Laura Roberts (she / her) has worked in and around social care since 1993, qualifying as a Social Worker in 2001. Laura has worked in statutory social work teams since 2004, working in a Learning Disability and Autism Service, Adult Safeguarding, hospital teams and various other social work settings. Naomi Dawson (she / her) has worked with children in a variety of settings and roles for over 30 years. Originally training as a Nursery Nurse in a prestigious college, she retrained as a Learning Disability Nurse. Barbara Tucker (she / her) qualified as a Primary school teacher in 1998 and in 2018 as a Primary SENCo. She has extensive experience in understanding neurodiversity.
What 8-9 year olds are saying about Noah's Pattern Place: ""I love the moral of the story, it shows that everyone can be themselves."" ""Everyone can be unique!"" ""I like how the other children treat Noah with kindness."" ""At the end, Noah felt there was a place for him, I liked that."" ""The story teaches us not to try to be like anyone else. We just need to be ourselves!"" ""The pictures show how Noah was feeling, they really helped me understand the story."" ""I enjoyed seeing the patterns Noah was drawing. They were unique to him.""