‘You are not invited!’ & ‘You’re a cheater!’ (Alternative Scenarios Game)

All posts by Simone de Hoogh This post includes ‘Alternative Scenarios Game’, a tool to increase the ability of a […]

Preparing our Child to transition to the School Holidays – Tips, Tools & Strategies

  It is quite a common issue for our children and also for us to struggle with transitions. As one […]

What if we’re exhausted?

Dedicated to Ellie To be fair, it wouldn’t surprise me if you are! Parenting a neurodivergent child is not easy […]

It is immensely powerful…

Dear Simone, I loved your article on real compliments. It was very timely for me and I am attempting to […]

Together working towards calm Festive Days with our neurodivergent children

For our intense, super-sensitive and hyper-reactive neurodivergent children, Christmas can be a huge challenge: dealing with transitions from normal life, […]

Preparing for Christmas

Each year when our daughter was young, the carefully crafted balance in our family always started to go pear-shaped around […]

Dealing with acute overwhelm, including tips how to get through

Recovering from obstacles  The last few years my life has been coloured by different obstacles, some  private ones and some […]

I take with me … my ‘cool suitcase’ – How to support our child through common transitions

This post includes ‘the cool suitcase or cool box’, a tool to increase the emotional resilience of our child in […]