Stamp Out News
Autism Workshop – February 2011
In February we are facilitating a special workshop for Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder ( Autistic, Aspergers).
Workshop part one is on February 16th covering:
Understanding Autism, what it is, different presentations. The Autistic child within your family.
Workshop part two is on February 23rd covering:
Managing your Autistic child, school environments and every day situations.
Each workshop runs 9.30 – 1pm and includes coffee/ tea on Arrival and morning tea.
‘Understanding Autism Package’ – Cost $97 in total. Very limited Places, booking is essential !!!
Phone 024385 5587 or email info@stampout.com.au
Kids Day Out Central Coast
This is Stamp Out’s third year of sponsorship of the Kids Day Out event which was held on the 7th of November 2011.
Now in it’s 11th year, the event is run by dedicated volunteers and has heaps of exciting entertainment throughout the day, many informative stalls and lots of tasty food stands.
Jungle Behaviour game launches
Child behaviour expert Laura Kiln has developed a fun and informative game called Jungle Behaviour for children and parents to play and learn together.
Parents are always on the look out for fun activities with educational components for their children and Jungle Behaviour fits this description perfectly – and is available in time for Christmas.
Jungle Behaviour shows children and their parents how to develop and use strategies to cope with everyday behavioural and emotional issues, as well as ADHD, oppositional behaviour and Aspergers, Laura explained.
Stamp Out helps the ‘Kids day out’.
This year ‘Stamp Out’ was able to be one of the proud Sponsors of the Kids Day out at Ourimbah University. A great day, all done on a voluntary basis to enable Parents to know exactly what is available for Parents and Children on the Coast.
I lost count of how many people I spoke to on the lovely sunny day….but I do know that we blew up over 400 yellow and blue balloons and our bubbles and play doh gave lots of children something to do whilst we spoke to their Mums and Dads.
The questions were very varied; however there were some common themes that were causing problems, so I thought I would share some of them with you.
Behaviour Problems, common questions answered.
Q. My new Partner and I have moved in together and I have 2 children aged 5 and 7yrs. They have gone from being well behaved to such awful behaviour that I am embarrassed and I am scared that he will change his mind!
A. The key to this one might be the fact that your Partner has moved into your home now and therefore is around more and perhaps the children are feeling threatened or lacking in ‘Mummy attention’. Try to set a time when you spend some time with the children on a one to one basis. Do this regularly, daily if you can, this will help with consistency during this new phase of their life. Kids don’t like sharing Mummy at the best of times, but with a new partner they may resent the attention you give him. If children feel that they are not getting enough positive attention then they go for the negative type instead, any attention from Mummy is better than no attention!
