Summer Holiday Support

Do you have summer holiday anxiety looming? Are you worried that you will miss the respite that school offers for six very long weeks?

Perhaps like me you are half and half, the above is true however, also pleased that the after school meltdowns will decrease, the masking can stop and the pre school anxiety will vanish.

Feeling both is valid.

How can you empower yourself these summer holidays?

Stock up on essentials for those days when cabin fever hits and the kids prefer a low demand tech day. These days are fine for them but can be challenging for us when confined indoors for extended periods. Consider decorating a room, starting a new garden project, framing and hanging all those family photos, trying out a new fitness app at home, or cooking that recipe you've been thinking about. Create a small emergency list of productive activities to tackle.

Consider exploring the Breaking Barriers; Building Belief pre-recorded support course. Throughout the summer holidays, you'll receive personalized email support from me, Katie. Use the coupon code SUMMER SUPPORT to enjoy a 50% discount. This course will help reduce feelings of isolation and ensure you feel heard and supported. It will also give you open access to pre recorded videos supporting with PDA/ASD/ADHD/ARFID/SLEEP/ANXIETY/OCD neuro diverse behaviours to watch in your own time with links to relevant blogs, podcasts and template letters to support your family.

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Set yourself strong for September, use this time to get your child's care plan together. A care plan is a document that highlights all your childs needs and interventions that work in challenging moments. This care plan can then be used in schools to hold them accountable for the support they can and cannot offer, with record of these. A care plan can be used as DLA evidence, EHCP evidence and within meetings with professionals. (Due to the summer discount it works out cheaper for you to access the support course above to get started on this care plan).

Think about small slots of time to regulate your own nervous system, particularly after challenging moments at home. Whether that will be taking 10 minutes for yourself to just breathe and have a cuppa in a chaos free room or talking to a friend on the phone after meltdowns. It is important to recognise that by pouring into your cup after challenging moments is crucial.

The benefits of speaking to someone who really understands, non judgementally is powerful. Who is your person? Can you arrange to catch up on the phone, in person or via facetime each week?

Need to find your people? Catch up on the TikTok lives that will be happening through the summer holidays with myself or check out 'Stuck' on the link below.

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It is crucial you consider you too. In a world that never asks how the parents are coping, it is important that you find your people that do. Be kind to you too. Burnout is not fun and can be minimised by prioritising regulating our own nervous system each and every day (sometimes multiple times a day).

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