Hello I’m Kirsty Cornwell
I am a qualified and insured NLP Practitioner, Hypnotherapist and Ollie Coach.
I trained at Regent’s University London with Ali Knowles creator/founder/author of ‘Ollie and His Superpowers’ and co-trainer Zack Polanski.
BACKGROUND
Based in Willingham, Cambridgeshire my background is working for many years in schools. I first began supporting children with complex, medical and behavioural needs in a special educational needs school in Cambridge. Then I moved to mainstream schools, where I worked in a number of schools as a 1:1, general and classroom Teaching Assistant. Whilst working in mainstream schools, I have supported children’s learning, their social, emotional and behavioural needs alongside working with a variety of disabilities and disabling conditions including: Down’s Syndrome, Autism, ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome, Dyspraxia, Global Delay, Visual and Hearing Impairment. I currently work as a Family Support Worker in a Cambridgeshire school.
TRAINING
Skills Based Training
I hold certificates in: Emergency First Aid at Work, Understanding Challenging Behaviour and Dealing with Challenging Behaviours, Level 1 Making Sense of Autism from the AET programme, Makaton, Speech and Language Intervention, PECS (Picture Exchange Communications System), Jenny Mosley Circle Time, Therapeutic Thinking Cambridgeshire STEPS, Prevent Duty, safeguarding and child protection.
I hold an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training certificate.
I have taken courses in Adverse Childhood Experiences, Understanding Young Minds, Attachment, Participation, Attachment in the Early Years, A Childhood in Crisis, Emotions and Emotional Disorders, Investigating Psychology, Making Sense of Mental Health Problems, Coping in Isolation, Parents as Partners, Awareness of Self Harm, Peer-on-Peer Abuse and Making Psychological Sense of Ourselves.
Medical Based Training
I also hold certificates in administration for epilepsy, asthma, anaphylaxis and epi-pen.
I have also completed training for the following courses: Making Sense of Behaviour, Diabetes Awareness, Asthma Awareness, Disability Awareness, Anaphylaxis Awareness and Protecting Disabled Children.
DBS
I have a current Enhanced DBS check certificate.
Who I am
I have two adult children who I raised alone from a young age, meaning I can understand and identify with the challenges and difficulties that children can face. Alongside this, I can identify with the rainbow of emotions they go through around absent parents and divorce.
I served as a Parish Councillor in Willingham from 2004 – 2010. During this time, I served and chaired the Cemetery Committee, I also served on the Halls and Planning committees. This was a role that requires diplomacy, confidentiality and compassion when dealing with local parishioners, friends and neighbours.
As a Parish Councillor, I worked with the litter working party and this is still an environmental issue I care about.
I was a Willingham Parish Council nominated trustee of the Willingham British School Trust until 2013 and served as a committee member and minute taker.
I was a parent helper for 1st Willingham Scout Group from 2003 – 2010, during this time I served as a committee member and minute taker.
My previous experiences means I will bring you respect and a duty of care to you, so that you can feel confident whilst you are in my cabin.
Hobbies
My interests are artistic and I have run several different art clubs in schools. I enjoy card making with a special interest in Iris card folding and you should know I am fascinated about Area 51 and what might go on inside that secret base.
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