
Well, today is now yesterday’s tomorrow. Train Wombat is still in bed, showing no signs of going to school. The only thing he will say to me is “Get out”, when I go in to speak to him. Oh, apart from threatening to put a bolt back on the door. Resilience –...
by Dancing Wombat | Oct 25, 2016 | Blog, Coping Strategies
“What will I put in as the reason for his absence?” The school administration assistant spoke gently. I’d already told her that my son wasn’t in a great place this morning. He was still in bed. At 10.20. “Parent choice?” I considered this for about two seconds. Parent...
by Dancing Wombat | Oct 18, 2016 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies
For people with ASD, the smallest change in routine or expectations can have the most enormous impact. Often, it’s quite obvious that something’s the matter, but you just don’t know what it is. Your child’s words are inadequate and their body language is only giving...
