For many families, summer term feels exciting. Sports Day. School trips. Transition days. Residential visits. Summer fetes. Leavers' celebrations. New teachers. New classrooms. Maybe even a whole new school waiting in September. To most people, these are positive events. But for many neurodivergent children, they represent something very different. They represent change. And when a child is already working incredibly hard just to get through a normal school day, change can be

For many families, January can feel like the longest, dreariest month of the year. The sparkle of Christmas has faded. The weather is cold, dark, and relentless. Routines are only just being rebuilt after weeks of disruption, excitement, sensory overload, late nights, and emotional intensity. For parents of neurodivergent children, this transition back into “normal life” can feel especially exhausting. Even when the calendar says the holidays are over, the nervous system ofte