Playful Dragonflies

My Summary

Clo A Neuro-Inclusive Drama & Creative Arts Facilitator/Play Practitioner/Advocate & Send Specialist

My Experience

SEND Practioner, Drama Facilitator & Tutor. Intensive Family Support Worker, Advocate and Learning Disabilities Practitioner, with over 20 years work experience within children & young people and Learning Disability sectors. BSc Drama & Psychology (BPS) from Roehampton University. PGDip in Dramatherapy from Anglia Ruskin University.

Playful dragonflies replaces and encompasses my previous CAM tutoring business.

I work well both on a 1:1 basis and within a group setting with service users. I can work autonomously and alongside colleagues. Confidential record keeping, produce reports and attend or run meetings.
As a Private Freelance Tutor - CAM Tutoring - I have supported children both with and without special needs. With SEN, EBMH, and support sibling work and family work also. I will generally work in the child's own home but libraries and other community locations can be arranged. I can also arrange to go into schools and network meetings if required.

I’m able to do a short term programme for change for instance help with giving up dummy’s or learning to share with siblings.

I will also work with children unable to attend school provisions be it through exclusion/truancy/trauma (possible bulling or family illnesses), if the school are unable to meet child needs or other special circumstances arise.

Does your family need support with home routines and visual timetables?

* Introducing ways of life to family’s new to special needs.
* lego therapy
* Dummy/thumb/comforter - transitional object support (time to give it up)
* Supporting work with children and young people with learning disabilities and autism.
* Adapting teaching methods best suited to a child's individual needs.
* Advocacy, Listening to and conveying child's needs.
* I help and support children to learn through creative and playful methods.
* Liaising with parents, special and mainstream schools, SALT, OT, psychologists and social workers.
* Following Speech & Language therapy & OT programmes.
* Helping with homework.
* Holistic approach
* Advocacy
* Mentoring
* Family support
* Cookery classes
* Healthy eating and hygiene
* 1:1 academic support
* Multi-disciplinary work
* Team around the Family and Care around the Child meetings and active member.
* Record Keeping
* Report writing
* Rest-bite holiday activities - Weekend and school holiday activities available to provide rest-bite
*Being an extra pair of hands to single parents too overwhelmed to go on day trips and provide holiday activities alone.
*Helping child with Asperger's and or other needs with social interactions with peers.
* Setting up strategies for the teachers and child to use in school and at home
* Monitoring and supporting child to regulate behaviour
*Transition work
* Intensive Interaction (ii)
* 1:1 Support
* Teaching social stories. (Designing adapting and creating social stories - CPD trained)
* Playground and lunch time assistance
* Assistance to attend community clubs I.e. swimming or dance classes
* Literacy work, storytelling, making reading fun & Library visits
* Reading books beyond words
* Can lead drama sessions
* Puppetry
* Child led music making and singing sessions (I have various acoustic & percussion instruments)
* Arts Crafts and Messy Sensory Play and Activities
* Sibling work - Sibling rivalry, Shared Play, Developing a loving bond and friendships.
* Family Work - Setting boundaries, introducing ground rules, respecting one another, bonding, fun quality time activities.
* Life skills.
*Neuro-dramatic-play
*soft outcome support

I can also work with those not currently accessing mainstream education; homeschoolers and alternative/ appropriate provision students, teenagers and adults with learning disabilities. SEND provision 0-25yrs and transitions into and including adulthood.

WORKSHOPS Available to commissioners.
Look out for Holidays workshops on Offer near you-
Playful dragonflies workshops means childcare and tutoring has just got creative!

BESPOKE attachment based sessions promoting learning and fun through creativity and Neuro dramatic play all workshops will provide a sensory experience that encourages creativity and learning through developmental play and storytelling, and is facilitated by a trained professional able to meet the needs of all participants irrespective of age/ gender/ abilities. Playful dragonflies promotes a Neuro affirming and Neuro inclusive approach for all. Each session is as unique as the individuals accessing it!

Workshops currently on offer include but not limited to:

Stay and play themed session for parents and children 0-8yrs / drop off sessions for ks2 / send sessions / drama for fun / theatre for life/ let’s learn about…

Previous themes include;
Underwater/ priate/mermaid
Role Play and small world
Construction based
STEM
SAND PLAY
Easter/spring themed
Autumn themed
Christmas themed
Summer themed
Dragonflies, Bugs and butterflies
Space

Outdoor forest school and nature based activities and workshops. Using nature’s resources.

