Newsletter 19- Page Two

MERITS

Reception Anning - Archie, Josephine

Reception King - Yahya, Ivy

Year One Curie - Harrison, Thaw

Year One Pankhurst - Ottilie, Neithan

Year Two Yousafzai - Jessie, Matilda S

Year Two Earhart - Henry, Grace

Year Three Mandela - Sassy, Malakai

Year Three Thunberg - Henry I, Sasha

Year Four Turing - Dexter, Amelia P

Year Four Rashford - Seren, Eve

Year Five Lau - Yucheng, Elloise

Year Five Attenborough - Persey, Eva

Year Six Obama - All the children who went to the indoor athletics

Year Six Kamkwamba - Rocco, Daniel S, Phoenix

The Downing Street Tripper, who stumbled over Gordon Brown was our very own Miss Mowbray! Here's what she had to say about the encounter

When working in the parliamentary press lobby after university, I was very excited to get an invite to the Downing Street Christmas drinks. My colleague (and now great friend) is blind and it was my job to guide him around the event. I succeeded in guiding him around but imagine my horror when I stepped sideways without looking and realised I had just tripped over the then Prime Minister, Gordon Brown!

Another interesting fact about Miss Mowbray is that she is an ex-St Stephen's pupil.

CHECK OUT THIS EASTER ACTIVITY IDEAS

https://mailchi.mp/skylarks/easter-activities-and-fun-for-all-the-family-2669308?e=cf87e3fe36

Supporting autistic people and those with sensory sensitivity with eating difficulties

Dr Elizabeth Shea is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked with young people with eating difficulties for over 10 years. Problems eating a wide range of foods are common in autistic people, and based on clinical experience, evidence-based practice and research this article discusses the factors that are involved in the cause and maintenance of this pattern of eating. Much of her career has been with young people who refuse foods, many of whom are on the spectrum, but also with those who do not have a diagnosis. Thus, “the pattern of avoidant and restrictive eating we see in autistic people is also observed in children and adults in the neurotypical population and therefore represents a function of traits that individuals have in common, rather than being specific to a diagnosis."

Find out more here.

Demand Avoidance in Kids

Avoiding things they’re asked to do is pretty typical behavior for kids, whether they quietly ignore instructions, make elaborate excuses or have a tantrum. But there’s a pattern of avoidance that’s so extreme it’s called pathological demand avoidance, or PDA. It’s usually seen in children on the autism spectrum. Kids with PDA react negatively to anything that feels like a demand or expectation — even if it’s something routine that they are happy to do as long as it’s their idea.

This week we explore PDA — why outside demands make these kids so uncomfortable they feel they can’t comply, even if it makes it hard for them to function, at home and at school. Experts explain the best ways to work with kids to overcome demand avoidance. And we round up some other resources about neurodiverse kids, including how to make kids who have sensory processing issues comfortable in events like children’s parties, and how service dogs can help.

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