Workshop Team
Lucy Mitchell
Lucy graduated in Drama and Psychology from the University of Surrey in 1993. Prior to training as a teacher she has worked with children at 5, Collingham Gardens, a child and family psychiatric unit affiliated to the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital London.
She has worked in speech and language therapy and as a Learning Mentor at Ernest Bevin College, a secondary school for boys in Tooting, South West London. After her NQT year teaching in a mainstream primary school in Camberwell, London she joined Freemantles ASD school where she worked as a full time class teacher until the birth of her first child in December 2005.
Ten years and three more children later Lucy left Freemantles where her last post was in the FE department working with post sixteen students in drama, art and social skills. After working at Brooklands College in their Autism Unit, she now works as a ASD Secondary outreach teacher with Limpsfield Grange School, Oxted, and as an employment mentor at AS Mentoring, Surrey.
Jenny Ward
Jenny Ward is a mother of two who has had experience of living with autism having grown up with her autistic neice. Her personal experiences led her to seek employment at Freemantles School for Autistic Children where she spent all of her working life, culminating in her role as a well respected Welfare Assisstant, and 'unqualified' teacher.
In 2013 Jenny graduated with a BSc Open degree in health and social care and education with the Open University. During the completion of her degree, Jenny gained some experience of working in mainstream to gain an insight into the complexities of working with and providing strategies for those children on the autistic spectrum in a diverse environment.
Jenny Ward is a mother of two who has had experience of living with autism having grown up with her autistic neice. Her personal experiences led her to seek employment at Freemantles School for Autistic Children where she spent all of her working life, culminating in her role as a well respected Welfare Assisstant, and 'unqualified' teacher.
In 2013 Jenny graduated with a BSc Open degree in health and social care and education with the Open University. During the completion of her degree, Jenny gained some experience of working in mainstream to gain an insight into the complexities of working with and providing strategies for those children on the autistic spectrum in a diverse environment.
Hannah Severn
I have a degree in Developmental Psychology, a level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Leadership and Management and a level 4 NVQ in Health and Social care.
I have also delivered training in how to work Restoratively in a care environment. I am currently work in a Children’s home with young people aged between 10 years and 15 years so work closely attachment theory; the impact of early childhood trauma as well as ASD.
My previous experiences include working at Freemantle’s school and their residential element Ruth House. My professional interests lie in understanding and exploring the similarities and differences between ASD and attachment disorders. I have been a member of the A SPace team for close to 7 years now am fully committed to each of our many young people.
I have a degree in Developmental Psychology, a level 5 Diploma in Health and Social Care Leadership and Management and a level 4 NVQ in Health and Social care.
I have also delivered training in how to work Restoratively in a care environment. I am currently work in a Children’s home with young people aged between 10 years and 15 years so work closely attachment theory; the impact of early childhood trauma as well as ASD.
My previous experiences include working at Freemantle’s school and their residential element Ruth House. My professional interests lie in understanding and exploring the similarities and differences between ASD and attachment disorders. I have been a member of the A SPace team for close to 7 years now am fully committed to each of our many young people.
Our Trustees
Pam Smith (BMus(Hons), BSc(Hons), PGCE, MBPsS) lives in Walton on Thames with her husband and has two grown up sons, one of whom has Asperger's Syndrome. Pam has first hand experience of supporting her son through mainstream school and college with staff who frequently didn't understand his complex difficulties and needs. She continues to support her son in his job and relationships and often feels like an interpreter, explaining the social conventions of a neurotypical world and helping him out of various scrapes and misunderstandings that inevitably occur! Pam has been a teacher in special education for 20 years and taught for 8 years at Freemantles School for children with ASD. She currently teaches in the Nursery at Manor Mead School, Shepperton, which provides education for children with severe learning difficulties, profound learning disabilities, autism and complex needs. Pam recently trained with Dr Dave Hewett to become an Intensive Interaction Co-ordinator and is a passionate advocate of this approach to encourage communication and social interaction. In her spare time Pam enjoys all kinds of live music from ska-punk to opera.
Laura Brown
I am trustee and secretary for ASPace and have volunteered for many years with my local Scout group. Having seen ASPace evolve from it's beginning I am delighted to be involved and support this worthwhile charity. I am Lucy's sister too!
Registered Charity Number: 1159707
