....If I reach 100 sales on Etsy I will do a massive giveaway!
I have recently joined Designers / Makers which aims to promote upcoming and new artists and designers. They also have regular markets and workshops in London as well.
Been busy with my new online shop, will post a sneeky photo maybe next week!
Well hasn't the week just flown by?! Sometimes I feel as though the days have somehow merged into one another... man I seriously wish the days were longer!
I have decided that my shop needs a mega update as it looks really sad at the moment. Every time when I update it, it crashes and I have to get Sam to fix it for me. Plus I think the layout is really old school! After finding a free shopping site (which works wonders by the way) it is time to say good bye to Prestashop! Prestashop has served it's purpose for the past 2 years but if only it'd stop crashing and have nicer themes I'd stick with it. What I'll be using now is better to update, less glitchy, super themes and looks slick.
It's nice to have Etsy but at the same time I've always wanted a shop where I can customise the layout myself and make it look unique, like a proper shop really. So for now the new shop is currently under going major transformation and I'm going to take better photos as well. I've looked at a few Etsy shops for a tad inspiration. All I need to do is to focus more about the photography, what I'm actually promoting and to write better product descriptions.
So far it's been a massive learning experience for me and I'm going to put more effort towards the shop. More news about the shop to follow but for now enjoy the rest of the week!
I have decided that my shop needs a mega update as it looks really sad at the moment. Every time when I update it, it crashes and I have to get Sam to fix it for me. Plus I think the layout is really old school! After finding a free shopping site (which works wonders by the way) it is time to say good bye to Prestashop! Prestashop has served it's purpose for the past 2 years but if only it'd stop crashing and have nicer themes I'd stick with it. What I'll be using now is better to update, less glitchy, super themes and looks slick.
It's nice to have Etsy but at the same time I've always wanted a shop where I can customise the layout myself and make it look unique, like a proper shop really. So for now the new shop is currently under going major transformation and I'm going to take better photos as well. I've looked at a few Etsy shops for a tad inspiration. All I need to do is to focus more about the photography, what I'm actually promoting and to write better product descriptions.
So far it's been a massive learning experience for me and I'm going to put more effort towards the shop. More news about the shop to follow but for now enjoy the rest of the week!
So I thought I should write about my day time job partly because I feel there isn't enough awareness about ABA. I was debating whether I should post this up on my website... heck I might copy and paste this at a later date.
At the moment I'm an ABA tutor and I'm doing illustration at the side. When I tell people this I just say "I'm a tutor for children with autism." But it is really more than that!
ABA means Applied Behaviour Analysis, the simplest way to define it is ABA looks at excessive and deficit behaviours with autistic children and applies specific behavioural interventions. Usually ABA is used at an early stage of a child's life. There's a lot of background theory to it but what I've found most interesting is how certain consequences reinforces positive and negative behaviour and that environmental factors have a significant impact on the function of the behaviour. Have I lost you already?! Basically without waffling on loads behaviour is maintained through reinforcement (must be contingent.) When you put the theory into practise that's when you understand it more, trust me you do!
So if a child is learning something new, say cup, the child would get consistent positive reinforcement every time they touched the cup. The reinforcement can be anything from a high five (which I love doing) to a toy, DS... so as long as the child knows if they do this they get the toy. Simple!!!
There really is more to this and I shan't go on. The main reason why I'm writing about this is because I've met some very extraordinary children through this job and working with children autism is so much fun! It can be really challenging at times but the positive side of it is seeing the child learning all these skills and knowing that one day they'll be independent in one area of their life.
I've been an ABA tutor a year and a half now and I hope to continue with it or in this area of work. Whilst doing illustration when I get back from work of course!
If you'd like to know a bit more about autism check out The National Autistic Society and Ambitious About Autism.
At the moment I'm an ABA tutor and I'm doing illustration at the side. When I tell people this I just say "I'm a tutor for children with autism." But it is really more than that!
ABA means Applied Behaviour Analysis, the simplest way to define it is ABA looks at excessive and deficit behaviours with autistic children and applies specific behavioural interventions. Usually ABA is used at an early stage of a child's life. There's a lot of background theory to it but what I've found most interesting is how certain consequences reinforces positive and negative behaviour and that environmental factors have a significant impact on the function of the behaviour. Have I lost you already?! Basically without waffling on loads behaviour is maintained through reinforcement (must be contingent.) When you put the theory into practise that's when you understand it more, trust me you do!
So if a child is learning something new, say cup, the child would get consistent positive reinforcement every time they touched the cup. The reinforcement can be anything from a high five (which I love doing) to a toy, DS... so as long as the child knows if they do this they get the toy. Simple!!!
There really is more to this and I shan't go on. The main reason why I'm writing about this is because I've met some very extraordinary children through this job and working with children autism is so much fun! It can be really challenging at times but the positive side of it is seeing the child learning all these skills and knowing that one day they'll be independent in one area of their life.
I've been an ABA tutor a year and a half now and I hope to continue with it or in this area of work. Whilst doing illustration when I get back from work of course!
If you'd like to know a bit more about autism check out The National Autistic Society and Ambitious About Autism.
