About
Charlotte Mountford is a specialist teacher with extensive experience supporting Autistic children and young people across a wide range of educational settings.​ She has worked in mainstream schools, specialist provisions and internationally and has particular expertise in supporting inclusive education and developing environments where Autistic people can thrive.​ She is passionate about supporting young people to develop a strong understanding of themselves, alongside creating inclusive and supportive educational environments that recognise both strengths and needs.
Areas of Expertise
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Supporting autistic children and young people in education
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Working across mainstream and specialist school settings
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Education Health and Care Needs Assessments (ENCNA/EHCP)
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Supporting school-based anxiety, trauma and burnout
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Emotional regulation and understanding diagnosis
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Training and supporting education staff.
Charlotte's Approach To Work
Charlotte works in a practical and collaborative way, helping schools, families and young people to better understand how neurodivergence impacts learning and everyday school life. She is particularly skilled in translating assessment findings into meaningful strategies that can be implemented in educational settings, supporting young people to feel understood, included and able to engage in learning.​ She is committed to keeping her knowledge current and grounded in lived experience, including engaging with training and research led by Autistic individuals.
Specialist Training
Charlotte has over eight years experience as a peripatetic specialist autism teacher within local authorities in the North East, working across settings from early years through to post 16.
Her work has included:​
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Advising and training school staff
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Supporting pupils who are out of school due to anxiety or unmet need
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Contributing to multidisciplinary assessments
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Writing reports for Education Health and Care Needs Assessments
Qualifications
PGCE with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), MEd Autism.
Client
I received a very detailed report which has been incredibly valuable in understanding how to manage and regulate myself. I can't thank them enough and I'm so much happier now I understand how to work with my brain!
Client
Our son and our family as a whole, were in need of compassionate support, advice and direction from a highly experienced team.
We found all of this within Autism North East.
Parent
Within the storm of applying for an EHCP, school not understanding ASD and therefore providing inadequate support, Autism North East were at that point our anchor.
Our son’s assessment give him insight, understanding and validation to many areas in his life. past and present.
Parent
Autism North East had been recommended to us by 2 seperate parents and a psychiatrist which spoke volumes as to their credibility.
