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emotion regulation

July 24, 2021

When Big Emotions Bring Big Challenges

Behavioural approaches to parenting are viewed by some as lacking empathy or compassion. It is true that as Behaviour Therapists, we’re very deliberate about how we approach and respond to behaviour. And yes, we try to minimise the chance of accidentally rewarding what some may refer to as

Uncategorized anxiety,  Behaviour support,  emotion regulation,  mindfulness,  parenting,  tantrums

supporting anxious children

May 8, 2021

Helping anxious children accept uncomfortable thoughts and emotions

Noticing anxiety in children can be tough on any parent. If you support a child who struggles with anxiety or regulating emotions, you may notice they tend to get stuck. That anxious thought, fear, or possibly even agitation or rage seems to take hold and they just can’t see beyond. So what can you

Uncategorized acceptance and commitment therapy,  anxiety,  Behaviour support,  child mental health,  coping skills,  emotion regulation

Child interactions autism

December 10, 2020

Setting up successful play interactions with your child

Do you try to play with your child but often find that they either continues to play their own game while ignoring you, or maybe they just get up and leave as soon as you show up. This can be frustrating for any parent (or professional). Children with a diagnosis of autism or those awaiting

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parental intervention

September 29, 2020

Parental Involvement in Early Intervention Programmes

Parental Involvement Involvement in your child's early intervention can feel like an overwhelming task. For many parents, it may be very appealing to step back and leave it to the professionals.' Parents might worry about doing the wrong thing. Or maybe they feel that their role should be that of

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August 25, 2020

A Playful Approach to Preparing Children to Return to School During COVID: Part 3

When to seek extra support Hopefully by now you have plenty of ideas to support your child in their return to school, but you may still be wondering if it’s enough. So let’s consider when it might be most appropriate to seek extra support. It is important to remember that anxiety is a normal

Uncategorized back to school,  COVID support,  prepare for school,  school anxiety,  special needs

August 17, 2020

A Playful Approach to Preparing Children for Returning to School During COVID 19 – Part 2

The Preparation Toolbox In the first blog entry of this series, we learned how helpful play can be in preparing for school. But there are so many ways that parents and teachers can support children during this time. Here are some simple tools which parents and teachers have in their tool-box

Uncategorized back to school,  COVID support,  prepare for school,  school anxiety,  special needs

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Becoming involved in your child’s early intervention can feel intimidating and overwhelming. You may not feel like you have the skills needed to support your child’s needs and it is better to leave it to the therapist.

The fact of the matter is, your child will spend a lot more time with you, their parents, than they will with their therapist. If you picture all the hours in the week as individual marbles, there will be 168 marbles. The jar on the left has 1 marble, representing 1 hour of time spent with a therapist each week. The jar on the right has 167 hours representing all the other hours in the week.

At Reach, we want to empower parents to become involved in their child’s growth. Research shows that involving parents in our supports allows the parents we work with to support their children’s development and achieve more progress in areas such as communication skills and parent-child relationships.

We know this is a common anxiety amongst parents of children who are accessing supports, so we wrote a blog on this topic where we laid out the advantages of parental involvement, and our ethos around involving parents in supporting their children. You can find a link to our website where you can find this blog ion our website
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Becoming involved in your child’s early intervention can feel intimidating and overwhelming. You may not feel like you have the skills needed to support your child’s needs and it is better to leave it to the therapist.

The fact of the matter is, your child will spend a lot more time with you, their parents, than they will with their therapist. If you picture all the hours in the week as individual marbles, there will be 168 marbles. The jar on the left has 1 marble, representing 1 hour of time spent with a therapist each week. The jar on the right has 167 hours representing all the other hours in the week.

At Reach, we want to empower parents to become involved in their child’s growth. Research shows that involving parents in our supports allows the parents we work with to support their children’s development and achieve more progress in areas such as communication skills and parent-child relationships. 

We know this is a common anxiety amongst parents of children who are accessing supports, so we wrote a blog on this topic where we laid out the advantages of parental involvement, and our ethos around involving parents in supporting their children. You can find a link to our website where you can find this blog ion our website www.reachchildrens.com
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Are you working with your little one or a child you support in an early years setting, trying to encourage them to repeat sounds and words?

Did you know that before a child can imitate sounds and words they should focus on imitating actions.

⭐Start by imitating your child when they complete an action. This can be banging a drum, rolling a car, shaking a rattle.

⭐Try to move the activity to a turn taking activity. They shake - you copy -they shake - you copy etc.

⭐When they stop, you can then try to initiate the action. Shake the rattle yourself first and see do they then imitate you.

⭐Once you can get them to imitate this action after you, try to change the action and see if they will imitate that e.g. bang the rattle off the floor.

⭐Once they can imitate various actions you can then begin to add sound effects. Imitating sound effects will begin earlier than whole word approximations e.g. boom book boom while banging the rattle off the ground.

Once you have progressed through all these steps you can then begin to work on imitating whole words.

***Remember to keep the interactions fun! This should be done on the floor or wherever your child would typically engage with toys or similar materials. Don't try to do too much in one sitting. Think small achievable steps.

Set up for success and celebrate the small wins! 🏆

#repost #reachchildrens #reachchildrensservices #imitation #earlyintervention #imitateactions #BCBA #childled #followtheirlead #asd #specialeducation
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Are you working with your little one or a child you support in an early years setting, trying to encourage them to repeat sounds and words?

Did you know that before a child can imitate sounds and words they should focus on imitating actions. 

⭐Start by imitating your child when they complete an action. This can be banging a drum, rolling a car, shaking a rattle. 

⭐Try to move the activity to a turn taking activity. They shake - you copy -they shake - you copy etc. 

⭐When they stop, you can then try to initiate the action. Shake the rattle yourself first and see do they then imitate you. 

⭐Once you can get them to imitate this action after you, try to change the action and see if they will imitate that e.g. bang the rattle off the floor. 

⭐Once they can imitate various actions you can then begin to add sound effects. Imitating sound effects will begin earlier than whole word approximations e.g. boom book boom while banging the rattle off the ground. 

Once you have progressed through all these steps you can then begin to work on imitating whole words. 

***Remember to keep the interactions fun! This should be done on the floor or wherever your child would typically engage with toys or similar materials. Dont try to do too much in one sitting. Think small achievable steps. 

Set up for success and celebrate the small wins! 🏆

#repost #reachchildrens #reachchildrensservices #imitation #earlyintervention #imitateactions #BCBA #childled #followtheirlead #asd #specialeducation
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Delighted to be here at @rare_ireland Disability Information Day & Conference. 

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