When she is not working at her position as Southern California Branch Co - Director /
Home Study Supervisor / Adoption
Coordinator at the Independent Adoption Center (IAC) she enjoys spending time with friends and family, traveling, camping, playing golf, and dancing.
Steering group — This
study was planned and coordinated by Jean Davies, research midwife, Newcastle; Pat Davies, health visitor, Sunderland; Alan Fortune, general practitioner, Alnwick; Linda Hedley, senior midwife, Berwick; Edmund Hey, consultant paediatrician, Newcastle; Barbara Hinchcliffe, health visitor, Hexham; Maureen Hodgson, community midwife, North Durham; Ann Kirkpatrick, midwifery supervisor, Darlington; Jane Lumley, National Childbirth Trust, Hexham; Norma McPherson, community midwife, Barrow in Furness; Diane Packham, Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services, Newcastle; Willie Reid, consultant obstetrician, Carlisle; Marjorie Renwick, regional maternity survey
coordinator, Newcastle; Margaret Robinson, community midwife, Cockermouth; Laura Robson, director of midwifery education, Newcastle; Sheila Smithson, community midwife, Middlesbrough; Ann West, senior midwife, Penrith; Margaret Whyte, the Society to Support
Home Confinement; Jane Wright, community midwife, Teesside; and Gavin Young, general practitioner, Penrith.
At the meeting, the
coordinator asks parents about their child's favorite activities, special talents, and learning styles; his or her
study habits at
home; the subjects that the child finds frustrating; the parents» personal and academic goals for their child; and what they think they can do to support their child's education.
Prior to joining JBA, Tess worked at the University of Washington, where she was the research
coordinator for a randomized trial of an emerging
home visiting model and for two national
studies examining behavioral health and related risk and protective factors among tribal college and university students.