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Autism and Intensive Interaction practitioner -Fernando Teixido-Infante

Fernando has worked with autistic individuals and their families for 18 years. He has worked internationally and nationally supporting autistic people and their families in different roles such as Psychologist, Educational Psychologist, Therapist and Consultant. Fernando has extensive experience working in different environments: care homes, orphanages, special schools, mainstream schools (both primary and secondary), nurseries, colleges and private homes. Fernando is mainly an autism practitioner who is trained in mot approaches used to help and support autistic people (PECS, TEACCH, Makaton, SCERTS, Intensive Interaction, to mention a few) and keeps up to date with the latest research. Fernando has also attended many other courses such as PDA, Trauma etcetera and has conducted and published research in educational settings. 

Fernando worked as a guest lecturer in A Coruńa University in Spain and has been a speaker in conferences throughout the UK.