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Professionals associated with the Centre Below are the details of a few of the
professionals associated with the Centre This is a new page and more names are being added
each day
BA MA DipEd DipRSA(SpLD), NLP
Mast.Pract Cert (ANLP) Principal She has
assessed and taught dyslexics at primary, secondary and adult level in both
state and independent schools. She was
awarded the RSA Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties (Distinction) and
became a tutor on the OCR Courses run by HADC.In 1987 she was appointed
Principal of Frensham Tuition and became Assistant Director in 1991, Academic
Director in 2000, Joint Principal (Internal Operations) in 2005 and Principal
in August 2006. Bernadette
has trained in Instrumental Enrichment, is qualified as a Neuro-Linguistic
Programming Master Practitioner and is involved in In-Service and Study
Skills Courses in primary, secondary, further and higher education.
Bernadette is an External Verifier for OCR (the B.Sc (Hons) Pyschology,
P.G.C.E., OCR Dip SpLD Tutor Caroline
works part time for the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre as a Tutor on the
Diploma Course. She has also delivered courses on our Summer School
programme. She has an Honours degree in Pyschology from University
College London and qualified as a teacher in 1996. Caroline has worked
in several primary schools where she has held a range of managerial posts
including that of SENCo. Caroline
now works as a specialist teacher, assessing and supporting learners across
the age range. She is involved in delivering in-service courses and is
a tutor on the OCR Diploma course. M.Sc.
P.G.C.E. C.Psychol. A.F.B.Ps.S. Educational Psychologist Peter Brooks is a fully qualified Educational
Psychologist and is recognised as a Chartered Psychologist and Member of the
Division of Child and Educational Psychology of the British Psychological
Society. He is a member of the
Association of Educational Psychologists.
He has B.Sc. (Honours) Degrees from He has worked
as an Educational Psychologist for fifteen years in a local education
authority. This has involved
responsibility for all children within an area and work within most sectors
of special education including dyslexia/specific learning difficulties, moderate
and severe learning difficulties, sensory and physical handicaps, and
emotional and behaviour difficulties
He has worked fully independently since 1992. Peter has lectured to many groups including He has a particular interest in dyslexia and has
undertaken research with Professor M Snowling on teaching strategies and
severe dyslexics. He managed a
research project at the Centre into teaching spelling to 6 to 7 year old
children who were at risk of literacy failure. This major project completed in 1998 and
was funded through the Department for Education and Employment. Current research is based at the B.Ed., Cert Ed., OCR Diploma
SpLD., SpLDAPC Senior Tutor/Independent Specialist Teacher Julie
runs her own thriving independent literacy assessment and screening
consultancy and manages the OCR level 7 diploma course in SpLD for the
Centre. As an affiliated professional working for HADC Julie delivers
in-service training in schools and colleges and presents workshops at
conferences. During
her 28 years in teaching, 15 of these have been directly involved in special
needs provision as a specialist teacher and SENCO. Julie has continued to
update her qualifications and expertise; most recently training to be an
accredited study needs assessor in higher education and gaining the
practising certificate in assessment. B.A.
(Hons), Ph.D. (Psych), OCR Dip SpLD Course Tutor, Specialist Teacher Marlene is a tutor on both the Diploma and
Certificate Level Courses at HADC.
