May 31, 2021

This week I speak to trainee teacher Jasmine Selwood who shares her experience of growing up with a deaf parent and how this has impacted the way that she approaches the classroom, and supports students with hearing impairments. Her insights of life both in and outside of the classroom are fascinating and should give us...

May 24, 2021

1 in 10 people have dyslexia and given that so much learning requires reading and writing it can really hinder progress in school.

Dr Cathy Manning talks about her research on Sensory Processing in those with dyslexia and autism, how we can use this to understand the condition and how we can support those who have...

May 17, 2021

This week continues the Speech and Language theme from last week.  I speak to Speech and Language Therapist Meera Deters about how speech typically develops and what issues bilingual children may face in school.  Then Dr Saloni Krishnan from Royal Holloway, University of London talks about her research as a cognitive...

May 10, 2021

Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) is prevalent in classrooms, hidden and has devastating consequences for those who struggle on undiagnosed.  This week I speak to Hannah Hobson about her research and speech and language therapists Lisa Sharp and Alex Winterbottom about their work with children and young people.  We...

May 3, 2021

In this Episode I speak to Julia Gudinchet (Sunflower Autism Consultancy), Alexandra Gardner (Unicorn School), Jo Billington (University of Reading) and Meera Deters (Super Speech Solutions) about how to support young people with Autism in the classroom. Whilst the conversations are wide ranging, the over-riding...