Committee members

Eniko qualified as a conductor-teacher at the Peto Institute in 1995. She started her early career in the National Institute of Conductive Education, Birmingham, where she worked for two years, then deciding to relocate back to Hungary, where she worked in remote areas in North East Hungary as a travelling conductor. She was then asked to join the team at The Rainbow Centre for Conductive Education in 2003, and she has now been there for 21 years. Eniko has always been passionate about working with children and their families and she passes this passion onto the team she works with, as the Children’s Service Manager. She has been a practise tutor for a number of years and takes an active part in teaching the future generations of conductors, which she thoroughly enjoys. Eniko is also delivering training for conductor assistants at Level 3. Eniko has recently gained qualifications in SEND Law and is now supporting families to succeed in Education Health and Care needs assessments for their children. She was an SEN governor of a large Primary School for over 6 years and now she would like to support the community of professionals within the field of conductive education, and she is excited to chair the PCA committee.

After qualifying as a conductor in 2006, Annamaria worked with children, young people and adults in sessional services. Then in 2013, she sat up Conductive Enablement primarily working with people with Parkinson’s. In 2016, Annamaria joined the Conductive College Team, teaching and supervising both under- and post- graduate students. Currently she is the course lead on the BA (Hons) in Conductive Education degree, which is delivered in partnership with Birmingham City University. In her dual role of practitioner and lecturer, Annamaria is invested in strengthening the theory-praxis link in CE. Training and development have always played a significant role for Annamaria, she has been a registered and active member of the PCA since it was formed. She gained a Master’s degree in Special and Inclusive Education and her doctoral thesis offered a theoretical exploration of contemporary Conductive Education philosophy and conductors’ professional identity. Annamaria hopes to serve the conductive community effectively as a proud member of the PCA Committee.

Nora is a qualified conductor and pre-school teacher, trained at the Peto Institute in Hungary. She began her professional journey in 2011 in Mauritius, working with children with motor impairments and their families. After completing her Master’s degree in Inclusive Education, she moved to the United Kingdom, where she began providing Conductive Education services to children and young people in home and community settings, a practice she continues alongside her other professional roles. Since 2017, Nora has been part of Whoopsadaisy, a Brighton-based charity that delivers early intervention, school-age, and youth Conductive Education and Occupational Therapy programmes. In 2024, she was appointed Lead Conductor, a role that combines planning and delivering high-quality, child-centred sessions with mentoring volunteers and assistants. In 2025, Nora completed her Practice Tutor Training, further strengthening her ability to mentor the next generation of conductors. She is passionate about collaboration, and building the long-term sustainability and recognition of Conductive Education nationally.

Gitu qualified as a Conductor Teacher in 2024 at the Pető Institute in Hungary and she joined The Rainbow Centre in the UK in September 2024, where she continues to work today. She leads conductive sessions across the nursery and school booster groups throughout the week and runs Saturday clubs focused on supporting teenagers with neurodiversity. She is passionate about her role as a conductor and firmly believes in the life-changing potential of Conductive Education. This belief motivates her commitment to the Association, where she is a newly joined member, and is excited to contribute to advocating and promoting Conductive Education around both the UK and world-wide.

Sammie graduated from NICE in 2012 and worked for 2-years as a full time Conductor at Stick 'n' Step before starting Blue Skies Ahead; a multidisciplinary therapy and rehabilitation centre. With a special interest in hands-on therapy, she travelled to the USA in 2013 to train in Craniosacral Fascial Therapy (CFT) and was one of the first practitioners in Europe in this field. In 2020, she gained her Master's Degree in Applied Neuroscience from King’s College London and in 2023 became certified in Applied Quantum Biology. For over a decade Blue Skies Ahead has pioneered bringing together novel interventions that have now become widely accepted and sought after. Including hyperbaric oxygen, whole-body vibration, photobiomodulation, Primitive Reflex Integration and Movement Lesson to name a few.

Lizzie trained at Keele university, graduating as a Conductor-Teacher in 2022, she then began her career at Ingfield Manor School in West Sussex. Lizzie stayed at Ingfield for 17 years working as a teacher-conductor across the primary and secondary age groups, as well as being a member of SLT. From Ingfield, Lizzie move to Sheffield to take on the Deputy Head role and to teach in the Early Years department at Paces School for Conductive Education. Having loved her time at Ingfield, she now thoroughly enjoys working with the children and staff at Paces. In April 2025, Lizzie took on the role of Headteacher at Paces. For the last 9 years Lizzie has delivered the Conductor Assistant training to staff at Ingfield and Paces- a role she is particularly fond of. Lizzie has also supported many trainee conductors over the years as a practice tutor. In October 2021 she completed her MA in Conductive Education, researching the CE parent and child group for her dissertation. Over the years she has presented at several of the PCA annual conferences on a variety of subjects. Lizzie is delighted to be a member of the PCA committee alongside her conductor colleagues and is excited about the opportunities this presents to further support and promote conductors in their professional role.

Erika qualified as a Conductor-Teacher in the Peto Institute in Budapest in 2001 and she started working in the UK in 2002. Erika discovered her passion for working with parents and children together and the importance of enhancing the children’s learning via supporting their parents or main carers. Erika worked in Rutland House School for Parents in Nottingham before she joined the team at PACE Centre working predominantly in Parent and Child services, before returning to Nottingham where she is currently Head of Service in Footprints Conductive Education Centre. Erika is keen on expanding her knowledge in the field of CE, promoting networking opportunities between CE settings within the UK, which was one of reasons for joining the PCA Committee in 2016

Helen has always had a love for working with children and whilst gaining her nursery nursing qualification back in the late 90’s she gained work experience at a special school that employed a conductor. Knowing that she wanted to work with children with special needs, it was her mum who then came upon the CE course and encouraged Helen to try it. Helen qualified as a Conductor from Wolverhampton University in 2003 and relocated from Staffordshire to work at The Pace Centre in Aylesbury, where she continues to work. During her time working at Pace, Helen has worked across all age groups but has found her niche working with secondary aged students. Helen has recently taken on the role of Conductive Education Coordinator at Pace and is assisting the Lead Conductor with developing CE practice and standards within its school services.

Josie finished her conductor training in 2001 and commenced employment at the Pace Centre in September of that year. In the up-coming academic year she will be working across 2 'core' groups, as well as having an 'over-seeing' role; supporting the other conductors in the centre and positively influencing CE practice across our nursery/primary services. Within her career she has gained experience in training; both on a practical and theoretical level and am a member of the 'Training Team' at the centre, which consists of a range of professionals. Josie is currently doing her Masters in CE and finding that studying the field at this level is reigniting her passion and commitment to the CE approach! She hopes that this passion will transcend to the professionals she works with in the Transdisciplinary Team and help them to truly see the positive influence of CE as an educational approach for the students.'