Meet the team…

Jean Waitt

Jean has had a long career as a counsellor in the public sector but for the past ten years has been supporting parents obtain the best educational provision for their children who have learning or emotional difficulties.

The majority of Jeans work has been helping families whose children have school anxiety with an aim to improve their attendance or to start re-engaging with education again .

Jean has a detailed understanding of the processes and requirements needed to obtain an Education, Health and Care plan which can be so confusing for families. She has delivered workshops for parents and professionals on understanding school anxiety and has helped schools develop strategies and plans  to enable young people to get back into school . She has also worked extensively with a psychiatrist by running groups for parents and young people to help develop and strengthen their resilience and to help them back into school.