Spawned off the back of reading School Without Tears, this blog post explores a different educational paradigm and its possible implications

Many moons ago now it seems, I attended an understanding autism course; autism 101 if you will. One of the main messages given on that course was that "all behaviour is a form of communication". They propounded that as parents of autistic children, one of our most important jobs was to be a "behaviour detective", to understand the root cause of the behaviour, in other words, decode the communication. SPOILER ALERT: what has become very apparent to me since then is that absol

Autonomy is considered one of three fundamental human psychological needs within Self Determination Theory, alongside competence and relatedness. Autonomy is a person's ability to act on his/her own values and interests; it equates to self governance and self legislation. Having autonomy leads to people being happier, more successful, have better social functioning, better mental health, developing a strong sense of personal responsibility and having an internal locus of con