Support for those living or working with children with additional, or suspected additional needs

Welcome, I’m Belinda and I have over 20 years of experience in education. I have spent extensive time working for Cambridgeshire local authority supporting parents and professionals to meet the needs of children and young people with a wide range of special educational needs through home visits, training sessions and consultancy meetings. I offer independent high-quality, timely and compassionate support to parents and education professionals.

Please contact me if you would like more information.

Timely, hands-on, practical advice and support to parents, carers and professionals on all aspects of special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)

Support for parents

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  • Worried about your child’s development?

  • Need guidance on strategies to support early communication or interaction skills?

  • Want help implementing advice from physiotherapists, speech and language therapists, nurseries or schools?

  • Does your child have identified additional needs that you would like your whole family to better understand?

I offer bespoke support and advice to parents, including:

  • Modelling activities and strategies to aid your child’s learning

  • Integrating professional recommendations into daily life and play

  • Understanding and meeting sensory behaviours

  • Assistance with paperwork, including EHC needs assessments and DLA forms

Learn more…

Support for professionals

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  • Looking to better understand a pupil’s behaviours or learning needs?

  • Seeking creative solutions for complex or challenging situations?

  • Need extra capacity in school for intervention, delivery, or evaluation?

I offer support and advice to educators, including:

  • Collaborative consultation meetings

  • Training and information sessions

  • Regular in-school sessions working alongside students and staff

  • Coaching sessions to support staff to embed strategies or new ways of working

Learn more…

Training and Coaching

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  • Interested in high-quality training to enhance your skills or knowledge?

  • Looking for hands-on, practical coaching to embed strategies within your team?

I offer individualised or group training on a variety of topics, such as:

  • Early interaction and communication

  • Social and emotional learning

  • Play-based and playful learning approaches

  • Targeted skill development and progress planning

  • Understanding, supporting and meeting challenging behavioural needs

  • Designing and using bespoke educational consequences

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Helping everyone to take steps forward

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Helping everyone to take steps forward 〰️