Despite living in the UK for the past 27 years, I am made acutely aware that my voice is a puzzle to be solved – a constant reminder that I do not truly belong. 

In education, we have come to associate behaviour with the idea of containment. Once our magic wand of containment has been used, children will turn into predictable creatures ready to follow instructions and behave appropriately. Should this be our expectation? 

Being bilingual, I have got accustomed to switching between two languages with apparent simplicity, but often find myself borrowing words from one language or another to give emphasis to certain ideas......

Interventions are popular and we proudly collect them. The higher the number the better the evidence that we are a good provider or knowledgeable practitioners. I confess having fallen into the same trap....

My journey into the field of Early Education started after my daughter was born. All of a sudden my priorities changed, nothing was more important than to spend time with her....

Read my article on bilingualism development in children with autism published in the SEN Magazine