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Professional legal setting representing inclusive justice for neurodivergent individuals.
June 28, 2026
Learn how viewing ASD and ADHD behaviors as communication and processing challenges can reduce bias and improve outcomes within the UK justice system.
By thom Kirkwood June 21, 2026
On the topic of feelings. This book is the most regularly suggested book on the subject for inclusion on AISee’s Inspirational and Reflective Reading List. Suggested from parents/cares, support for learning assistants, teachers and social care support staff. The Great Big Book of Feelings allows children to explore how they’re feeling in a safe and judgement free environment. If you’re looking for a trusted, practical way to help children understand and talk about emotions, The Great Big Book of Feelings is an excellent place to start. With engaging artwork and warm, accessible language, it helps children recognise what they feel, name those emotions with confidence, and open up in a safe, supportive way. Ideal for families, classrooms and support settings, this thoughtful book turns everyday moments into opportunities for meaningful conversation. By exploring feelings at home, at school and in social situations, it encourages empathy, reassurance and emotional resilience—making it a valuable resource for anyone who wants to support children’s wellbeing with warmth, humour and sensitivity.
Scales of justice representing the legal system and neurodiversity assessment.
June 12, 2026
Discover how indicative profiling and early assessment tools for Autism and ADHD can transform outcomes in the justice system through prevention and rehabilitation.
By Thom Kirkwood June 12, 2026
A wonderful supportive suggestion to AISee’s Inspirational and Reflective List. Parent/Carer-Focused Appeal If you are supporting a child with ADHD, this book offers practical, reassuring guidance you can use in everyday family life. Written in clear, accessible language by a paediatrician, it helps parents and carers better understand ADHD while offering proven mindfulness-based strategies to reduce stress, build connection, and create calmer routines at home. It is a thoughtful and encouraging resource for families looking for realistic support, greater confidence, and a more compassionate way to navigate daily challenges together. 
By thom Kirkwood June 9, 2026
This book was recommended for inclusion in AISee’s inspirational and reflective reading list by an international colleague. For me, it proved to be more reflective than inspirational. It invited me to pause and think not only about how our understanding has developed over time, but also how much remains uncertain, unspoken and still to be learnt. It first led me to reflect on how long the journey of learning, research, and understanding can be. The first recorded use of the word autism is generally attributed to the Swiss psychiatrist Paul Eugen Bleuler around 1911. It appeared again in the work of the Russian psychiatrist Grunya Sukhareva in the early 1920s, culminating in one of the first clinical descriptions of autistic traits in 1925. That was some twenty-five years before the work of Kanner and Asperger, a reminder of how gradual, layered, and often incomplete progress in this field has been.
An individualised holistic assessment planning layout
May 30, 2026
Learn how to create effective, in-school individualised holistic assessments for neurodivergent students with our comprehensive 2026 guide for teachers and parents.
Professional development and wellbeing assessment overview for youth justice professionals.
May 27, 2026
Explore the transformative benefits of development and wellbeing assessments for neurodivergent individuals within the youth justice system in Scotland.
May 1, 2026
Peer Advocacy training empowers individuals with lived experience to support others within their community. AISee Collaborative provides Institute of Training and Occupational Learning, ITOL-accredited training programs that bridge the gap between service users' local authorities and more, ensuring informed, neurodivergent-led solutions that improve outcomes across Scotland’s service provisions and local and national policy and practice frameworks in 2026. A project in partnership with South Lanarkshire's Autism Resource Coordination Hub and MOSAIC, Members of Scotland's Autism Community.
By thom Kirkwood March 30, 2026
An exceptional informative resource from our Inspirational and Reflective Reading List. This book received numerous suggestions for inclusion from frontline grass roots practitioners as well as parents and carers. As a parent carer and advocacy practitioner, I personally got intrigued. Written by clinicians and teachers with decades of experience working with kids, these unique and effective therapy tools are vital to enhancing children and young people’s skills how to cope with and overcome their day-to-day challenges. Step-by-step, you'll see how the best strategies from cognitive behavioural therapy are adapted for children to treat and help Trauma ADHD Autism Anxiety
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