DR TESSA GRIGG

Tessa has a wide range of experience within the Early Childhood Education field. She has taught in a Primary School, supervised a preschool with specialist work in the sensory-motor area, worked as a Child and Family Therapist, taught adult students in teaching and child development, and owned and operated a GymbaROO centre for nine years. Tessa is the “Tessa” in Tessarose Productions, a business that has produced music for children for over 30 years.

Currently, Tessa is a certified Rhythmic Movement Training Practitioner and runs a Kinesiology clinic for children and adults. She has published some research and has co-authored Grandparenting Grandchildren with Dr Jane Williams.  Tessa was the Research and Education Manager for GymbaROO in Australia for 6 ½ years.

Following the completion of a PhD focused on children’s Primitive reflexes, Tessa now works part-time as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and as a registered kinesiologist.