Via S. Care Companion in Peekskill, NY 10566

Children come just as they are and should be. It is a gift to celebrate children's unique individuality !
My focus in working with both children and adults is to hold space for needs to be met with a genuine willingness to commune together.

In exploring their personal boundaries about their needs, I have experienced first hand how heard and seen they feel.
This allows for expansion in what we will create in our time together. Whether it is body doubling on tasks, building things from scratch or breaking down emotions and thoughts, the approach is to collaborate through creative expression.

I find that in taking time to understand how the four elements show up in our daily lives, kiddos tend to take on challenges with more enthusiasm and less restriction. This allows us to start our connection with a deep understanding of who we all are and what we are building together, whether short or long in length of time.

The specific skill that I bring to childcare work is cultivating a safe sensory experience, through the lens of neurodiversity ;
acknowledging burnout, overwhelm, shutdown, the need to stim, lose the ability to speak aloud or make direct use of eye contact.
This allows us both to feel more free to be exactly who we are and should be, fully unmasked and ready to explore in a regulated way.
I am highly attuned to a divergence of the child's norm and when they seem bothered by change or changing behavior rapidly.

I have over twenty five years working with children in many forms i.e. babysitting, nannying, after school care, teaching, mentoring, camp counseling and tutoring. As a once neurodivergent child and now an adult, I also have lived experience of what it takes to learn the emotional and physical capacity one has after specific tasks, environments or engagements. Understanding each child's specific needs and level of safety is a responsibility I take with high regard.

My care is full body awareness.