Janice began working with children with Physical and learning disabilities in 1996 as a short break carer in her own home for children with various conditions. As part of her role, Janice worked closely with the birth parents to offer consistent care to their children, signposting them to further support and offering advice when requested. She continues in this role today.​Janice is a qualified teacher who worked as a learning and development specialist for Dudley MBC from 2004 to 2016, training health and social care professionals who work with children and adults assessing and verifying accredited qualifications. She has authored distance learning books which include understanding child development and promoting positive outcomes for children. Janice has a Masters in specialist education in Autism and her main line of work is consultancy and training in autism spectrum conditions and SEBD. She has also trained and advised on safeguarding vulnerable adults and children, Mental Capacity Act and many other aspects of social care.​In addition to the above, Janice has worked as a specialist mentor for students at the University of Birmingham who required specialist academic support due to conditions such as mental ill health or Aspergers. She currently works for an idependant fostering agency supporting foster carers who are caring for children with adverse childhood experiences, trauma, attachment issues, who are on the autism spectrum, have ADHD, conduct disorder, ODD, OCD, sensory processing difficulties and other learning difficulties and disabilities. Janice is also a qualified PROACT SCIPr instructor and a qualified Intensive Interaction coordinator and practitioner.​Janice is passionate about helping people to understand the world through the eyes of an adult or child with ASC and learning disabilities, helping those who are marginalised or vulnerable. During her years of working with children and adults on the spectrum she has developed a number of strategies to support them to control their anxieties and manage the stress of being autistic in a neurotypical world.