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Dr Judy Eaton is a Clinical Psychologist with a special interest in autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions in both children and adults. She is also Research Associate at Kings College, London and has recently published three peer reviewed papers looking specifically at the Pathological Demand Avoidance profile in children.

Judy currently works independently and manages a large team of clinicians, including Clinical and Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language, and Occupational Therapists. Judy and her team are regularly commissioned by NHS commissioners to carry out assessments on highly complex young people.

Prior to setting up her own independent practice, Judy worked as the lead clinician for a NHS CAMHS team, helping to set up one of the first truly multi-disciplinary autism diagnostic teams. Subsequently she worked in secure in-patient services within both adult and Child and Adolescent Mental Health services.

Whilst working in in-patient services, Judy became aware of the number of young people in crisis, many of whom were girls and young women, most of whom were undiagnosed. She subsequently wrote a book entitled “A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum: Diagnosis, Intervention and Family Support” which was published by Jessica Kingsley Publications.

More recently, Judy has become increasingly interested in the PDA profile and, despite the controversies surrounding it, remains convinced that PDA is “something”. She enjoys the challenge of working with other clinicians, parents and individuals who identify with this profile, and those involved in research, to try and better understand what this “something” is.

Lynn McCann is an independent specialist autism, ADHD and PDA teacher and consultant, owner of Reachout ASC and author of five books for teachers: “All About Autism – Primary”, “All About Autism – Secondary” (pub Routledge), “How to Support Pupils with ASC in Primary School”, “How to Support Students with ASC in Secondary School”, and “Stories that Explain (a Book of Social Stories)” (pub by LDA).

Reachout ASC are a team of seven highly experienced specialist teachers, who visit schools and other organisations to provide training, support, advice and resources. They are based in the North West of England and cover Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside. They firmly believe that every autistic person is unique and their approach is to get to know each individual so that what they advise is right for them. They work with pupils from EYS through KS1-4 and in further education. They are a centre of excellence for autism, ADHD, PDA and autism in girls.

Ruth Kiley, a Sensory Integration Practitioner and Occupational Therapist, works with Lynn and her team to carry out sensory assessments and provide sensory programmes and support.

Kelly Jarvis has a real passion for working with children with SEN.

Her interest in SEN and associated complexities inspired her to join the Cambian Group where she was head of a highly specialist residential school for autistic children. This allowed Kelly to gain valuable experience in fulfilling EHCPs in order to ensure the best possible outcome. In addition, she has experience creating and designing innovative SEN specialist curriculums that are tailored to the individual and their needs.

Highly accomplished and motivated, Kelly has experience training school leaders and advocates in representing their educational establishments at SENDIST tribunals.

Kelly has been powerfully advocating for families at Sunshine since 2021, and her impact is far reaching; the success she has seen is absolutely incredible.

Dr Lucy Willetts is a Clinical Psychologist and Accredited CBT Therapist. She has also trained in using Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Lucy worked for many years as a Consultant Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychologist within the NHS in Berkshire and also as a Paediatric Psychologist at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

Lucy formed the Berkshire Child Anxiety Clinic, a joint collaboration between the University of Reading and the local NHS trust. She has been involved in the development of a number of treatment programmes and in the running of several treatment trials for children with anxiety problems, and was a Visiting Fellow within the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences at the University of Reading.

Lucy now works solely in private practice and also provides clinical psychology input to several local independent schools. Her particular expertise is in assessing ADHD and autism and offers both ADHD and autism assessments with her colleagues, Emma Wyatt and Teba Pozo Recio, as part of her multidisciplinary assessment team.

Lucy has recently co-authored a book for teenagers with ADHD with Dr Jo Steer – Mastering Life with ADHD – a self-help guide for teenagers.

Dr Jo Steer is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, with over 20 years of experience, whose work mainly focuses on children’s emotional wellbeing and helping to navigate the complexities of ADHD and autism.

Jo has a passion for neurodivergence, particularly ADHD, and over recent years has developed a heightened interest in ADHD in girls and women.

Jo has recently co-authored a book for teenagers with ADHD with Dr Lucy Willetts – Mastering Life with ADHD – a self-help guide for teenagers.

Dr Tony Lloyd is an internationally renowned speaker, consultant, trainer, author and campaigner, who has been a pioneering advocate for a neurodiverse paradigm in health, education and business.

Tony is the MD of his own consultancy and an associate and co-founder of Neurodiversity Training UK. He is also known for his work as a co-founder and former CEO of the ADHD Foundation Neurodiversity Charity from 2011-2024.

Tony has been designing and delivering training programmes in education for over twenty-five years, one of the first advocates of accelerated learning, positive psychology and educational coaching that emerged from Stanford and Harvard Universities in the late 1990’s.

