Support your child with confidence.
Plain-English guides for parents and carers. No jargon, no long reading lists — just the things that make everyday life feel a little calmer, written to sit alongside what school is doing.
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Each guide opens straight to its family-friendly view — the same evidence teachers use, translated for home.
Working Memory
Working memory is your child's mental notepad. Small, calm adjustments at home can make everyday routines feel far less overwhelming.
Open family guideExecutive Function
Executive function is the set of skills that help your child get organised, switch tasks and stop themselves when it matters. It grows slowly — well into their twenties.
Open family guideAttention
Attention isn't a single thing — it's several skills working together. Understanding which one is wobbling helps you support your child kindly and effectively.
Open family guideCognitive Load
Learning is a bit like carrying shopping. Give a child too many bags at once and something drops — even if each bag is light.
Open family guideProcessing Speed
Slower processing isn't slower thinking. Your child may need a beat longer to take information in — and that beat matters.
Open family guideUnderstanding Spoken Language
Understanding spoken language means making sense of what someone says — not just hearing it. Small changes to how we talk can make everyday life much easier.
Open family guideExpressive Language
Expressive language is how your child gets what is in their head out into the world. Some children understand far more than they can yet say — and there is a lot that helps.
Open family guideVocabulary & Word Knowledge
Vocabulary is not a score. It is the slow, ordinary business of meeting words in real situations often enough to own them — and everyday talk at home does more of that work than any programme.
Open family guideSpeech Sounds & Speech Clarity
If your child is hard to understand, it says nothing about how much they know or how hard they are trying. Here is how speech sounds usually develop, what helps at home, and when it is worth asking for advice.
Open family guideEmotional Regulation
Big feelings are not a sign that something has gone wrong — with your child or with your parenting. Here is what emotional regulation really means, how it develops, what helps at home, and when it is worth asking someone else for advice.
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