Resources
Practical guides for parents of neurodivergent children. They cover behaviour, getting support, and what to do while you wait. Clinicians check each one when it goes live.
2025 in review: what has changed for children's mental health and SEND?
What changed in 2025, and what it means for your family. The national mental health and SEND review, record EHCP numbers, delayed reforms, new RSHE guidance and more school mental health teams.
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Supporting your child's wellbeing over the winter holidays
How to help your child through the winter break. Coping when the festive season gets too much, keeping a routine on dark days, and easing the daily changes that get harder in December.
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Understanding impulse control
Why acting on impulse is the brain reacting to stress, not naughtiness. And the ideas, such as the 4 Ps, that help children pause before they act.
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Understanding emotional regulation
What emotional regulation is. Why a child who loses control is in distress, not being bad. And how staying calm together helps the whole family with big feelings.
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Attention, concentration and organisation: supporting your child's executive function skills at school
What executive function really is, and why 'try harder' doesn't work. The small daily changes that help children learn to plan, focus and get organised.
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"My child can't sleep, what can I do?"
A parent's guide to children's sleep problems. Bedtime battles, early waking, a body clock that shifts, night terrors and sleep apnoea. And the habits that research shows help.
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Smooth transitions: guiding your child through life's changes
How to support your child through big changes, like moving home, a new baby or a new school. And the many small changes in between, with tips for each.
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Long days, big feelings: supporting your child through the summer holidays
Ways to help your child cope when the school routine stops for the summer. Picture calendars, new places a step at a time, and smoother changes through the day.
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Supporting your neurodivergent child at school
Why a label on its own isn't enough. How to spot the quiet signs of needs that aren't being met. And how knowing your child's own profile helps you work with their school.
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Understanding therapy options for neurodivergent children: a guide for parents
A parent's guide to the kinds of therapy on offer, from counselling and CBT to play, speech and family therapy. And how to choose between them.
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Self-esteem and mental health in children
How low self-esteem starts, and why neurodivergent children are more at risk. What research says really helps children feel good about themselves again, and the praise that works.
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Parenting the spectrum: holistic approaches to supporting your autistic child
What autism is (and isn't). Why the spectrum is more like a wheel than a line. And answers to the questions parents of autistic children ask most.
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Parents as the main agents of change: empowering families for child development
Why parents shape a child's growth more than anyone else. The evidence for getting parents involved. And how home becomes the place where new skills stick.
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Understanding neuroplasticity and child development
The brain can rewire itself. How that shapes the way children learn, handle feelings and behave. And why the right support, given early, makes such a difference.
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The science of Assembly: needs, not labels
Why Assembly looks at a child's needs, not labels. The science of how the brain changes, why early help works, and why parents are the key to change.
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What does 'neurodivergence' mean? And how does it relate to ADHD and autism?
A plain-English guide to neurodiversity and neurodivergence. Where the words came from, and how the medical and neurodiversity views differ. And how ADHD and autism fit in.
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