Lisa Tills

Lisa has been a teaching assistant, a higher-level teaching assistant, a tutor and a supervisor. In her time in schools, she has taught whole classes, as well as intervention strategies to groups and 1-2-1 sessions with individual children. She has taught all subjects on the curriculum, but has particularly enjoyed her time supporting children who may be struggling within the education system and need extra nurture, care and targeted attention to be happy and confident in school in order to reach their full potential. Lisa is also a mother of a son who has ADHD. Her son is now in his early 30s, so as a family, they have come through the UK school system at a time when not much was known about neurodivergent conditions.

Nip in the Bud

Nip in the Bud® was set up to encourage awareness about mental health disorders in children. These relatively common problems which begin in childhood and adolescence can have wide-ranging and long-lasting effects, affecting a child’s relationships, their educational attainment and job opportunities. If left untreated, they could also develop into serious mental and physical health problems and have significant economic and social costs, not just to the individuals and their families, but later in life to the health and criminal justice system too. With early intervention things can be very different.