She holds a B.A. and Ph.D. in Child Psychology in addition to the OCR
Diploma in Assessing and Teaching Learners with SpLD. Her background includes work on preventive mental
health initiatives to improve the social adjustment and academic performance
of at-risk children. She held
appointments in the Psychology Department at Marlene teaches both primary and secondary
learners and carries out Specialist Teacher Assessments for the Centre. Kathy
Contaris
BA (Hons), PGCE,
M Ed, MSc, C Psychol Educational
Psychologist Kathy has an Honours Degree in Languages from (now) B.Ed;
Dip.SEN; Dip.Psych; B.Sc (Hons); M.Sc; C. Psychol. Chartered Educational Psychologist Patsy has
an Honours Degree in Psychology from the Open University and a Masters Degree
in Educational Psychology from the Patsy
has worked as a Local Authority Educational Psychologist and has held
specialisms in Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties and Severe Learning
Difficulties. Patsy has also worked as a Child Psychologist in the NHS,
offering assessment, consultation and therapeutic services to children and
families. She has also undertaken additional training in Clinical Child
Neuropsychology and is a Dynamic Assessment Practitioner. Patsy is
experienced in providing In Service Training to parents, teachers and other
professional groups and has lectured on child development on postgraduate
training courses. She has published
research in the field of children with Emotional and Behavioural
Difficulties. She is now working as an
Independent Consultant Educational Psychologist, working with both children
and adults. Jasmine MSc (Ed. Psych), MA. Ed., B.Ed
(Hons), Dip.Ed., Dip.Psy, C. Psychol Chartered Educational Psychologist Jasmine Jasmine later developed an interest in Adult Education
and Lifelong Learning and therefore completed a Master of Arts degree in
Adult Education at She has
since worked as an Educational Psychologist in a Local Education Authority
(LEA) and more recently followed her interest in Specific Learning
Difficulties, working as a Chartered Educational Psychologist, associated
with the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre and also independently. To further her professional development,
Jasmine is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Educational Psychology at University
College London. B.Sc., M.Sc., OCR Dip SpLD Independent Speech and Language Therapist Sarah is a state registered speech and language
therapist with registered membership of the Royal College of Speech and
Language Therapists. Sarah is also a
member of the Association for Speech and Language Therapists in Independent
Practice. Sarah qualified as a speech and language
therapist from the Since qualifying in 1988, Sarah has worked
exclusively in a range of nursery and school settings including mainstream
and special schools, language and communication opportunity bases. She has specialist experience in the areas
of developmental speech and language disorders, social communication
difficulties and dyslexia up to Key Stage 3 of the National Curriculum. Sarah’s particular interest is working
within a collaborative framework to provide children with spoken and/ or
written language difficulties wider access to the whole curriculum. She is co-author of “Listening and
Understanding in Primary Schools” and “Thinking and Speaking in Primary
Schools” published by Barrington Stoke in collaboration with the Helen Arkell
Dyslexia Centre. MSc(Ed Psych) Dip.Psych,
Dip.RSA(SpLD) BEd, AMBDA, C Psychol Educational Psychologist Veronica
Patterson is a chartered educational psychologist who is also qualified in
teaching dyslexic learners of all ages.
Veronica has worked as an independent consulting psychologist for the
centre, and privately, for several years.
She meets with children, teenagers, students and adults to consult on
their concerns, which are causing barriers to learning or studying. She has a
master’s degree in educational psychology.
Previously as a local education authority educational psychologist,
Veronica worked in Surrey, Swindon and Veronica
also has many years’ experience in teaching pupils with specific learning
difficulties of all ages, as well as mainstream teaching experience. She has held posts as department and
pastoral head in secondary schools.
She has run accredited courses in specific learning difficulties
(dyslexia) and in language and communication, for teachers and teaching
assistants to work at primary, secondary and adult level. Veronica is especially aware of the need to
identify specific learning difficulties at an early stage and provide
appropriate support. She has worked
with parents and given multidisciplinary training in language and literacy to
early years practitioners and workers from education, heath and social
services, with the express intention of ensuring early intervention and
forestalling later problems. She
has a special interest in the link between language and literacy. DipCST,
Reg MRCSLT, Cert Ad Ed Independent Speech and Language Therapist Jeanne Reilly
works part time for the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre. She is a tutor and
lecturer on courses run by the centre as well as carrying out speech and
language assessments and specialist teachers assessments. She
qualified as a speech therapist from the Jeanne’s
main interest is children under five and primary age children who have
speech, language and literacy difficulties. She has gained her experience at She
writes professional articles and books, and talks at conferences to teachers,
and to parent groups. She has an interest in children’s books and is language
advisor to the publishing company Barrington Stoke. Tutor BA Hons
English, Primary PGCE, Dip.RSA(SpLD), AMDA Julia is an Educational
Consultant specialising in SpLD. She was Education Director of Barrington
Stoke Publishers, having previously been their Education Editor, publishing
resources for children with SpLD and CPD material for teachers Previously, Julia was Deputy Head of Julia has experience in
Neuro-linguistic Programming, Instrumental Enrichment, Neuro-developmental
delay, ARROW and Phono-Graphix. She lectures widely on “Motivating Reluctant
Readers”, “The Presentation of Written Materials” and has been part of the
CPD team for the new Science Learning Centres. Julia also reviews SEN books
and writes articles for various publications BSc, OCR Dip SpLD Specialist Teacher Norlina works part-time for the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre as a
specialist teacher and assistant tutor on the OCR Certificate course. She has
a degree in Computer Science, and had a successful career for 15 years in the
IT profession through Norlina developed an interest in specialist teaching after her own son
was diagnosed with Dyslexia. She has first hand experience as a parent,
teaching and developing learning strategies to promote access to the curriculum.
