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aadegabi29
Feb 7, 20244 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Jan 16, 20245 min read
Contradiction in Performance: That is the ADHD
In my last blog I gave you the technical checklists used to make a diagnosis of ADHD. We agreed that the diagnosis is something to...
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aadegabi29
Dec 18, 20232 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Sep 19, 20233 min read
Co-regulation: the golden key to self-regulation
I’m learning that one of the most challenging things for Wonderfully Wired babies and children is self-regulation. All babies need to...
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aadegabi29
Sep 12, 20234 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Aug 22, 20233 min read
How can teachers start helping Wonderfully Wired kids?
I’ve been thinking about teachers with empathy and concern. What would it take for teachers under pressure to deliver results to get a ...
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aadegabi29
Aug 1, 20233 min read
"There are no educational emergencies", Julie Bogart
My husband says all disappointments are a result of unmet expectations. That’s a good sentiment when it comes to managing my expectations...
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aadegabi29
Jul 11, 20234 min read
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:...
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aadegabi29
Jul 4, 20234 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Jun 27, 20234 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Jun 20, 20233 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Jun 13, 20234 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Jun 1, 20234 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Apr 25, 20233 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Apr 18, 20235 min read
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.”...
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aadegabi29
Apr 11, 20234 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Apr 4, 20233 min read
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...
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aadegabi29
Mar 28, 20233 min read
What is OCD anyway?
A friend is explaining his preferred way of eating gummies. He sorts them out by colour and (he insists) flavour and works his way from...
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aadegabi29
Mar 21, 20234 min read
4 Steps to beating anxious thoughts
Wisdom says you can’t feel your way to good thoughts but you can think your way to good feelings. Let me illustrate. Imagine I have a...
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aadegabi29
Mar 14, 20233 min read
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:...
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