Polly's background is in children's education. Originally training as a primary school teacher she made a transition to focussing her career on working within the field of Special Educational Needs - specifically teaching children and young people that were permanently excluded from their mainstream schools.
Polly managed a team of Primary Behaviour Support Specialists, working with over 90 primary schools to support children with a wide range of differing social, emotional and behavioural needs, before taking a break to parent her two young daughters. It was through Polly's experiences of working with children and young people exhibiting complex emotional and behavioural difficulties that she developed a strong desire to produce a piece of fun, age appropriate literature focusing on self esteem and identity.
She was hopeful that her first publication: "Worm, Slug, Maggot and Leech and their Troublesome Transformation'' might be used as an aid to promote discussion with children about feelings of self worth, self esteem, diversity, and possibly as a school resource to support both guided reading and the teaching of PSHE/SMSC. Polly is now fulfilling her wish and regularly visits schools and educational settings to carry out author led activities and talks with these themes strongly at the forefront.
Alongside her author pursuits Polly works as a freelance SEN Mediator, resolving conflict between parents, schools and Local Authorities. She also blogs about adventures in the life of a children's author and from time to time she also blogs for the Huffington Post.
Hertfordshire
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