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February Newsletter
Let's learn about neurodiversity to support ourselves and our loved ones better!
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Welcome to the February newsletter. We have a lot of exciting things to offer this month and beyond including features on podcasts and special early bird offers on upcoming groups so grab a cup of hot tea and give yourself 10 minutes to read our latest news.
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TIP
This month’s tip is about Emotional Regulation Strategy follow on.
How did you get on with the 7 /11 breathing last month? We hope it helped you and/your child. If helpful, Michelle has a deep breathing relaxation meditation that she is happy to share with you. Email [email protected] to get it sent to your inbox.
Quick tip, when a child (or adult) is angry/dysregulated, ask them a question that tests their memory and they won’t be able to stay angry for much longer as the area of the brain that has to do with emotion, also deals with memory. This works for those in an ADHD meltdown and otherwise.
Try this and once again, let us know how you get on!!!
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Reserve your space on the upcoming ‘Let’s talk about Neurodiversity’ session.
We’re beyond excited to be collaborating with Rhiann Marchant (clinically trained autism assessor) to deliver this informative session on Autism, ADHD and sensory processing disorder.
There will be a chance to ask us questions during the session and afterwards about assessments, both autism and ADHD and what your next steps would look like.
Group is half sold out already. £75 per person or £105 for two people for THREE HOURS of autism and ADHD knowledge from TWO experts in their fields. Usually it would cost £75-£80 per hour for just one of us, but we are bringing and combining our joint knowledge to give you added value at a cost-effective price all in one space.
Deadline to book is midnight of the 18th February. We would encourage those of you who are interested in attending to do so this time round if you can as we do not have another date booked in yet so don’t know if or when we will run the group again so come join us if you can.
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EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
We have been approached by a couple of parents to see if we will run an ADHD Coaching group for teens (11 years and up). Happy to do this in the Summer term but need to ensure that we have enough interest first.
If this sounds like something your young person would benefit from having, then do let us know. It would be once a month initially, in the evening and cost approximately £40 per session.
Email [email protected] to put yours and your child’s name down on the waiting list and once we have eight children, we will be in touch with you.
Thank you so much.
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Come along to learn more about ADHD, what it Is and not what we were led to believe and be in a group of likeminded people learning ADHD coping skills to support themselves and their loved ones better. See below for an example of what a parent implemented straight after the session for her son – a visual whiteboard timetable – which has been met with much success! Parent reports that its going great, her son is using it every day and it helps her not to have to ask and ask and ask, she just says "what's on your board left to do" – result!!
We are running an Early Bird Offer on single and two person tickets ending on 26 March, £50 for one ticket and £75 for two. Based on feedback from the last group, we are opening this up to parents bringing their child with them providing they are of secondary school age.
SPECIAL OFFER FOR THOSE SUBSCRIBED TO THIS NEWSLETTER AND CURRENT CLIENTS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO BRING YOUR SECONDARY SCHOOL AGED CHILD ALONG WITH YOU, YOU CAN DO SO FREE OF CHARGE (£25 saving). EMAIL [email protected] TO LET HER KNOW.
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Here is an example from one of the parents who implemented one of the suggestions straight after the session for her ADHD son, with much success!’
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Podcast Recommendations
Christmas feels a million years ago now however Michelle was on an ADHD podcast back then which included a quiz with some ADHD questions so if you fancy listening to it, you can. This precedes Michelle’s one to one interview on this podcast which will follow soon.
Episode 9 So This is ADHD Christmas
This is ADHD!
Listen here on Apple Podcasts
We also featured on the podcast, Neurodiverse Universe, which was a fun and insightful conversation about all things ADHD – enjoy and let us know what you think.
Listen here on Spotify
Michelle has been listening to the Parenting Hell podcast with Rob Beckett and Josh Widdicombe since the beginning and thought this was a rather comical take on ADHD which resonated a lot with Michelle and how she funnily enough experiences ADHD.
Find Your Spark appeared as a shout out back in December. Let us know if you would like us to email you the recording, if you missed it. This podcast is from January and is very funny so enjoy!
Listen here on Spotify
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That’s if for another month. We hope you have a wonderful February and do contact us with any questions you have or if you require any further information and help.
Wishing you well, Amanda and Michelle.
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