Alex & Fiona have worked together since 2010 in a specialist school for young people with autism, communication & interaction difficulties and complex behaviour in West Yorkshire. They created the Deep Pressure Touch programme as a way to safely meet the sensory needs of the young people they were working with and to reduce dysregulation and anxiety within the classroom. They have since trained hundreds of people in this programme.

 

They have trained school staff in both mainstream and special school settings, Early years settings, SENCO's, multiagency professionals,  residential home staff, NHS staff and more.

 

Alex is a fully qualified Occupational Therapist and an advanced sensory integration practitioner.Alex has been a qualified Occupational Therapist since 2007 initially starting in the NHS and then moving into education in 2010. Alex works in a school for children with communication and interaction difficulties with Fiona one day per week. Alex has three young children of her own.

 

Alex has her own private practice. She completes assessments in both mainstream and special schools across Yorkshire. If an Occupational Therapy assessment is required please contact Alex at alex@sensory-praxis.co.uk

 

Fiona is a fully qualified and licensed Specialist Aromatherapist. Fiona qualified as an aromatherapist in 1997. She has worked in special education for 25 years. For the last 14 years she has worked solely as a specialist therapist with young people with autism, communication & interaction difficulties and complex behaviours. Fiona has three children of her own.

 

Fiona works in school 4 days a week, she also runs her own business offering private aromatherapy consultations and aromatherapy well-being products. She specialises in support for autism, complex behaviours, SEND, sleep issues and mental & physical health issues. You can find her website here - www.aromatherafee.co.uk