Emotional Regulation

You don't need to turn December and January into a six-week school preparation program. Keep playing. Keep reading together. Go outside. Visit the playground. Practise the lunchbox occasionally. Let your child help pack their bag. Talk about school when it naturally comes up. And enjoy the holidays. Children learn through relationships, play, movement, communication and everyday experiences.

Our job isn't to decide which emotions boys are allowed to have. It's to help them know that whatever shows up, there are safe people beside them who can help them understand it.

An Occupational Therapist can help identify the underlying factors contributing to your child's emotional responses and develop practical, individualised strategies to support emotional regulation, participation and family wellbeing.

When we stop seeing behaviour as something to fix and start seeing it as something to understand, we open the door to meaningful change. Understanding Behaviour as Communication "She's just seeking attention." "He won't listen." "She's being difficult." How often do you hear these statements being used to describe a child? They usually come from a place of frustration, worry or simply not knowing what else to do. But what if we looked at behaviour differently? What if, instea