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• The Primary School Bully

  Bullies are everywhere!If you've been bullied, then chances are that you met your first bully in primary (elementary) school.The Tools of the Primary School... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING, SCHOOLING

• Bullies and Bullying - An Introduction

  This post marks the start of a series on bullies and bullying. I'm hoping to cover bullying in primary/elementary school all the way through to the workplace. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING, SCHOOLING

• Movie Review: Adam 2009

  

  Links: IMDB / Rotten Tomatoes 65% out of 119 reviews.I'd been wanting to see Adam for a long time but somehow I missed it at the movies. Last night, I finally... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2011 MOVIES

• The 'Drag to School' Morning Routine

  This is a "Best of the Best" Post.School is a drag. Literally.I'm lucky because being a father, I only have to cope with the school morning routine on my days... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Accepting the Child Who Doesn't Engage During Play

  Some of the biggest issues that children with aspergers and other forms of autism tend to face are social ones and in the early years these tend to be most... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• The Best of the Best Series

  

  I want to briefly talk about the best of the best series because up to this point, I haven't introduced it properly.The Best of the Best series was devised by... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• EBooks and Compulsive Collecting

  

  I was reading an article on author Tobias Buckell's views on eBook piracy a couple of days ago and was struck by a couple of key paragraphs where he refers to... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2011 FAMILY

• Book Review: "How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism Or Asperger's" by...

  

  "How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger's" is a very practical book which will have you itching to try out a whole bunch of new techniques... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Writing an Introductory Letter for Your Aspie (or Other Special Needs) Children

  Mothers all over Australia are celebrating today because the school holidays are over and the kids are finally back to school. Some kids go back willingly,... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2011 FAMILY, HEALTH, PARENTING

• Chewing Issues and Chewelry

  

  A lot of children on the spectrum or with other sensory needs have tendency to seek oral stimulation by chewing. In fact, chewing issues are far more common tha... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2011 FAMILY, PARENTING

• Don't Underestimate Your Children's Ability to Cope with Change

  In the lead up to Christmas this year, there were a lot of blog posts about coping with Christmas and helping your children cope with Christmas. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2010 FAMILY, PARENTING