Pat’s background as a research scientist has led to her interest in the idea of babies and young children as researchers, and to recognising the value of involving families in their children’s learning. She has extensive experience of the early years field and provides training for a wide variety of audiences including teachers, early years and childcare practitioners, early years professionals and multiagency children’s centre staff teams.

Together with Linda Thornton, Pat edits Early Years Update newsletter and e-bulletin, and has co-authored many books on early years learning and development.