Providing training for Paediatric Occupational Therapists
OUR LECTURING TEAM
ALISON BUTTERWORTH
Ali is the Lead OT in Camden Child Development Team, London, UK (employed by the Royal Free NHS trust) and has worked in paediatric OT for 27 years. She is co-author and editor of the book and course OT Tools for ASD and is passionate about parent education, coaching and service development.
SHANA BOLTIN
Shana has been a children's OT for 15 years and developing and delivering OT training for the past 8 years. She has completed her advance practitioner training in SI. Shana led the Mainstream Schools Team in Camden for eight years and has recently returned to Melbourne, Australia, where she is the Senior/Lead OT in a community health service.
ZOE BOWMAN BAYLES
Zoe is the clinical lead Occupational Therapist for Neurodisability at Great Ormond Street Hospital and clinically works in the Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Service, one of four highly specialised services in England for children with OI. She also chaired the CYPF Physical Disability Forum 2016-2019 facilitating full day study events and forum meetings to support best practice in the field of physical disabilities and to be a reference point for national initiatives to standardise professional practice.
TESSA CURRIE
Tessa is a paediatric OT, part of the Camden child development team, London, UK. She is originally from the United States where she completed her Master's of science in OT and is passionate about clinician led research, coaching, education and advocacy.
ELE KOSMIDOU
Ele has been an OT for over 20 years and currently works as the Head of Children and Young People's Therapies and as a freelance OT. She is highly experienced in working with CYP with complex sensory needs and behaviours of severe concern.
ELAINE MCMAHON
Elaine is an Occupational Therapist working with children and families for 16 years. Elaine has a special interest in sensory integration being an Advanced SI Practitioner; auditory based interventions; neonatology and delivering training for families and professionals.
SANDRA O'SULLIVAN
Sandra is a Senior OT who works across Camden's Child Development Team, Social Communication Assessment Service and Mainstream Schools OT Team. She has worked in paediatric OT for 7.5 years and is motivated by creating awareness and understanding around neurodiversity within today's society.
EMILY HILLS
Emily is a Clinical Specialist Neonatal Occupational Therapist at Starlight Neonatal Unit, Barnet
Hospital, Royal Free London, NHS Foundation Trust, where she leads on developmental care,
neurobehavoural, neurodevelopmental and sensory assessment and interventions, including
follow-up after discharge.
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PATRICIA TERRER-PEREZ
Patricia Terrer-Perez is a Consultant and Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist with over 27 years of clinical practice experience in the UK. She is the founder of Therapy Routes to Inclusion CIC (TRi NETWORK), a company dedicated to promoting inclusion in education by supporting children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families. Patricia currently serves as the Designated Clinical Officer for SEND at the South West London Integrated Care Board. She also provides coaching, training, supervision, and support to therapists and teams working within the SEND systems across the UK and is a guest lecturer at Brunel University London.