Emma has gained in depth experience through having a very hands on approach and working her way up through the school system to a senior strategic level.  She started as a Teaching Assistant, then became a HLTA, Learning Mentor, Family Support Manager then was appointed the Behaviour Manager for ten years for an Academy Trust of 10 schools at primary and secondary level before becoming the Operations Lead for the MAT. She was Head of Strategy in a multi agency setting and providing advanced Team Teach services for the whole Trust.  She was awarded the Specialist Leaders in Education accreditation from the Cathedral Schools Trust and became a Trauma Informed practitioner at Diploma level in 2021.

Emma provides behaviour management training and services with early intervention services, audits and individual pupil/young person plans, writes policies, Risk Assessments, identifies staff training, supports behaviour team management and assesses group sessions or class situations observing scripts, dialect, body language, environmental factors and communication.  She supports teachers and youth workers to understand behaviour and brain development, how to get the best out of young people, how to become emotionally available adults, removing barriers to learning and remaining safe.  Emma has worked with schools and youth organisations around safety and growing crisis awareness and de-escalation. 

Her training is bespoke for each school or youth charity to address particular needs and some examples of courses can be found on the Business Support Services page of this website.