Tony has played a key role in national service reviews with NHS England, NHS Innovations, Government forums on ADHD in the Justice System, NHS Task Force, and all-party parliamentary groups relating to mental health.

Tony has also acted as consultant advisor for several documentaries, including Inside Our Minds with Chris Packham, television drama productions, TV News, radio, theatre and public events.

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Dr Annie Clements has over 40 years’ experience in working with both young people, families and neurodivergence.

Annie has vast experience of feeding into local and national policy and strategy and supporting research across several universities. She sat on forums within local government for 20 years feeding into national platforms in relation to instigating change for the ND community.

Annie created the social enterprise Autism & ADHD when she became a fellow of The School for Social Entrepreneurs. Autism & ADHD proved to be ground breaking in the way it developed support with her approach being replicated by other organisations, due to the positive benefits and outcomes of working in this way. Her staff team, as well as being highly trained professionals, are all neurodivergent.

Annie lectures at universities both locally and internationally, was recognised for the passion she has for purpose driven business and was one of 25 CEO’s globally to be interviewed as part of a drive to involve corporate sector in following the ethos of Purpose in Practice. This led to her being invited to be a Fellow of the RSA. It is estimated that her direct work with families has impacted on close to 10,000 families but taking into account the professionals and business’ she has trained, this figure is much higher and this will continue to grow as the organisation reaches more communities globally. All that said, the most important thing to Annie is her family, who themselves are all ND, and are the driving force behind everything she does.

Colin Foley is an internationally renowned speaker and training consultant, specialising in education and neurodiversity for employers, in private sector business, public services, health and social care services.

Colin worked in the education sector for twenty-five years, including in senior leadership, teacher training and as Director of College. Following this, Colin was the National Training Director for the ADHD Foundation from 2015- 2025. Working extensively in international and independent schools and academies across the UK, Colin provides dynamic bespoke training, evidence- based strategies and demonstrations of best practice.

Colin has worked with Early Years settings, primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities across the UK and abroad, including Ireland, Dubai, Switzerland, Norway, Japan, Indonesia, Germany, The Netherlands and Australia.

Colin provides training opportunities in person, online or recordings on the full range of neurodivergent conditions and mental health and wellbeing.

As CEO of his own consultancy, Colin leads a team of professionals providing a wide range of services across all sectors.

Colette Longden is the National Training Director at Blueprint Learning. She delivers education and parent/carer support by combining personal insight with professional experience.

With lived experience of ADHD, alongside her background as a SEND teacher, curriculum lead, and mentor, she brings genuine and practical perspectives to training initiatives that support children and young people. She is also a passionate advocate for children, parents, and carers who face challenges in accessing education.

Tigger Pritchard is awesomely neurodivergent having a diagnosis of autism and ADHD. He is an autistic and pathological demand avoidance (PDA) advocate, consultant and trainer based in Cornwall.

Tigger has over thirty five years of professional and personal experience of working alongside, learning from and advocating for neurodivergent individuals. Tigger has done this in many different ways: support worker, advocate, teacher, facilitator, trainer, manager, lecturer and friend. Plus he has a lifetime of autistic experience which he is still exploring.

Tigger’s focus is raising understanding and acceptance of neurodiversity; accepting people for who they are and not trying to fit them into any “neurotypical box” and understanding that one size does not fit all.

Using his extensive experience, knowledge, teaching practice and personal insight, Tigger passes on his skills through training and consultancy work both face to face and online by supporting individuals, families, corporate organisations and educational settings on a consultancy basis.

Dr Jill McGarry is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with nearly 30 years of NHS experience in psychological support for people with mental health issues.

Initially her work within the NHS was within brain injury services. Her main focus for the last 20 years has been in learning disability and autism services and more recently has been extended to incorporate the perinatal period (i.e. mums with babies under two with mental health problems). Throughout this work Jill has built up a wealth of knowledge and experience which has led her to be passionate about the benefits of improving people’s sleep. Recently this has been consolidated with attending courses from two prestigious sleep teams, Oxford University’s SCNI and The Sleep Unlimited as well as the BSM (Behavioural Sleep Medicine) seminars from Arizona.

Currently Jill runs a part time private practice for improving sleep and in 2022 started working part time in the psychology department at Manchester’s NHS Sleep Service.

Over the past year Jill has carried out numerous sleep awareness courses for wellbeing teams, private organisations, LD psychiatrists and psychology services as well as co facilitate a national conference on Sleep and ASD/LD. Recently she’s advised Baywater Healthcare on their NHS England project to develop reasonable adjustment to sleep apnea interventions for people with ASD and/or LD.

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