Jane is an HCPC Registered Educational Psychologist with over 40 years of experience in Education, 30 of these years in Educational Psychology. She has extensive experience of delivering generic EP work via consultation and direct work with children and young people, working systemically as well as at individual client level. In addition to generic EP work, Jane has developed specialisms in Dynamic Assessment and in literacy acquisition and failure, including dyslexia/SpLD. Jane has also developed therapeutic skills for supporting SEMH needs using cognitive behaviour therapy, motivational interviewing and Drawing and Talking.

Jane is deputy programme lead and tutor for Real Training/Middlesex University MEd SEND programme. She is a member of STEC (SpLD Test Evaluation Committee) and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.

Jane is co-author (with Dr Christopher Arnold) of three Psychology textbooks: Psychology for Teaching Assistants, Teaching Learning and Psychology and Excluded from School: Complex Discourses and Psychological Perspectives. She is also co author (with Phil Bowen) of ENABLE-Plus, a programme for failing readers. This publication is listed in ‘What works for Children and Young People with Literacy Difficulties?’ (Sixth Edition, edited by Dr Gary Lavan).