Michael is a Disability campaigner and freelance journalist. Over the years he has worked on TV and done various work for of different newspapers and magazines.
Over the past 2 and a half years, I have had the pleasure of periodically working alongside inspiring staff and service users at Cerebral Palsy Scotland on a number of pieces of work, to consider how psychologically informed practices can further help in promoting overall wellbeing.
I qualified as a Doctor of Clinical Psychology, at the University of Glasgow, in 2001. Before this I studied Applied Psychology at Liverpool John Moores University, where I obtained a BSc (Hons). Since qualifying, I have worked with individuals across the lifespan, specialising in working with children, young people and their families. I currently hold the Clinical Tutor position supporting the University of Glasgow in the Doctoral Training programme for Clinical Psychology. I divide my work roles between NHS and independent practice and have a particular keenness in considering the strengths of multiagency collaborations for the benefit of service users.
Rina is a consultant speech and language therapist with specialist knowledge and skills in assessment and management of individuals with neuro-disability. She has international experience working and providing training in this specialist area within multidisciplinary teams. Rina is currently part of the therapy team at Cerebral Palsy Cymru (CPC) in Cardiff and was formerly Head of Therapy at Cerebral Palsy Scotland (aka Bobath Scotland). The therapy team at CPC have been providing video consultations since the beginning of lockdown in March this year, and this continues to be the primary mode of service provision for most clients due to ongoing contact restrictions.
Lesley trained as a physiotherapist in Manchester and qualified in 1986. She has worked in large teaching hospitals in Liverpool, Sheffield and Newcastle as well as in the community-based at a special needs school. She has gained a wide range of experience working within the paediatric field in a number of regional specialities based in Newcastle, with a special interest in acquired brain injury. Lesley and her family relocated to Scotland in 2005 and she joined us in 2007.
Claire qualified as a speech and language therapist from the University of Strathclyde in 1998. She worked with children in community clinics, special school and nurseries in Lanarkshire after graduating. From 2002-2004 she spent some time working with an overseas development charity, working alongside and training educators and therapists, especially in the use of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). She began working at Cerebral Palsy Scotland in 2004 and is currently training to become a Bobath tutor.