About Me
Hello, my name is Rachel, I build on your child’s strengths to foster resiliency, well-being and academic success.
I help children and young people with academics and well-being challenges by building resilience and using effective learning strategies through a hub of services, information and resources.
I have a particular interest in student well-being and self-esteem, exam access arrangements, Down’s Syndrome, and neurodiversity including dyslexia, language & literacy, autism and ADHD.
Inspired by my experiences growing up with a brother with Down’s Syndrome, I am motivated and determined to make schools and society more inclusive.
My qualifications
I have a MEd in Social, Emotional, and Behavioural Difficulties and an MSc in Psychology.
I am qualified in educational testing and individual access arrangements assessment, and on the Register of Qualifications in Test Use (RQTU) with the British Psychological Society (BPS).
I also have additional qualifications in Dyslexia, Leadership, Interventions, Neurodevelopmental Approaches to Learning Difficulties, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
I am a member of both the British Psychological Society and the American Psychological Association
My Continuous professional development
A Learning and Behavioural Specialist and a lifelong learner.
I currently have main roles:
- providing individual support to students,
- carrying out educational testing for support in class and exam access and accommodations,
- workshops to schools on inclusive education,
- teaching English about accessibility, inclusivity and history of disbility rights in anglophone countries to master’s students at INSEI (L’Institut National Supérieur de l’Education Inclusive,
- since July 2025, President of the non-profit assocation SPRINT France, a group of professionals supporting English-speaking families with children who have any difficulties or disabilities to be fully included in French life.
