“The problems are not the person.” Chris Bonnello, Underdogs     Welcome to my blog and my first post. I've been thinking about writing a blog for a while now but didn't know what people might be interested in or find helpful. So I asked a good friend and colleague...

I was recently reading a Facebook post about how hard it is for parents to cope with living with a child with challenging behaviour. This particular post was from a mother of an autistic child with PDA. The child was refusing to go to school, was being rude and...

If you are a parent, it won't be long before you start to feel GUILTY about how you are parenting and any mistakes you may think you have made. You feel bad when something doesn't work for your child and you think its your fault. But did you know we are meant to feel...

Christmas is fast approaching and with it comes a whole bag of mixed emotions for us and our children. We may feel excited or stressed, frustrated or calm, lonely or connected. This time of year can feel wonderful but it can also feel really stressful and pressurized...

When I ask myself this question the first answer that comes to mind is "because they drive me crazy" "because they don't do anything I ask them" "they never listen to me" "its the only way I can get their attention". I suspect this might be quite similar to your first...