Messages from the Author - Tanya Curtis

Tanya Curtis has written a series of articles on the purpose behind each of the Sunlight Ink children's books for the Health and Wellbeing website Unimed Living.

You can read Tanya's articles by following the links below:

Whoops is one of my favourite words – a message from the author

Having worked as a Behaviour Specialist since 2002, I have come to experience a wide array of challenging behaviours from people of all ages. When working with people I am not that concerned by what their behaviour looks like (I know all behaviour is a form of communication), rather I am much more interested in the reason why behaviours are occurring...

My number 1 job – a message from the author

I have worked with children pretty much since leaving school, and I have always been known as a ‘children’s person’ even when growing up – having three brothers, seven and nine years younger, I fell into a ‘carers role’ from a young age. Children have always been a big part of my life - I was even one once myself...

I am beauty-full just for being me – a message from the author

Late one night I received a phone call from a very close friend, sharing that they had just welcomed their beauty-full daughter into the world. I was an adopted Aunty again! After the phone call ended I became aware of all the messages I would like to share with this new baby girl as she was about to embark into the world…