Autism Home Learning

Home Learning has both advantages and challenges - for children and young people and for you! This post focuses on ways to promote wellbeing as part of home learning and as an important part of family life. What is wellbeing? We all strive for a sense of wellbeing, to be healthy, happy and to have a sense of purpose. There are many factors that contribute to our sense of wellbeing including: physical wellbeing - health, physical activity intellectual wellbeing - knowledge & skills to feel successful social wellbeing - our sense of belonging or being connected, communication with others, relationships emotional or psychological wellbeing - how we feel and our ability to cope with everyday life. Each of these is relevant to everyone. However, wellbeing is subjective, what makes one person feel good or well does not make another person feel the same way. Moreover, our sense of wellbeing is influenced by external factors, life events, the things that happen to us and inte...