Join Sal Carroll -clinical neuroscience nurse specialist at The Alfred Hospital Brain Department as well as a mum of two neurodivergent children with significant behaviors of concern and social challenges.

Sal is presenting a FREE workshop series over 5 weeks on Thursdays from 7pm -8:30pm beginning 18th July.

Survive and Thrive =Survive and Thrive, a path to a peaceful home” will delve in to environment and the mental health and self awareness of parents. It’s very non judgmental and kind, full of strategies to calm our inner dialogue. Sal will talk about the “4 stressful thinking lenses” we look through and how that affects our health and wellbeing. Join us in this safe and
comfortable environment to share and be part of lots of laughs.
Sal is a clinical nurse specialist at The Alfred Hospital Brain Department and the mother of two special needs children.
You will receive the following skills;

~ an understanding of how your child’s and teen’s brain works.

~ Where their thoughts, feelings and behaviours are coming from.

~ Some positive parenting solutions.

~ personal strategies and experiences.

~ help and community resources.

Time to Shine = same blurb as Nourish festival.

School Refusal = At Sal's Table we will be doing a deep dive in to school avoidance. We will be unpacking why this may be happening? What are the barriers and lagging skills that are contributing to your young person's anxiety surrounding school? How to set goals in this area of your child's behavior. Understanding that school refusal is a "fight and flight" response and how empathy and understanding will help solve this situation. Some personal solutions adopted by Sal that solved her 4 year school refusal challenge, will be shared.

Sibling Rivalry = Environment/culture and relationships and rapport is the name of the game when tackling the exhausting challenge of sibling rivalry. We delve in to relieving your stress surrounding this situation. We put a spot light on "your responses" vs "their responses" and how the link between the two concepts can affect the household. We talk about how family values and playful connections are really important in a family unit. Why are my young people behaving this way? What are their needs surrounding sibling rivalry? Do I get involved? All of this and more about this very sensitive and worrying issue.

Jump in to the world of your child = Learn more about how and why anxiety may manifest itself as melt downs or shut downs. Learn about a simple framework to help support your child. We will look at some "in the moment" strategies to help support your child. When should you be concerned about parenting style vs a potential diagnosis? These matters of the heart issues will be discussed by Sal using her specialist knowledge of the brain and her own personal experiences with anxious children of whom displayed behaviors of concern.