Who are we |
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Natalia Lema | Founder and Executive Director
An Experienced early years teacher and consultant, community builder and happy mother. After working 15 years in schools – both in state and private sectors - she found that working closely with families is her new passion. She strongly believes in early intervention and how giving support to families can bring a positive and meaningful change in society. Becoming a mother early 2017 and noticing from her own experience how challenging parenting is, was the seed that gave birth to Early Years Cocoon. Since then, she has been working with the community, delivering services and most importantly, connecting with families in Barking and Dagenham. |
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Matina Karastatira | Director
An HCPC registered Music Therapist and parent to two small children. She has thirteen years of experience working as a music therapist with children with learning and emotional difficulties and adults with mental health problems. Currently, she is working in a secondary school with children with challenging behaviour and additional needs. She also runs a private practice working both with children with additional needs and adults. Through her music therapy practise, she helps people address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs. Since becoming a parent in 2016, she started doing courses in parenting which include positive, attachment and aware parenting. To know more about her music therapy work, visit her website: www.music-healing.co.uk. |
Jolanta Jankauskaite She is a speech therapist - special educator, an early years teacher and a mother for little girl.
She has gained work experience (12 years) working at the nursery and primary school with children with various speech, language and communication difficulties.
She is actively interested in innovations in the fields of education (special) and speech therapy - one of the topic is International Gifted Children's Education Program. She consults and advises parents, makes recommendations about the development of language and helps children to learn speak correctly and develop skills for successful communication.
She has gained work experience (12 years) working at the nursery and primary school with children with various speech, language and communication difficulties.
She is actively interested in innovations in the fields of education (special) and speech therapy - one of the topic is International Gifted Children's Education Program. She consults and advises parents, makes recommendations about the development of language and helps children to learn speak correctly and develop skills for successful communication.
