The world of supports for our neurodivergent child can feel huge and overwhelming. Who does what? How can they help? How often should my child see them? How many supports are too many supports?

We want to do the best for our children, but is providing EVERY support the right answer? And can informal supports also have a place in helping your child?

We chat to David Trembath of CliniKids, the clinical service of The Kids Research Institute Australia, about how to put your child at the centre of these decisions so you can be neuroaffirming, supportive and help your child be the best they can be.

Triple P (Positive Parenting Program) recently launched Stepping Stone, a program specifically designed to help parents and carers who’s children have additional support needs. So what is Triple P and, most importantly, what is Stepping Stones? And how can it help?

Triple P was created in Australia to empower parents to raise an incredible next generation of children. It’s now available in over 30 countries across the world and has seen incredible success.

But when your parenting has to look a little different, can Triple P help? We learn a whole suite of skills that are specific to our neurodivergent child, so a program developed for parenting neurotypical children is not likely to provide the correct fit. And that’s why they’ve just launched Stepping Stones.

We chat to its creator Professor Mat Sanders about how and why they created Stepping Stones, how it’s different and how it can help.

Neurodivergence can also come with high occurrences of other conditions and complexities, these are referred to as comorbidities.

Today we discuss the most commonly occurring conditions - what they are, how they appear and how to spot them. Covering both mental and physical health conditions, this can seem daunting and overwhelming but, as they say, forewarned is forearmed, and, in Leah's own words, understanding these conditions helps us change the statistics and management for our children and those in the future.

Leah talks to us not only from her experience running Heale Collab, but also from her own lived experience and shares some incredible knowledge that we can bring into our observation of our own children.