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Guest Post: Genetic Brain Profiling by Chantal Deacon Daniel

aadegabi29

Feb 74 min read

Family Life

Guest Post: Genetic Brain Profiling by Chantal Deacon Daniel

The importance of being seen and heard…of being recognised for our uniqueness…of learning to embrace our differences… These simple...

Why an ADHD diagnoses is a good news diagnosis and whether your child needs oen

aadegabi29

Jan 93 min read

ADHD

Why an ADHD diagnoses is a good news diagnosis and whether your child needs oen

Of all the Wonderfully Wired profiles I think the one least understood is ADHD. As a young teacher, I was guilty as many teachers are,...

aadegabi29

Dec 18, 20232 min read

Social Emotional Learning

The Wonderfully Wired Festive season

Everyone pretends that the Christmas holidays are the most wonderful time of the year. In reality, it can be a tense, stressful time for...

You only have one job as a parent: To Become a Responsive one

aadegabi29

Sep 12, 20234 min read

Family Life

You only have one job as a parent: To Become a Responsive one

I remember standing in the massive baby supply store 17 years ago, with a list so long it was partly concealed by my belly. I worked my...

aadegabi29

Jul 25, 20233 min read

Being Wonderfully Wired

Learn to set an exam study schedule

Confession time: I used to love setting an exam study schedule. I used to think it was the dorky combination of coloured markers and...

10 Things you should know to hack teen parenting

aadegabi29

Jul 11, 20234 min read

Family Life

10 Things you should know to hack teen parenting

My mother used to have a sticker on her Red Volkswagen van in which she transported four teenagers to 3 different schools: It read:...

aadegabi29

Jul 4, 20234 min read

Dyslexia

I'm not a tutor!

I’m working on changing the way I think of my role as a parent into the teenage years for my struggling student: I’m not aiming to be...

aadegabi29

Jun 27, 20234 min read

Family Life

From BabySense to Brain Body parenting

When I was a newborn mum the question was always ‘to routine or not to routine’. Around the same coffee table was my Zimbabwean pastor...

aadegabi29

Jun 20, 20233 min read

Social Emotional Learning

The just right challenge

It is critical to be able to read a child’s emotional platform to know how to help that child back to a stable, safe, state in the...

Can co-regulation teach self-regulation?

aadegabi29

Jun 13, 20234 min read

Being Wonderfully Wired

Can co-regulation teach self-regulation?

“A child who is self-regulated can wait a few minutes if dinner is late, concentrate on homework even if they want to go outside and...

Understanding your child's behaviour by reading the state of the brain-body connection

aadegabi29

Jun 1, 20234 min read

Being Wonderfully Wired

Understanding your child's behaviour by reading the state of the brain-body connection

This month, Wonderfully Wired dives deeply (and satisfyingly!) into the work of Dr Mona Delahooke. You can find a brief introduction to...

Parents: no longer on the outside of education

aadegabi29

Apr 25, 20233 min read

Being Wonderfully Wired

Parents: no longer on the outside of education

“I feel like you're parenting us parents,” I said to Heather Wells in this month’s episode of the podcast. Heather and I were talking...

Teachers are farmers, not factory workers

aadegabi29

Apr 18, 20235 min read

Social Emotional Learning

Teachers are farmers, not factory workers

“The core role of a teacher is facilitating learning… but much of what teachers are expected to do is something other than teaching.”...

aadegabi29

Apr 11, 20234 min read

Being Wonderfully Wired

Children are natural born learners

Last week we suggested changing our metaphor for schools: Instead of seeing schools as factories and students as products on a conveyor...

aadegabi29

Apr 4, 20233 min read

Being Wonderfully Wired

Schools are farms not factories

Ever wondered why our schools look the way they do? Why do children go to school in groups of others their own age? Why are days divided...

How to change the way your family talks about anxiety

aadegabi29

Mar 14, 20233 min read

Family Life

How to change the way your family talks about anxiety

Of all the Wonderful insights and useful tips I’ve learned from Natasha Daniels about anxiety so far, this one has been the most pivotal:...

Fight or flight from Paper Tigers: What Anxiety looks and feels like in your child

aadegabi29

Mar 7, 20233 min read

Social Emotional Learning

Fight or flight from Paper Tigers: What Anxiety looks and feels like in your child

The therapist Dr Dan Peters, from the popular Parent Footprint podcast calls Anxiety a response to a PAPER TIGER. The part of the brain...

Are you and your partner on the same parenting page?

aadegabi29

Dec 26, 20226 min read

Family Life

Are you and your partner on the same parenting page?

We were outside by the fire enjoying cooking a slow Sunday meal. The kids were still little and I could hear the familiar sound of...

Moving away from worry that our children are 'not normal' toward respecting their differences

aadegabi29

Dec 19, 20224 min read

Being Wonderfully Wired

Moving away from worry that our children are 'not normal' toward respecting their differences

Two names in education worth knowing (and dropping): Charlotte Mason Some years ago, while figuring out my homeschooling rhythm, I read a...

aadegabi29

Dec 12, 20225 min read

Being Wonderfully Wired

People think I could be a better parent

I used to feel entitled to judge other people’s parenting. In fact, a person doesn't even have to be a parent to watch a kid have an...

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