Jonathan is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Professor at the University of Manchester and an Honorary Child Psychiatrist at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH). A clinician with over 30 years of experience working with children and adolescents with autism and their families, both in the context of community outpatients and in complex inpatient environments.
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Catherine is a consultant therapist specialist in autism communication treatments and director of IMPACT. She developed pioneering autism intervention based on her PhD, over 35 years of clinical experience and research into the communication needs of children with autism based at the University of Manchester.
Kellie is the project manager for IMPACT. Before working for IMPACT, Kellie held various project management and digital roles, including at two major UK universities. Kellie also ran her own online retail business for several years. Kellie has successfully implemented a new CRM system for IMPACT and streamlined many of the core processes.
Carmen Aparicio is a Psychologist specialising in Autism and Social Communication Disorders. She holds two Masters, one in Clinical Psychology and one in Psychomotor Therapy. She qualified as a PACT therapist in 2018 and has been an IMPACT Associate since 2019. Since 2021, Julia Robles has been in charge of delivering PACT training for Spanish-speaking countries. Since the beginning of her career, her focus has been on early intervention for children with special needs. When her first daughter was diagnosed as autistic in 2001, early intervention for autistic children and children with social communication problems became the focus of her studies and work.
Carrie Alvarado, PhD, OTR, is the Chief Operating Officer and clinical lead for Autism Community Network, a non-profit diagnostic and peri-diagnostic support centre for families in San Antonio, Texas, in the United States. She is the creator and director of the Earliest Connections Clinic, a diagnostic program geared toward identification and intervention for high-risk infants and toddlers and their families. She leads DIRFloortime and PACT (Pediatric Autism Communication Therapy) therapy/teletherapy programs- intensive interventions supporting families impacted by autism through dyadic coaching. Carrie proudly serves as an Associate for PACT UK, the lead of the Clinical Advisory Committee for STAR Institute in Denver, CO and Assistant Faculty for Profectum Foundation.
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A PACT therapist and trainer, at the end of her degree, Julia's time in the Guidance Department of Colegio Tres Olivos provided her with a more global and holistic vision of development and education. Between 2011 and 2013, she worked in the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit of the Gregorio Marañón Hospital, which allowed her to deepen her knowledge of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence. In 2010 Julia began her work at the Association of Parents of People with Autism (APNA), where she had the opportunity to work with people with autism of all ages and profiles in different types of services. Between 2013 and 2018, she was the Counselor of the Leo Kanner Special Education School for people with Autism in Madrid, her fundamental interest being to translate the needs of students and families into individualized, effective and significant interventions to promote their quality of life, present and future. Now Julia's project is developed in Vitoria, with HoDARI.