ACEs impacting on early years, language, communication & play

• Over 20 years of experience working with young children and their families
• Working in OFSTED Outstanding Nurseries where her particular service was
  highlighted in the OFSTED report
• Family Support worker in various settings, nursery, Hospital based
  children and families social care team
• Extensive training and experience in working to improve attachment in very troubled infants and parent- infant relationships
• Working in partnership with parents/carers and other professionals to improve the outcomes for children and families most in need
• Holding caseloads of families ensuring they receive the right support from the appropriate agency at the right time
• Play and Communication Early Intervention Practitioner (Several Children’s Centres)
• Assessing the needs of troubled infants and their families
• Providing specific support packages that enable children to develop their communication skills
• Supporting parents in attuned regulating interactions with their infants and addressing attachment ruptures
• Working in partnership with outside agencies to provide a service to the local community
• Co-Director: Parent- Child Relationship Spa (Centre for Child Mental Health London) - supporting parents to interact with their infants through attachment play to optimise relational and emotional health