Not goodbye, more au revoir (including common misunderstandings about neurodivergent children and their families)

All posts by Simone de Hoogh Dear PowerWood Community, After more than a decade of dedication, I am writing to […]

A Lifeline in raising a neurodivergent child

A personal account of finding support, tools and understanding in the journey of raising a child with PDA*  8 years […]

Family Creativity, Connection and Confidence: Celebrating Five Years of PowerWood’s Creative Corner!

All posts by Abigail Cole It has been a true pleasure and privilege to write & share blogs in the […]

Walking the Inner camino – overcoming the distress of living with and recovering from Long covid

A dream of mine is to walk the English camino, which consists of walking a certain amount of a pilgrim […]

Liv’s research findings on long Covid she’s most excited about and help her fight long Covid

By Liv E. Helmfrid “I’ve had long COVID since last year. I got really tired of not knowing anything about […]

Compassionate Crafting at Christmas (and allowing things to be ‘good enough’)

The Christmas holidays can be a lovely time for some cosy seasonal crafting and a good way to fill (and […]

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 […]

Making choices whilst making art – exploring the role of decision-making in creativity

I wanted to write this post because it’s been something that I’ve become aware of and quietly pondered over the […]

From being terrified that my son would fail to him achieving a Mark of Distinction

I am a mother of four children, having had my first child at the age of 15 years old and […]

The Proposed Schools Bill – Punishing parents for the inability of schools to facilitate a suitable education for all children

By Joanna Merrett BA (hons), EYPS, MA, [PhD student and researcher at University of Exeter, Centre for Social Mobility], Joanna […]