Speakers

Asha is the founder of ANCHOR Inclusion™.

For more than a decade, she has worked directly with children and young people with SEND, providing support in family homes and helping children develop emotional regulation skills within mainstream primary schools. As the parent of a neurodivergent child, she understands inclusion from both the family’s perspective and the classroom.

Her understanding is personal too. Having grown up at a time when neurodiversity was rarely recognised and later receiving her own diagnosis, she understands how the right support at the right time can shape a child’s confidence, wellbeing and future outcomes.

Alongside her practical work, Asha is a CBT coach, therapeutic practitioner and applied psychology researcher specialising in child development and inclusion. She is currently completing an MSc in Psychology at Brunel University London and has a background in law and medical ethics, grounding her work in schools’ statutory duties around SEND, inclusion and children’s rights.

ANCHOR grew from her experience as both a parent and practitioner. Schools deliver skilled inclusive practice every day, yet often struggle to capture, evidence and communicate its impact. ANCHOR’s research with 101 education professionals found that while most had received SEND training, only a small minority found it readily applicable in the moment.

That is the gap ANCHOR was built to close: making everyday inclusive practice visible, consistent and defensible, so schools can demonstrate the impact of what they already do