As a parent, I remember waiting outside the portacabins that housed the overspill from years 4 to 6. The shrubbery that enveloped the cabins was never tall enough to provide shade from the heat. One summer, a quiet then 8-year-old Alex ate a berry from those shrubs and got a nasty bout of food poisoning - the offending shrubbery was duly chopped down.

Putting a child to bed at 7:30 pm doesn't mean they'll be asleep by then. Many parents say bedtime routines take ages—bath time, a story (or reading), and then waiting for their child to drift off. An hour later, they check in and find their child still wide awake!

Jake was four years old when his parents asked a psychologist to observe him at nursery. At home, he was playful and communicative, but at nursery, he remained silent..

The film opens with classic Bridget chaos: She's late, her hair unbrushed, and frantically trying to dress while simultaneously cooking for her kids. She burns the spaghetti and sets off the smoke alarm, and her children—wise beyond their years—step in to salvage the situation.

She was using both hands to hold the handrail. I watched Yasmin ascended in a rather clumsy manner. She twisted her body as she tried to grasp the rail with both hands. At times, instead of facing forward, her feet and body pointed towards the (handrail) wall. .

At age 2, her son caught meningitis, which caused him to lose his hearing. Around age three, doctors fitted him with a cochlear implant, allowing him to hear again. Before his implant, he had already learned sign language proficiently and communicated as best he could using it.

Do you feel like you're taking your GCSE exams all over again? Revision demands discipline. Parents across the country work hard to help their teenagers cram in the facts before the mocks. The actual exams follow straight after the mocks.

Screening children for the various therapies we run is a critical aspect of our work. Sometimes, parents are curious about their child and want to understand why their child behaves in what they perceive to be 'strange behaviour!'

Sarah told me of an incident involving her then eight-year-old son, Albi. Wendy had fainted in the bathroom of their small flat. As she was coming round, she called out for her son. He said, “Yes, I saw you.”………

Do you have difficulties getting your child up in the mornings? Knowing that your child may not be getting sufficient sleep is worrying.

Sleep is a vital process for children, especially regarding memory consolidation.

“What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” I’m betting you heard a lot of this around COVID. Yes, there were restrictions on going to school and hanging out with their friends.

As an educator, I've encountered numerous bright and capable students who suddenly struggle to keep up with their peers. One such student was a 14-year-old girl who had been excelling academically but began falling behind unexpectedly. Her Educational Psychologist's Report…...

We all watched the match on Sunday, July 14th. But how did we feel? Could we rationalise our disappointment?

Are you looking at your child's handwriting and wondering why they cannot start each sentence from the left-hand margin when writing a line of text? Does your child's writing move further away from the margin with every sentence so the page looks like a triangle of text?

While issues with handwriting are certainly considered when it comes to diagnosing dyslexia, they are not actually key indicators themselves. Letter or number reversals can occur for a number of different reasons, and concerned parents should look elsewhere for signs of dyslexia in their children.

When we talk about the possibility of AI 'curing' dyslexia, what we really mean is to ask if it can be a useful tool in overcoming these challenges.

When Miriam, a mother of four, called me, she was at the end of her tether: her 4-year-old could not speak. She had already waited a year for her doctor to refer her to a speech and language therapist and, despite pinning all her hopes on this, she was deeply disappointed when no tangible progress seemed to come from it

MANY individuals with dyslexia often continue to struggle because of a weak working memory, even long after good literacy skills have been established. So, in a busy work environment that is increasingly flooded with information, professionals need to stay on track, prioritise activities and overcome the constant distractions that slow productivity.

The problem lies with the child’s psychological makeup … reversing this problem is relatively straightforward and sometimes can take as little as three weeks

Research has revealed that the pandemic significantly impacted children entering the reception year in 2020/21