Qualifications & professional affiliations
- Fully qualified specialist teacher and assessor for Specific Learning Difficulties (SpLD)
- Holder of a current UK Assessment Practising Certificate (APC), regulated by the SpLD Assessment Standards Committee (SASC)
- Enhanced DBS (disclosure and barring service UK) certificate holder
- British Psychological Society registered test user and full member
- Licensed dyslexia assessor and full member of the Dyslexia Guild
- Member of National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC)
- Holder of Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) in Modern Foreign Languages (MFL) and Post Graduate Certificate in Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND)
- UK qualified MFL and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher at secondary level (MA Hons)
- Currently completing MEd in SEND Assessment with Middlesex University
Research interests in educational psychology
As a linguist, developmental language disorder is a key area of research and knowledge. Language sits at the heart of academic and social experiences, and is fundamental to our well-being.
I keep up to date with the latest developments in mathematical cognition as part of my interest in dyscalculia, which often co-occurs with dyslexia in a profile of learning difficulties.
Those struggling with language, literacy and learning benefit from learning self-regulation and how to improve skills of executive function, an area in which I have hands-on training and experience as someone who works daily with adolescents who have ADHD.
I am nearing completion of an MEd in SEND with Middlesex University (UK)
In increasingly globalised educational systems, I analyse how bi/multilingual learners transition & bridge educational & cultural gaps, learning as a third culture kid, and how theories of language acquisition become important for constructing a sense of self in new social contexts.