Experience
My objective in all the work I do is to help people 'achieve their potential'.
I provide workshops at Oak Corner in Pickmere and the Growing Garden near Chester which are both beautiful plots of nature, shared with buzzards, field mice, frogs, spiders and other wildlife!
From my home base in Nantwich I provide Neurofeedback and other strategies to help people. This can help children and adults of all ages with: sleep difficulties, mental health conditions, PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD, dyslexia, autism, co-ordination and balance difficulties. At these sessions I combine my wide variety of skills and strategies using a coaching approach.
Reading with Roxy is online so aims to support those children living all over the world!
Qualifications
Bachelor of Education Honours Degree, Psychology Conversion Post graduate Diploma recognised by British Psychological Society, Masters Degree in Geography and Environmental Management, Animal Assisted Therapy Certificate, Educational Kinesiology Consultancy Certification, Educational Psychometric Testing level A and Neuro-Feedback Certification with Bee-Medic and First Aid and Safeguarding
& ROXY my beautiful co-worker
About Me
From the day I was born, I was always an adventurous puppy. Farmer Rob used to say I was cheeky. As soon as I could run, I used to find the best escape route from the pen and the other puppies would follow me. Every day he had to build the fence higher and higher!
I love my mum and the rest of my human family. They take me on adventures all the time to: parks, fields, towns, villages, beaches, woods and even on buses and trains. My favourite adventure of all is swimming in the river!
I have done Animal Assisted Learning and Therapy from the age of 12 weeks, have achieved KC Bronze level to show my obedience and been a mum to 2 beautiful litters of puppies.
Experience
* Teaching Secondary School Science
* Teaching Biology to adults in FE for 15 years
* Curriculum development and teacher training for overseas ministry of education
* 10 Years as Wildlife Watch leader for Cheshire Wildlife Trust
* Tree climbing Instructor and director of Discover Tree Climbing Ltd
* Bush craft and survival skills
* Forest Garden development
What I can offer
With Education for Life CIC I can offer learning experiences for children and adults of any age at Oak Corner or the Growing Garden. I use: bush craft, team building, fire lighting, tree climbing permaculture and tracking skills. These help to improve appreciation and joy of being in the natural world. With a teaching background, I can combine the natural world with aspects of subjects such as language, maths, and science to inspire and develop learning for all ages.
A little bit about myself:
Firstly, let me just share that school was a difficult and unhappy place for me to be. It wasn’t until I was in my twenty’s, when I went into further education, that my disabilities were recognised, and I was given support to help me learn and achieve.
This has enabled me to work within a profession which I am passionate about.
Children and Young People, helping them to become the best they can be. To be Healthy, Happy and Safe.
‘Believe you can and you will’....
Experience
Hairdressing and supporting young people within the industry
Supporting primary school age children in an educational setting
Establishing a youth group for hard to reach and vulnerable young people
Working within children’s residential care setting in inner-city and semi-rural locations.
ADHD parent and child support group
ADHD coaching
Supporting families and children on the edge of care
Supporting families and children that are at risk from ‘child sexual exploitation' (CSE) and 'child criminal exploitation' (CCE)
Working with children with additional needs and EHCP plans
Foster carer
Qualifications
City and Guilds level 4 in hairdressing
Cache level 3 supporting, teaching and learning
Level 3 diploma in children and young people
Safeguarding level 3
Domestic violence training level 3
ADHD coaching
Solution focus therapy