Welcome to All Kids Can Podcast! Join us as we empower parents who have beautifully complex children who break the moulds of traditional education and parenting. Get ready for practical conversations, insights and strategies to help your child thrive in education and beyond. As a parent, you are the most influential and powerful player in your child's life. Let's re-write the playbook and find what works for your child to make sure that they shine in life because all kids can.
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Supporting Our ADHD Kids for an Easier Home Life with Sharon Collin
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Show Notes Sharon Collin is an ADHD coach, parent mentor, and podcast host based in Sydney. She specialises in helping families manage ADHD through personalized strategies and support systems. Sharon's deep understanding of ADHD comes from her personal experiences, as she and her three sons all have severe ADHD, combined with Tourette's and ODD. Sh…
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Episode 11: Is your child ready for school? Curious about if your child is ready for school? Want to help them be ready? Tune in to this episode of the All Kids Can podcast, where we chat with Zoe Wragg, a former prep teacher turned parent educator. Highlights from the Episode: Zoe’s Journey: From Brisbane classrooms to founding her own business, E…
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How to prepare & support our dyslexic kids at high school
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In this episode, we welcome Jess from Jess Manton Specialist Education Services, a seasoned expert in preparing and supporting dyslexic adolescents through the challenges of secondary school. Transitioning from primary to secondary school can be daunting for any child, especially for those with dyslexia. The new environment brings a multitude of su…
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Ever been twisted up in your child's big emotions?
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Ever been twisted up in your child's big emotions? (Raises hand) It's stressful isn't it?! That's why I called on Jacintha Field, aka J, founder of Happy Souls Kids. J is a heartfelt advocate for children's well-being. With expertise in counseling, art, and play therapy, she lovingly guides young minds through challenges, fostering resilience and g…
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Negative Thinking Patterns & the Diagnostic Process with Leanne Tran
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Leanne is a registered psychologist in Brisbane, Australia. She doesn't keep her valuable information to herself in her psychology practice. Nope, she shares it with parents to empower them to know how to help their child with psychology informed information. She's our kinda' girl! In this episode, we talk about something that all neurodivergent ki…
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What can parents do when the school fails to teach reading?
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When the school fails to teach your child to read after having them in their care for 5 years straight, that's 200 weeks or 1,400 days - you do something different. Kids that fail to learn to read are being taught to read by guessing and memorising. No matter how much time and effort we put in to helping them read using this approach, it is futile.…
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Mama Power: Teach Your Child To Read!
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Show Notes Do you have a child who is struggling with reading/spelling? Listen to this inspiring story from Chloe Thomson , a mum of two boys who knew that the way that her child was being taught to read wasn't working so she tried a different approach joining our Step into Literacy program in September 2023. Her son went from saying that he was du…
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Understanding ADHD with the Child Charmer, Chrissie Davies
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Show Notes Join Chrissie Davies, Child Behaviour Specialist, and I as we chat about all things ADHD. In this episode, we look at: What is ADHD is on a neurotype level, how ADHD presents differently to neurotypical kids at home and in school environment, how we can shift our understanding of what this beautiful neurotype needs to thrive in a world t…
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Is your child thriving or surviving? Alternative education might be your answer.
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We all know that it can be a huge struggle for some kids to learn and thrive in the traditional classroom setting. No matter how many accommodations, adjustments, education and behaviour plans we implement - sometimes it's not enough. What if we as parents, just say 'no more!'? In this episode, I talk with Lydia Denker, the founder of The Homeschoo…
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My child is struggling, what's next?
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When your child is not learning to read as expected, it can be a bit of a daunting experience for parents. There is no handbook that guides us through a process like this and it can seem like a maze to navigate through. This episode will walk you through the five steps to get your child form struggle to success with literacy. We talk about: When to…
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Literacy Success with Phonological Awareness
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In this episode I explain the importance of developing the part of the brain responsible for understanding how sounds make up our English language. It's called phonological and phonemic awareness and if your child doesn't have it - they are going to struggle with literacy. The good news is that these pre-literacy skills can be developed and strengt…
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In this episode I let you know who I am, what I do and why I do it. I'll talk you through my journey from classroom teacher to dyslexia therapist and family coach to mamas of neurodivergent kids that don't necessarily fit the moulds that our education system offer. Welcome to the All Kids Can podcast! I hope that you enjoy. www.allkidscan.com.au…
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