Her postgraduate training has been in working with children with learning difficulties and with visual impairment. She is also a Froebel trained early childhood teacher. Having taught for many years in special and mainstream schools and early years settings, Julie was Head of an LEA visual impairment service before joining RNIB. For RNIB, as Early Years Development Officer, she is taking the lead in promoting services, which will improve the range and quality of early childhood provision for children with a visual impairment from birth to five years, and their families.