Joanna Grace is a Sensory Engagement and Inclusion Specialist, Author, Researcher, Trainer, TEDx Speaker and Founder of The Sensory Projects. She is a qualified teacher who has taught in mainstream and special schools connecting with pupils of all ages and abilities. She has also worked in a consultancy capacity to support schools to further their provision for children with additional learning needs. Jo is autistic, has family members with disabilities and neurodiverse conditions, and has been a foster carer for children with complex disabilities.

• IntroductionHow this book worksThe Lancet moveOrientation notesMeet the peopleUnderstanding other people's experienceJenny and Jo - timetable troublesDanny and Anne - eating anxietyEdith and Iona - exhaustion and emotionsRaphael and Jo - survival and self-injuryEliza and Sara - fullness of attentionAhmed and Kim - sharing passionsAlex and Helen - focus and burnoutDavid and Claire (and Lee) - passion for musicAhkil and Jo - expressing things differently; words, conversations, considerations, metricsLiam and Hat - listening to silenceAlex and Claire - use your wordsDuncan and Tigger - a safe spaceJack and Jo - laconic kindnessMarking the Midpoint: Denial, creation, categorisation, human?Understanding ourselvesJenny, George and Eddie - living authenticallyHannah and Gerard - a mix of understandingJulia and Bilal - dazzling reflectionsGerard and Stan - sharing understandingTom and Tigger and their Togs; Nickie, Mia and GabrielTigger and Leo - getting things in orderJo and Julan - multiple transitionsLisa and Oscar - finding sanctuaryLynn and Poppy - an ADHD understandingConclusionAfterword

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Joanna Grace is a Sensory Engagement and Inclusion Specialist, Author, Researcher, Trainer, TEDx Speaker and Founder of The Sensory Projects. She is a qualified teacher who has taught in mainstream and special schools connecting with pupils of all ages and abilities. She has also worked in a consultancy capacity to support schools to further their provision for children with additional learning needs. Jo is autistic, has family members with disabilities and neurodiverse conditions, and has been a foster carer for children with complex disabilities.

• IntroductionHow this book worksThe Lancet moveOrientation notesMeet the peopleUnderstanding other people's experienceJenny and Jo - timetable troublesDanny and Anne - eating anxietyEdith and Iona - exhaustion and emotionsRaphael and Jo - survival and self-injuryEliza and Sara - fullness of attentionAhmed and Kim - sharing passionsAlex and Helen - focus and burnoutDavid and Claire (and Lee) - passion for musicAhkil and Jo - expressing things differently; words, conversations, considerations, metricsLiam and Hat - listening to silenceAlex and Claire - use your wordsDuncan and Tigger - a safe spaceJack and Jo - laconic kindnessMarking the Midpoint: Denial, creation, categorisation, human?Understanding ourselvesJenny, George and Eddie - living authenticallyHannah and Gerard - a mix of understandingJulia and Bilal - dazzling reflectionsGerard and Stan - sharing understandingTom and Tigger and their Togs; Nickie, Mia and GabrielTigger and Leo - getting things in orderJo and Julan - multiple transitionsLisa and Oscar - finding sanctuaryLynn and Poppy - an ADHD understandingConclusionAfterword

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Joanna Grace is a Sensory Engagement and Inclusion Specialist, Author, Researcher, Trainer, TEDx Speaker and Founder of The Sensory Projects. She is a qualified teacher who has taught in mainstream and special schools connecting with pupils of all ages and abilities. She has also worked in a consultancy capacity to support schools to further their provision for children with additional learning needs. Jo is autistic, has family members with disabilities and neurodiverse conditions, and has been a foster carer for children with complex disabilities.

• IntroductionHow this book worksThe Lancet moveOrientation notesMeet the peopleUnderstanding other people's experienceJenny and Jo - timetable troublesDanny and Anne - eating anxietyEdith and Iona - exhaustion and emotionsRaphael and Jo - survival and self-injuryEliza and Sara - fullness of attentionAhmed and Kim - sharing passionsAlex and Helen - focus and burnoutDavid and Claire (and Lee) - passion for musicAhkil and Jo - expressing things differently; words, conversations, considerations, metricsLiam and Hat - listening to silenceAlex and Claire - use your wordsDuncan and Tigger - a safe spaceJack and Jo - laconic kindnessMarking the Midpoint: Denial, creation, categorisation, human?Understanding ourselvesJenny, George and Eddie - living authenticallyHannah and Gerard - a mix of understandingJulia and Bilal - dazzling reflectionsGerard and Stan - sharing understandingTom and Tigger and their Togs; Nickie, Mia and GabrielTigger and Leo - getting things in orderJo and Julan - multiple transitionsLisa and Oscar - finding sanctuaryLynn and Poppy - an ADHD understandingConclusionAfterword

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