Play, music and creativity
Play is learning. How music, art and child led curiosity support regulation and connection.
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Play is learning. How music, art and child led curiosity support regulation and connection.
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Music therapy for neurodivergent children isn't about learning to play an instrument. Registered Music Therapist Brianna Dahlstrom explains what genuinely neuroaffirming music therapy looks like: maximising strengths rather than normalising differences, creating safety before pursuing outcomes, and offering a nourishing pathway to nervous system regulation that many neurodivergent people find more accessible than talk-based approaches. Discover how to identify affirming practitioners and why playfulness is essential therapeutic work.
21 August 2026
Music can be one of the most powerful supports for neurodivergent children, but only when the teaching approach matches how their brain learns. This article explores why traditional performance-based music lessons often fail neurodivergent kids, and how child-led, cooperative music learning unlocks regulation, executive function and genuine connection. Music therapist and ADHDer Tiziana Pozzo shares practical guidance on finding the right music environment, what to look for in a teacher, and how to support your child's music learning at home.
20 May 2026
This article explores ADHD through a transformational lens, featuring Madeleine Jaine Lobsey, founder of Wondiverse. Rather than viewing ADHD as a deficit, this episode reframes it as a regulation challenge and source of innovation. Key topics include: why ADHD is fundamentally about nervous system regulation, how creativity and play support self-regulation, the grief and empowerment of late diagnosis, why divergent thinking drives innovation, and how offering choice and control creates safety.
6 March 2026
What if play was never a break from learning, but the learning itself? In this episode, Angie and Kaycee Larney from Curious Me share why messy, chaotic, special-interest play is exactly what neurodivergent kids need. Learn how to shift from "be careful" to curiosity, honour your child's process, and trust that today's car-lining might be tomorrow's life skill.
12 January 2026
With Brianna Dahlstrom
With Tiziana Pozzo
With Madeleine Jaine Lobsey
With Angie Casella & Kaycee Larney