I have provided training and consultancy to many organisations over the years, including voluntary groups, mainstream and special schools, and Social Services. I have been providing supervision, consultation and training for healthcare professionals on a formal basis since 1993.

During 2009, I provided consultancy services to two national providers of services for children and adults with autism spectrum disorders.

“Thank you very much for the extremely valuable sessions on autism that you have presented to our service workers over the last 3 months. We have certainly had a deal of positive and enthusiastic feedback from participants.”

Social Services Manager, March 1998

“On behalf of the staff at [name] school I would like to thank you for the session you led at our recent training day. All the staff commented to me how informative and useful they found the session and indicated that they would like a follow-up session at some stage in the future.”

Special Needs Co-ordinator, October 2001

Co-working cases and meeting for peer group supervision has made a significant difference to my knowledge of ASD. I now find I am alerted to the possibility of ASD when previously I would have missed this ... I am gaining skills in doing diagnostic assessments and have learned that ‘showing my working’ is important for the family and for professional transparency ... I still defer complex cases for a psychological opinion [because] (1) the history is reviewed in detail and information is gathered in a structured fashion in the DISCO, (2) the child is seen for psychometric testing which gives important information about present functioning, likely appropriate management and prognosis, and (3) I get a clinical opinion from a nationally-regarded expert colleague.”