Rosemary Roberts
Dr Rosemary Roberts work has for many years focused on child development from birth to three; and supporting those who live and work with these youngest children, especially their parents. She holds a post-graduate diploma from the Tavistock Clinic UK in Psychoanalytic Observational Studies; and a PhD for which she researched wellbeing development from birth to three, especially in the home.
Rosemary has worked in nursery, primary and higher education, and the voluntary sector; and was a founding director of PEEPLE (https://www.peeple.org.uk/), working with Sure Start programmes in disadvantaged areas. In 1999 she was awarded an OBE for services to early childhood. In 2011 - 2012 she worked with various early years projects in Australia.
She has published two books: Self Esteem and Early Learning (2006) 3rd ed.; Wellbeing from Birth (2010); and contributed 'Thinking within the wellbeing wheel' to S. Robson and S. Flannery Quinn (eds.) (2014) The Routledge International Handbook of Young Children's Thinking and Understanding. Most recently she has written WHAT MATTERS? for family wellbeing: Babies, young children and their companions mental health and happiness (2024).