EHCP APPEALS. WHAT I NOW KNOW AS A PARENT.
As parents with SEND children, sometimes there is nothing we need more than to be and to feel empowered. The things we must go through to get our children’s needs met can sometimes feel like pushing a hundred boulders uphill whilst also trying to make sure the kids are bathed and ready for bed! It shouldn’t be this hard… but we must push on, challenge those who need to be challenged, and achieve our goals.
Finding Empowerment in ADHD
For many of us as adults, being diagnosed with ADHD or being told we need to go for an assessment, can quite often leave us feeling offended. But, why? Surely discovering a new part of our identities is empowering, no? The truth is the stereotype for ADHD we are all so used to is the […]
School Uniform VS Sensory Processing
So many children suffer with sensory processing difficulties and for many, especially those in a mainstream school setting, one of the biggest challenges every day can be having to wear their school uniform. In this blog post, Sunshine Support founder Chrissa Wadlow looks at the difficulties so many children have with school uniforms and the […]
Is Rejection the Root of all TRAUMA?
Rejection, the fear of rejection, and the pain of rejection can be found in absolutely anything from the end of a relationship to the anxiety of public speaking to awaiting the outcome of a job interview. It is so human, and we can’t escape it. There are countless pieces of art, musical compositions, examples of […]
DLD and Me
We celebrate diversity in our home, it’s second nature to us. But when we discovered our daughter had DLD, it was a whole new world of learning and discovery for us all. One that we want to share, in the hope it helps others. Meet Ridley “Hi my name’s Ridley. I’m a twin and have […]
It’s Our Birthday
We are a whopping 4 years old today! So, we are reflecting on what we have achieved in those 1,460 days! Ensuring our trauma wasn’t in vain… Following our high court win in September 2017 (which followed years of battles for equity for our child) I knew I could never return to my life as […]
Promoting Emotional Literacy
Many of us take for granted our ability to communicate the way we feel. What we have developed is something called ’emotional literacy’ or ’emotional intelligence’. Why can’t children just say how they feel instead of “playing up”? First of all we need to understand what “emotional literacy” is. It’s quite self explanatory really, […]
Meet Kelly Jarvis, education sensation!
Rising out through a baptism of fire, Kelly Jarvis is riding out the shock waves and pitching up at Sunshine Support with a can-do attitude! The city of Bath is known from Georgian architecture, Roman Baths, and archaeological fascinations. However, what the tourist guides fail to mention is that this is where Kelly Jarvis, highly […]
Y Gyfraith ALN Newydd! A fydd yn myn i fod trichined?
Mae llywodraeth Cymru wedi penderfynu newid ‘Additional Learning Needs and Educational Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018’ o rym o fis Medi 2021. Ond, beth mae hyn yn ei olygu? Yn ei hanfod, mae’n golygu y bydd yn ddeddfwriaeth ‘Special Educational Needs’ gyfredol yn cael ei scrap ar gyfer llwyth cyfan o ddeddfwriaeth Newydd tebyn I’r hyn […]
6 Things I have discovered about ADHD in 6 months
6 months after being diagnosed with combined type ADHD, what have I learnt and what have I uncovered? 1. Dopamine is not what you think it is It is widely believed and accepted that one characteristic of ADHD is a deficiency in dopamine. For a long time, I was under the belief that dopamine […]