She is also well versed dealing with the nuances of specific learning
difficulties, and has a particular interest in multidisciplinary
training in language and literacy throughout childhood development. BA RSA Dip SpLD Specialist Teacher Susan
Stathers has been associated with Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre since 1980. She
completed a degree in Psychology from She
completed the OCR Diploma in Specific Learning Difficulties in 1995 and became a tutor at HADC, tutoring mainly on
the OCR Courses at Certificate and Diploma level, but was also been involved
in Clansa, the training course for classroom assistants. She has run several summer schools for
HADC for children between the ages of 8 –12.
She currently does Teacher’s assessments. Whilst
living in the Middle East she was a governor of the She has
been Project Manager for the OCR Diploma in SpLD Head of Training Beverley
Williams is Head of Training at the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre. Her
roles include managing professional training courses, tutoring on the OCR
teacher training courses, presenting In-service sessions in schools, colleges
and local dyslexia associations. She
also carries out specialist tuition, literacy/numeracy specialist assessments
and professional consultations.
Beverley has worked for the Helen Arkell Centre since 1998. Beverley
has presented workshops at conferences across the country and supported
learners with specific learning difficulties at primary, secondary and adult
level. Beverley
has a particular interest in dyscalculia and how other SpLDs impact upon
mathematical skills. Beverley
manages the Helen Arkell Specialist Assessors (HASA) service and ensures
quality control of the reports. She
also provides continuing professional development for the HASAs. She has
helped to design the current course for primary classroom assistants at Level
3 and has designed a Level 3 module for training in the Dip COT SROT Occupational Therapist Louise
Williams is a state registered Occupational Therapist. She holds a diploma from the Since
qualifying in 1984, she has worked in adult neurology and, for over 10 years,
in paediatrics. She has a particular
interest in children with specific learning difficulties and the implications
of these difficulties on learning. She
has worked in special education where she worked closely with teaching and
care staff, and with other therapists. Louise
has had extensive training in Neurodevelopmental therapy, and Sensory
Integration therapy. She
assesses and treats children with motor, perceptual and sensory dysfunction. Dip RSA Head of Education Senior Tutor/Specialist Teacher Yvonne
Whitestone is Head of Education at the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre. Her roles include managing the tuition
department, tutoring on the OCR teacher training courses, presenting In-service
sessions in schools, colleges and local dyslexia associations. She provides continual professional
development for specialist teachers. Yvonne
has run touch typing classes for all ages and has also presented several
workshops at conferences across the country.
She carries out specialist tuition and designs individualised
resources to support dyslexic learners.
She has been looking at the development of the Inclusion Development
Programme (IDP) materials and promoting the use of the accompanying materials
in schools. Yvonne
worked supporting learners with specific learning difficulties in primary
school before studying for the RSA Diploma in Teaching Learners with Specific
Learning Difficulties. She has worked
for the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Centre since 1993 and has taught dyslexic
learners at primary, secondary and adult level. She has been involved in a project in
conjunction with Xtraordinary People, assessing and teaching young dyslexics
in an Inner London school. She has
recently run a project in a local school, teaching dyslexic learners and
training classroom assistants to support dyslexic learners more
effectively. This work includes research
into the efficacy of ICT for children with severe SpLDs. She has
helped to design the current course for classroom assistants at Level 3 and
has also designed a module for training in the |