Summer Count Down
With Summer Holidays just around the corner, I have prepared a Summer Count Down for my sons Conor and Jack to use at home. I…
Teaching Personal Pronouns
Personal Pronouns & Autism Many children, like my son Jack who are Autistic, struggle to understand what may be considered “abstract” parts of speech &…
Greetings Visual Supports
Greetings are an activity that are an essential part of daily life skills that we all take for granted. Being able to say hello or…
Autism Visual Supports
Autism and Visual Supports in our house, go hand in hand. Both my boys rely heavily on Visual Supports to help them understand the world…
Handwriting & Autism
Conor has always struggled with using his hands, hand writing and fine motor activities have always been a massive challenge for him. He has a…
Handwriting APPS for Children
As a mom of 4 I have learned that every child progresses at their own rate. My oldest child, Hailey learned everything so quickly, I…
SPECIAL NEEDS EARLY YEARS EDUCATION
Louise Furlong: is Mum to Eli and runs her own Montessori in her native Ballina for the last 16 years. She has gained invaluable experience…
Most Loved Christmas Gifts
Every year I struggle to find gifts that Santa can bring that my sons with Special Needs will actually really like and will use. You…
Cover Stars
Conor and Jack became mini “Cover Stars” in our County paper, this past December thanks to the lovely and thoughtful people over at The Connaught…
Playground bullying can teach us about Inclusion
Bullying because of Difference. Over the years we have had our fair share of episodes when out and about with Conor, where children/tweens and even…
Different not less
I took this photo of Conor a few years ago. We were at the beach in Westport, surrounding by families with children “almost” just like…
Autism and Christmas
“Christmas” in every house is different. Whether you have a child(ren) with Special Needs or not, the expectation to create a “perfect”Christmas for your family…
Conor Finds His Voice
This boy I am sitting with in this photo is the only reason I am still here ❤️ We have been through so much together from the…
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