Mandy Barrett

Mandy is proud to be a parent graduate of the NVR Programme and the invaluable skills that the approach gave her, contributed to her passion to support other parents as a lived experienced facilitator across the Kent NVR Therapeutic programme.

Mandy brings a powerful blend of professional expertise and lived experience to her role. She is a parent graduate and facilitator of the Non-Violent Resistance (NVR) Programme, a model she credits with transforming her family life while supporting her teenage son through school refusal and sensory anxiety related to his Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder.

A passionate advocate, Mandy has extensive professional experience as an Educational Welfare Officer and Social Work Assistant in statutory agencies, giving her deep insight into childhood trauma and safeguarding. Coupled with her own neurodiversity diagnosis, this background fuels her drive to break down barriers and campaign for better support for families raising neurodiverse children.  She is passionate about guiding parents who are either at the start of their journey or facing new hurdles.