Miss Swailes
@missjanetswailes.bsky.social
Mum to 3 adopted children. Former primary headteacher and SENDCo, now advocate for parents of children with SEND.
Expert in strategies to deal with children with early trauma issues, especially post-LAC. Aspiring writer of children's books.
Expert in strategies to deal with children with early trauma issues, especially post-LAC. Aspiring writer of children's books.
I really wish all schools would ban parents filming their children’s nativity play. Nothing to do with child protection; it’s just bloody hard to see stuck in a row behind someone holding their phone above their head for the entire performance 🤬
December 14, 2024 at 8:19 AM
I really wish all schools would ban parents filming their children’s nativity play. Nothing to do with child protection; it’s just bloody hard to see stuck in a row behind someone holding their phone above their head for the entire performance 🤬
Photographic memory and associated hyper vigilance does seem to be a common theme.
It has enabled my eldest to be able to sight read by the time she was 6. My partner is wondering whether or not this will extend to the ability to count cards in a casino!
It has enabled my eldest to be able to sight read by the time she was 6. My partner is wondering whether or not this will extend to the ability to count cards in a casino!
November 26, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Photographic memory and associated hyper vigilance does seem to be a common theme.
It has enabled my eldest to be able to sight read by the time she was 6. My partner is wondering whether or not this will extend to the ability to count cards in a casino!
It has enabled my eldest to be able to sight read by the time she was 6. My partner is wondering whether or not this will extend to the ability to count cards in a casino!
My 7yo also had a photographic memory, interestingly enough. All part of general hypervigilance, which can, unfortunately, mean that she just cannot cope in certain situations due to perceived threat, even if completely irrational to us.
November 17, 2024 at 10:38 AM
My 7yo also had a photographic memory, interestingly enough. All part of general hypervigilance, which can, unfortunately, mean that she just cannot cope in certain situations due to perceived threat, even if completely irrational to us.
For my 7 yo little girl, it’s reading. About 2 months before her 6th birthday she suddenly started reading at a level commensurate with KS2.
It was as if she’d beeen following the words I’d been reading to her for the previous 5 years. I’ve never seen anything like it in 30 years of teaching.
It was as if she’d beeen following the words I’d been reading to her for the previous 5 years. I’ve never seen anything like it in 30 years of teaching.
November 17, 2024 at 10:33 AM
For my 7 yo little girl, it’s reading. About 2 months before her 6th birthday she suddenly started reading at a level commensurate with KS2.
It was as if she’d beeen following the words I’d been reading to her for the previous 5 years. I’ve never seen anything like it in 30 years of teaching.
It was as if she’d beeen following the words I’d been reading to her for the previous 5 years. I’ve never seen anything like it in 30 years of teaching.
Any parents have SEND children that a disproportionately brilliant at something, to the extent that it’s almost miraculous?
Music, reading, numeracy, drawing etc - something that they’re miles ahead in compared with other aspects of development, and maybe even ahead of peers.
Music, reading, numeracy, drawing etc - something that they’re miles ahead in compared with other aspects of development, and maybe even ahead of peers.
November 17, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Any parents have SEND children that a disproportionately brilliant at something, to the extent that it’s almost miraculous?
Music, reading, numeracy, drawing etc - something that they’re miles ahead in compared with other aspects of development, and maybe even ahead of peers.
Music, reading, numeracy, drawing etc - something that they’re miles ahead in compared with other aspects of development, and maybe even ahead of peers.