About Michelle, ASD and ADHD Specialist

Background

ASD and ADHD Specialist

Michelle holds a BA Hons in Drama, a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, and a Master's degree in Special and Inclusive Education with Distinction, with modules covering autism and ADHD and a thesis focused on autism spectrum disorders. With over a decade in education, including teaching iGCSE Drama, specialist SEN roles and case management, she founded SLEducation to combine drama and special education: a programme where social, life and executive function skills are practised in real-life situations, through improvisation.

The Approach

Why improvisation?

For individuals with ASD, memorising fixed responses breaks down the moment a conversation goes somewhere unexpected — it can cause panic, make it harder to spot social risk, and leave people feeling disconnected from their authentic selves.

Improvisation works differently. Used well, it builds genuine, flexible skills in a comfortable, supportive environment — skills that reduce social anxiety, support workplace readiness, and transfer to real relationships, not just the situations already rehearsed.

SLEducation pairs CBT-informed, evidence-based strategies with this improvisation-based practice: explicit teaching of the reasoning behind a skill or social convention, followed by live practice that actually builds it. Every session stays politically and religiously neutral — the focus is purely on skill development.

For ADHD, the same approach is used to practise the Stop-Think strategy, first in made-up scenes and then in replays of real situations. Read more about my ADHD approach.

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Qualifications

Education & Training

Michelle's qualifications span formal education and continued professional development across multiple specialist areas.

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Formal Qualifications

BA Hons in Drama. Post Graduate Certificate in Education. Master's degree in Special and Inclusive Education with Distinction, with modules covering autism and ADHD and a thesis focused on autism spectrum disorders.

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Continued Professional Development

Personal, Social, Health and Economic education (PSHE Association). Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) training. Specialist training in autism spectrum disorders and ADHD. Level 1 and 2 Makaton. Up to date safeguarding training — National College UK.

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International Experience

Over a decade working in education in the UK and abroad, including specialist SEN provision, case management and a pupil referral unit. Now based in Macau, working 1:1 with families across Macau and Hong Kong.

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