Hello Wendy, Welcome to the forum. What a lovely experience to share. It 's so true, sometimes we can get so fixed on what is the average, the expected, what everyone else is doing. We are human beings!! All different, all with different gifts to share. You obviously always want the best for your child and the universe delivered exactly ...

Thank you for sharing with the community this powerful example.The techniques can be used to dampen the highest of  feelings and emotion. This  young vulnerable child was empowered to vocalise ther feelings yet calm her own disruption at the same time. Yes this stuff works - all the time, with the most moving and surprising ways. I ...

Surrogate tapping for children Hello Mark, The attached article is on general surrogate tapping. Even though it is not specific to autism, the key guidance is all there. Please come back to the forum or direct to develop the questions you have about working with autistic children. Best Wishes Christine Whilst active tapping with children is ...

Deborah, Thanks for the update Deborah. It is very touching and thanks so much for sharing. He is an inspiration for all. Even though I guess that you regard yourself as a facilitator, I will congratulate you anyway, you must be really proud. Little communities of young people tapping are springing up every where and most of us get caught ...

Hello Rhitu,   Welcome to the forum. Oh I remember those times well!! For me, I found that development stage quite a challenge. Whilst it's lovely to be needed and loved by your children, in some cases the clingly stage can be quite suffogating. I found myself in a fog of love, isolation and nappies often. There is much that could be ...

Hello Iris, You can do both. Surrogate tapping for your childen of any age as described in the article. Tapping on your own child is fine too. As long as : you feel comfortable with the words or your best guess as to what the emotion is. If you are unsure on the emotion you can always use a setup like 'Even though I don't know ...

Hello Iris, Two excellent questions.As a start I suggest that you read an article form the TAP with ME programme. This article has appeared on this forum a good while ago, but just in case you haven't seen it. I suggest that after you have read it some of the answers may be clearer. In the meantime a short answer to the setup in the first ...

Hello Heidi, An interesting question. You are absolutely right, it wouldn't be a good idea at all to tap using those words. The last thing we want to do is burst the enthusiasm bubble of enjoying reading. As always I'd be interested to find out what interests Alexa and what are her passions. You say that she beams and calls herself a ...

Hello, I will have to be brief as I am at a workshop with families and just on a quick break. When I am in contact with people who have any difficulties with learning, social skills, physical, communication, emotional, etc, it the negative effects that I am asked to help with. From a personal perspective I don't see what I do ...

Hello,  Thank for posting this info. Trying to catergorise any learning difficulties of any description is itself a problem. There is so much overlap between the variety of commonly labelled difficulites and disabilities. These kind of terms may be useful to a specialist for a report, but they serve no other purpose to help trouble ...