Off the page;
Shakespeare- a midsummer s night dream/all the worlds a stage/Romeo and Juliet
Roald Dahl
Julia Donaldson
Classic fairy tales, the brothers Grimm and more!

Workshops can focus on crafting and Creating:
Playdoh from scratch
Slime making
Music making
Sensory bottles
Cooking
Kinetic Sand
Clay based work
Junk modelling
Puppetry
Crafting a theatre

If you are a setting and would like to commission a workshop BESPOKE session or series of sessions can be created upon ANY theme or topic that you require for any event or clientele.

Are you a school wishing to introduce a specific subject that really embodies and engages your students in learning? You wish to bring a topic alive!?

A business that needs to highlight and promote a particular subject to there staffing whilst also providing team bonding and training opportunities that are unique and powerful?

A nursery or preschool that has the opportunity to provide their early years children and or staff any theme or topic drenched in Neuro dramatic play methods that promote healthy development using messy /water /sensory/ rhythmic and dramatic play?

A charity/care home/LD provider wishing that wants to meet the needs of their clients across the board with age appropriate activities that promote fun and playful experiences whist engaging and being inclusive of any need I.e dementia or send needs.

A HOMESCHOOLING network in need of an engaging community approach that meets everyone’s needs, supports learning without pressure and provides a safe space to thrive?

A COMMUNITY setting that has a theme approaching and needs an engaging environment suitable for all whist also hitting a brief or theme?

A festival looking for something BEYSPOKE and different that embraces your values and provides entertainment for all

Do you have a very special event such as a wedding, anniversary or special birthday approaching and need that exclusive entertainment designed to meet your guests needs? Would you like to make it as special and as inclusive and accessible for your guests? Perhaps you would love to create a safe sensory space for family members with additional needs?

Then please feel free to get in touch and after a short consultation I’m confident playful dragonflies could provide you with exactly what you need and beyond!

Playful dragonflies is able to host Lego based and creative brick sessions. Playful Dragonflies is also available for Lego based therapy- Clo is a qualified Lego Therapist.

Please note commissioned slots on popular dates can fill up fast, you are welcome to booked up to two years in advance to secure specific event dates however last minute availability may be feasible so please do get in touch and we can arrange something to suit your needs.

Playful dragonflies promotes a reduced reuse recycle ?? approach to loving our planet ?

Please note that all elements are therapeutic in nature and a trained facilitator will be present, we are not providing therapy sessions however a safe space is created. Playful dragonflies recognises safeguarding is essential. Chloe Anne Mitchell is the safeguarding lead, has a full DBS, first aid and insurance.

If your event needs specialist training (I.e heath care training) or insurance coverage this will be taken into account within the consultation process.

My Qualifications

Anglia Ruskin University
2014-2016
Dramatherapy Postgraduate Diploma (level 7/8)
(Eligible to progress onto MA Dramatherapy HCPC BADTh - Dissertation.)

Roehampton University
Graduated in June 2008
2.1 BSc Hons Psychology & Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies.
(BPS Accredited.)

I have 4 A-levels Drama/History/Psychology/General Studies
9 GCSEs 1xA*, 1xA, 4xB, 3xC including a B in Math's, a C in English Language and C inEnglish Literature.

1 x GNVQ ICT Distinction (A,A,A,A)

CPD- continuing professional
development. I keep up-to-date with current
safeguarding procedures, signs of safety and
wellbeing and hold current CPD certificates.
First Aid Training update 21/02/26

Neuro Dramatic Play Practitioner training and ongoing CPD

I have knowledge and prior training in
Intensive Interaction
MAPA® Training: Management of Actual or Potential Aggression
Makaton sign language

My Availability

Please see timetable for current availability.
Looking to book new clients from the summer term (post Easter) however please feel free to contact me.

My Fees

• Babysitting from £29.00 per hour
• Tutoring from £50.00 per hour

There will be an informal assessment and home visit where the needs of your child or family will be assessed and then I can tailor make tutoring sessions. Fees range from £29 per hour for one child. More children and block hours will be quoted within 24-48hrs once a visit has been made. Intensive therapeutic tailored 1:1 sessions are inclusive of family support and range from £50 per hour. Report writing and attendance at multi disciplinary meetings include a pre arranged fee.

I may be able to help you access and apply for funding with you LEA and social work team.
I can travel and have a full drivers licence and work insurance allowing me to drive student passengers.

I have full liability insurance.
I follow local government guidelines and safeguarding policies and have up to date training.