Laverne Antrobus was born on 8 July 1966 and is a British child psychologist.
19 Facts About Laverne Antrobus
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Laverne Antrobus trained at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in the 1990s.
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Laverne Antrobus later trained in the specialist mental health National Health Service trust Tavistock and Portman.
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Laverne Antrobus has worked as a consultant child and educational psychologist since the 1990s.
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Laverne Antrobus has led training relating to children's mental health in schools and community mental health services.
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From 2004 to 2006, Laverne Antrobus appeared in the BBC Three series Little Angels and its spin-off version Teen Angels.
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Laverne Antrobus was one of four psychologists on the show, including presenters Tanya Byron and Stephen Briers.
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In 2007, Laverne Antrobus appeared throughout the fourth series of The House of Tiny Tearaways, a BBC Three reality programme about parents and misbehaving children.
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Laverne Antrobus was in the role of child psychologist, along with Elizabeth Kilbey, whilst Claudia Winkelman served as presenter.
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Laverne Antrobus presented the hour-long documentary Biology of Dads, which follows a father with Couvade syndrome and explores scientific knowledge about fatherhood.
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In 2018, Laverne Antrobus appeared on the radio programme Woman's Hour.
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In October 2019, Laverne Antrobus co-presented a two-part documentary for 5Star, Britain's Naughtiest Nursery, with Jayne Ashbourne.
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The programme follows Laverne Antrobus working with children aged three to five who have been excluded from nurseries due to poor behaviour.
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In 2020, Laverne Antrobus appeared on the BBC children's news programme Newsround, giving advice on anxiety induced by climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic, and explaining the effects of anxiety disorders.
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Laverne Antrobus contributed to the 2017 book Help Your Kids With Growing Up, published by DK.
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Laverne Antrobus has additionally written articles for the BBC study resource Bitesize and the newspapers HuffPost and The Independent.
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In 2022 Laverne Antrobus appeared alongside Kate Winslet in an episode of the series I Am.
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Laverne Antrobus has worked with the charity Siya Phulaphula "We Listen", which provides mental health training for South Africans living in London.
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Laverne Antrobus is a director on the trustee board for ChildHope UK, a charity which works with marginalised children and provides education in Africa and Asia.