Sheila has a background in early childhood education having worked as a kindergarten teacher and early intervention teacher in schools and preschools. She has also worked extensively with families. 

Over the last 10 years she has worked fulltime delivering the Incredible Years programmes, and is an accredited peer coach in the Incredible Years Parent, Teacher, and Teacher Autism programmes. Sheila is also trained in the small group Dinosaur programme and Incredible Beginnings programme. 

She is a mentor in the Incredible Years Autism Teacher programme in Aotearoa New Zealand.