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.
Open family guideAnxiety & Worry
Worry is part of growing up, and most of it passes. Here is how to tell ordinary worry from anxiety that needs more attention, what helps without accidentally making it bigger, and how to get advice when you want it.
Open family guideUnderstanding Behaviour
Why children behave in ways that are hard to live with, what usually sits underneath it, and how to be both warm and clear — without being told you are too soft or too strict.
Open family guideRelationships & Belonging
What belonging means for a primary-aged child, how friendships really develop, what to do when your child feels left out, and how to tell ordinary social bumps from something that needs action.
Open family guideADHD
What ADHD is and is not, what you might be noticing, what an assessment can and cannot tell you, and what tends to help at home — including an honest look at the things you will see advertised.
Open family guideAutism
What autism is, what you might notice, what assessment does and does not tell you, how school can help, and how to keep the focus on your child rather than the label.
Open family guideDyslexia
What dyslexia is and is not, what you might notice, how assessment works, what good teaching looks like, and how to protect your child's confidence while their reading catches up.
Open family guideSchool Attendance
If mornings have become a battle, or your child is missing school because it feels too hard, you are not alone and you have not failed. Here is what may be going on, what tends to help, and how to work with school on it.
Open family guideTransitions
Leaving the park, switching off a screen, starting a new class or a new school — change asks a lot of children. Here is why some find it harder than others, and what makes it easier.
Open family guideSensory Needs
Sock seams that feel unbearable, hand dryers that hurt, a child who never stops moving — sensory differences are real, and small changes can make everyday life feel much more manageable.
Open family guideHomework
If homework has become a nightly battle, you are far from the only family. Here is what the evidence says, why it can be so hard, and what helps keep it calm.
Open family guideSleep
When sleep is hard, everything is harder — for your child and for you. Here is calm, practical NHS-based advice on routines, settling and when to ask for help.
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