Location:
Enniskillen/Omagh and surrounding areas
I am registered with: BACP
Code of Ethics observed: BACP
Professional qualifications include:
• Provisional Post Graduate Diploma in Play Therapy
• Post Graduate Certificate in Therapeutic Play Skills
• Level 1 Award in British Sign Language
• Diploma in Baby Yoga & Toddler Yoga
• Level 3 Certificate in First Line Management
• BTEC Higher National Certificate in Early Childhood Studies
• NVQ Level 3 Early Years Care and Education
Some other short training courses I have completed are:
• AutPlay Introduction & Foundations
• Supporting Trauma-Informed Assessments MACE
• Breathe and Recover
• Sand tray therapy / trauma approach
• The Nurturing Programme
• Art as therapy
• Lego based workshop
• Jungian sand therapy
• Mini Me Yoga
• Intensive Filial Therapy
• Teaching Children Meditation
• Working with the body
• Baby Massage
• Data Protection Awareness
• Observation and Documentation
• Designing Programmes for Early Learning
• Media Initiative for Children – Respecting Difference
• Facilitative Leadership
• Caring for Children with Special Needs
• Working with Parents in Challenging Situations
• Grief Trauma and the Helping Relationship
• Transition from Conflict
• Skills for a Helping Relationship
• Mental Health First Aid
• Early Movers: Promoting physical Activity for the Early Years
• Calm Confident Soles (Reflexology for 0 – 5 years)
• Incredible Years – Parents, Teachers and Children Training Series
• DELTA Developing Early Listening and Talking Abilities
• Elklan and Hanen Speech and Language Support
• Peep for Practitioners (Supporting Parents/Carers and Children to learn together)
I work with:
Parents with babies from 3 months old doing Baby yoga or Yoga with babies. Toddlers again with parents or carers for Toddler yoga, both of these can be individual or in groups.
In Play Therapy I work with children from 3 years, individual or with parent/carer.
Special interests and experience:
I have worked with children for over 40 years. I have worked in play groups and nursery. I was a registered childminder, looking after children in my own home. I volunteered in youth club, summer schemes and I was a Sunday school teacher for 24 years.
I develop/provide classes and fun activities for parents/carers and children using the Peep Learning Together Programme. This is an early intervention which supports parents to understand more about how children learn – and to do more of the things at home which make a difference to children’s outcomes, like singing, sharing books and stories and talking about a wide range of ideas, thoughts and feelings.
I facilitate Baby and Toddler yoga classes. These classes enhance playful interaction and communication between parent/carer and child. Promotes their healthy development through touch and movement, by doing simple exercises together, they get to know each other better, increasing their ability to cope positively with new situations and social relations over the early years and beyond. Joint relaxation is beneficial for both the parent and the child as it enhances non-verbal communication between them.
I facilitate the Incredible years parent programme.
I enjoy the outdoors and provide activities for parents and children outdoor as much as possible, as it promotes physical development and well being.
Additional information:
I am very fond of animals, have lots of pets and I enjoy helping out on the family farm.
