When school feels too hard: A parent’s guide to emotionally based school avoidance
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I qualified as a solicitor in October 2023 and joined Tees in July 2024.
Although recently qualified, I have extensive experience in dealing with education related matters. Before joining Tees, I worked at Coram Children’s Legal Centre (as a paralegal and then solicitor) and worked as part of their education team since July 2018.
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Having completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in The Netherlands, I attained my LLB Law Degree from the University of Essex followed by an LLM in International Human Rights Law in 2017. I speak three languages, English, Dutch and Twi.
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