Reflections from families, educators & professionals

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My work is deeply shaped by both lived experience and clinical practice. These reflections come from parents, educators, SNAs, and professionals who have attended webinars, consultations, trainings, and workshops.

The Heart Behind My Work

My approach is grounded in three core principles that shape the way I support nervous systems, create resources, and work alongside families and educators.

Nervous System Understanding

Helping families and educators better understand what is happening underneath behaviour.

Practical Support

Strategies, resources, and approaches that feel realistic, compassionate, and usable in everyday life.

Neuroaffirming Perspectives

Support grounded in safety, autonomy, lived experience, and respectful understanding.

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What Edcuators are saying

  • "I'm an autism class teacher working with the loveliest little PDA'er this year and your posts have provided guidance on our most challenging days. I feel more equipped and validated in providing pda-friendly approaches for her thanks to your posts, thank you for all you are doing for the autism community, especially the pda'ers xx"

    -an educator

  • “This webinar has completely shifted how I think about dysregulation, masking, and behaviour. It helped me better understand what children may be communicating underneath distress and overwhelm.”

    -an educator

  • “This webinar was one of the best I’ve ever done. Absolutely fantastic, current, and extremely insightful information.”

    -an educator

  • “Sorcha explained masking so well and gave lots of concrete ideas as to why children might be masking and also how to help them. The window made a lot of sense.”

    -an educator

  • “Fascinating insight into behaviours from someone who understands it from both a professional and personal viewpoint. Interesting to understand why children might present with certain behaviours and how to help them meet their needs.”

    -an educator

  • “Once again Sorcha's webinar was very informative providing invaluable information and resources to help a child regulate in different settings using various resources. She also provided information and links on the Level Up and RELATE programmes which I was unaware of before and will further my knowledge and understanding of neurodiversity and strategies to help me in everyday situations.”

    -an educator

  • “I really appreciated the practical strategies to help with regulation such as having individualised regulation baskets for the students and having a sensory wall to help transitioning in and out of yard/class.”

    -an educator

  • "Your talk was amazing. I'm newly appointed SENCO in my school and I sent it to all staff and a few of us did it. Bringing it to my principal tomorrow about investing in a supply for each class of hug-a-lumps and fidgets. I was well-being coordinator last year and got well-being on wheels trollies for all year groups and autism classes with books, fidgets, games and art supplies so just want to build on it."

    -a SENCO

What Parents are Saying

  • "Sorcha created an excellent neuroaffirmative report for our child (AuDHD/PDA), with very specific supports outlined for him, clearly explained through a PDA lens. She was very thorough in her approach, gathering information from home and school, focusing on the areas that cause him the most distress."

    -a parent

  • "Sorcha's direct, open approach and willingness to share examples that helped illustrate different things I was trying to understand. She also was able to explain clearly what was going in different examples of situations with my children. Having a report to show for it afterwards is essential."

    -a parent

  • "Hi Sorcha, I've attended a few of your webinars and the NDI summit. Thanks so much for helping me better understand and support my neurodiverse daughter. It feels so fitting that your name, Sorcha, means brightness and light, because you've truly given us brighter days in our home."

    -a parent

  • "Hi Sorcha, you don't know me but i've just spent the past 2 days in a state of pure joy in listening to your expertise, experience and guidance. I have 2 teenage daughters, both recently diagnosed with adhd. every word you spoke described my younger one. I just wanted to say that I deeply identified with everything you shared with us- even though I myself don't experience most of it. as a parent, it was wonerful to have our family's dna validated!"

    -a parent

  • "I can safely attribute our collection of hug-a-lumps, elephant living beanbags and needoh to your good influence and they are the most used regulation tools we have! My kids thank you... my bank account does not!"

    -a parent

  • "Sorcha I honestly just want to thank you for being you. The information your putting out is invaluable. Your the missing link in a very overwhelming, broken system that is special education. I'm coming rom all angles as a parent of an AUDHD'er, special school teacher and more than likely neurodivergent myself. your honesty and lived experience resonates so deeply in my teaching capacity. i've never met a professional that has so much relevant, helpful and fair perspectives and advice."

    -a parent and special school teacher

  • "There is a happy, loving and adventurous kid due to the awareness and information you curate and share. seriously, thank you."

    -a parent

  • "You're content has helped me and my husband look after our son (Autistic PDA GLP) so much better! Knowing about needing to match his energy to co-regulate has been a massive game changer. we only learned that from you, i've never seen anyone else say that. he's only 5 but I know your input on here will have changed the trajectory of his well-being for his whole life."

    -a parent

What professionals are saying

“This is an area where there is continuous learning, I would love to see this training and learning made mandatory for all educators , medical and social professionals as well as being available for parents of children and young adults who are neurodivergent.”

— A professional

“The training session was excellent and very thought provoking. It was so good to hear it from a lived experience and many thanks to Sorcha for sharing that. It was also great to learn about tools and coping mechanisms that can support regulation and also to be able to identify dysregulation.”

— a professional

“very insightful training, as a practitioner and a mom of neurodiverse children, I was looking at it through both lenses. Simple guides for parents to relay this message would be useful to help in my practise.”

— a professional

“The training was very insightful and grounded in real lived experience. It helped translate theory into practical understanding, especially around nervous system regulation and felt safety.”

— a professional