The ‘Feel-Good’ Toolkit, to increase feelings of calm and safety in our children

The ‘feel-good’ toolkit (a simple tool to increase feelings of calm and safety in our children), Tool within the Multilevel […]

‘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 […]

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 […]

A huge difference in my life

“Simone’s ability both to help me reframe negative self-perceptions and to understand the workings of my psyche, from an emotional […]

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 […]

The art of giving heartfelt compliments to ourselves, our children and teens

This post includes a ‘heartfelt compliment script’, a tool to compliment ourselves and our child effectively and is part of […]