Type of service: Interventions and therapies, Social skills

Website: http://www.autismconnect.net

I am a Relationship Development Intervention (RDI) consultant, with a passion for helping families and professionals to better understand children’s needs. I love helping families to be the best they can be, supporting parents helping their children with the challenges and obstacles they face and make developmental progress. I am also a Yoga and Mindfulness teacher for children and adults with autism and diverse needs.

Through my study and experience teaching yoga to my students in the classroom and one on one, I quickly realised the benefits that yoga was having on my student’s attention and focus, reduced anxiety, body awareness and development of calming strategies. I also noticed the positive reaction from students each time they practiced yoga. I have experienced first hand the benefits yoga can provide to health and overall well-being.

I offer:
- RDI individual programmes for families - RDI individual programmes are a whole family approach for autism and other developmental differences. RDI programmes teach parents how to guide their children to seekout and succeed in truly reciprocal relationships, while addressing the key core issues.
- a Consultation support - this package of support is designed to give you specific support when you need it for particular issues or challenges that may arise. This can always be renewed at any point in time.
- a range of training packages to meet the needs in various settings such as schools and work places to improve the understanding and best practice inclusion of children and adults with autism and other diverse needs.
- Private one on one Yoga therapy sessions in the home setting or studio. Leading yoga groups in the classroom, holiday camps or after school programme settings. Teaching small group yoga classes in yoga studios.

Services are catered to people on the Autism Spectrum or/and with challenging behaviour or/and with moderate, profound or severe learning disabilities or/and with mental health issues or/and hearing/visual impairment or physical disabilities including people with ADHD and/or Down Syndrome.

Gender: All genders

Specialisms: Has autism-specific elements

Registrations and professional qualifications: Educational/Behaviour Consultant, M.Ed, Certified RDI Consultant (Relationship Development Intervention) and Certified Yoga Teacher with an Emphasis on Making Yoga Inclusive & Accessible to Children and Adults of Diverse Needs