Supporting a Quietly Neurodivergent Child Without Pushing Them Past Breaking Point Some children look like “no problem” at school and then fall apart at home. If your child seems to cope all day and then crashes in the evening, you may not be doing anything wrong at all. This article looks at quietly neurodivergent children who mask through the school day, then melt down or shut down where it finally feels safe. It offers gentle ideas for decompression time, homework, clubs and talking to school, and explains why “rudeness” is often overload, not bad character.

Some children look like “no problem” at school and then fall apart at home. If your child seems to cope all day and then crashes in the evening, you may not be doing anything wrong at all. #QuietlyNeurodivergent #NeurodivergentChildren

Mothers Together: Support Community

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Easter symbols - for communication boards, visual timetables, now and next boards etc.

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Grateful thanks to our friends at @cottontwist.bsky.social for this lovely resource for our emotions work with autistic children - feeling the Valentine's love! ❤️

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Emotion Stones are a lovely tactile resource for exploring emotions.
We often use them with playdough and sand and create guessing games.

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There are lots of variations of this cup game, but what we love is how it teaches us about how everyone perceives things differently and that's ok!

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