Name: AMF Affinity
Address: Longford Close 35

Qualifications

BA QTS Hons
MA Autism and Special Educational Needs
Level 2 Understanding Children and Young Adults Mental Health.
Professional Practice in Dyslexia and Literacy
Level 2 Understanding Children and Young Adults Mental Health
Licenced Practitioner - Early Bird Plus parental programme (National Autistic Society - NAS)
Certified Practitioner - ILS Safe and Sound Protocol (Dr Stephen Porges)

Further training and professional development

Educational Frameworks

Attention Autism Training for Professionals (Gina Davies)
Implementing Social Thinking Concepts (Michelle Garcia Winner)
Social Communication Concepts Through Hands-on Activities (Michelle Garcia Winner).
Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, Transactional Support (SCERTS) Assessment Training (Emily Rubin 2 day)
Supporting inference skill and reading for Meaning (Emma Keyhoe)

Autism

Autism, Mental Health and wellbeing Peter Vermeulen - Autism Oxford.
Good Autism Practice Conference (Peter Vermeulen)
Autism, Stress and Anxiety Training (NAS)
Promoting Emotional Wellbeing in Children and Young People with Autism Conference (Freemantles School for Autism)
Autism and Emotions. Peter Vermeulen and Richard Maguire (Autism Oxford).
Autism Symposium Conference (Association Child and Adolescent Mental Health – ACAMH)
Autism Spectrum; Happiness & Well-being. Context Blindness. (Peter Vermeulan -Autism Oxford)
Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum training. (NAS)
Adapting the Diagnostic Process for Girls and Women on the Autism Spectrum Training (Professor Tony Attwood)
Emotional Wellbeing Conference (Child and Adolescent Mental Health AFC)
Mental Health and Autism Master Class (Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health - ACAMH)
Assessment and Diagnosis in Children with Neurodevelopmental Conditions Conference (ACAMH 2019)
2019 Autism Professional Conference - 2 Day (NAS)

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder - ADHD

Pathological demand avoidance - PDA

Introduction to PDA (Positive Autism and Support and Training)
Introduction to PDA (Positive Autism and Support and Training)
Pathological Demand Avoidance Training for Professionals (Step by Step - Karen Wichello)

Anxiety, Attachment and Trauma

Handwriting Heartache; Overcoming Barriers to Writing for children with Trauma and Anxiety (Beacon House Therapeutic Services & Trauma Team)
Creative Conversations; Finding Way to Communicate with Children with Trauma and Anxiety (Beacon House Therapeutic Services & Trauma Team.
Overcoming Your Child’s Fears and Worries Guided Parent Delivered CBT programme Training for Professionals (Lucy Willetts, Kathy Creswell, Kerstin Thirlwall)
How to Reduce Your Child’s Anxiety (Beacon House Therapeutic Services & Trauma Team)
The Stabilisation Phase in Trauma Informed Therapy Workshop (Beacon House Therapeutic Services & Trauma Team)
Understanding Attachment (Dr Sam Caswell)
Mindful Breathing (Beacon House)
Trauma Summit (Action Trauma Belfast - Trauma Summit)
Building Emotional Regulation Skills in Children and Young People – Beacon House Therapeutic Services and Trauma Team
Finding Meaning in Loss: The Sixth Stage of grief (David Kessler)

Polyvagal Theory Informed Practice

Understanding the importance of Physiological Regulation

Introduction to PDA (Positive Autism and Support and Training)
Introduction to PDA (Positive Autism and Support and Training)
Pathological Demand Avoidance Training for Professionals (Step by Step - Karen Wichello)

Law

Level 2 SEND Law training for Professionals (IPSEA Independent Provider of Special Educational Needs Advice)
SEN, Law and Covid workshop (RUILS)

Miscellaneous

Recognising and addressing maladaptive breathing patterns in anxiety and panic attacks (Patrick McKeown 2023)
Polyvagal Theory and Play Therapy for Children: Exploring Brain-Body Connections for Sensory and Somatic Regulation (Sept 2024)
CBT-I To Treat Insomnia: Proven Interventions That Go Beyond Sleep Hygiene (Dr C Carley Dec 24)