Hi! I'm Katie
An Oxford-educated English specialist, an Orton-Gillingham trained dyslexia and ADHD specialist, and a secondary school teacher with years of classroom experience, in particular with teens with ADHD and dyslexia.
But the credential that matters most to the parents and teens I work with? I'm also a neurodivergent parent of neurodivergent young adults.
I have sat exactly where you're sitting. I know what it feels like to love your child fiercely and still feel completely lost about how to help them.
I'm not here to tell you what you should be doing.
I'm here to walk beside you and help figure out what is right for your family.
My story
Undiagnosed ADHDer at school - I excelled in subjects that mattered to me
and bomed in those that didn't.
Is you teen pouring their heart and soul into finishing the 150th episode of Lost rather than reading the damn book they've been set for homework?
I've been there...
I work with all sorts of learners, including brilliant neurodivergent ones across and who think they're the only one not getting it.
Students with ADHD, dyslexia or simply brains that don't 'fit' in mainstream classrooms.
The ones who excel in class but underperform in exams. The ones who say things like:
'I felt a bit lost in English...now I actually understand what I'm doing." RP, year 10
"The learning is fun...it doesn't even feel like a lesson." RD, year 11
"I rediscovered that I actually like creative writing." KG, year 11
I’ve been a secondary English teacher, an ADHD and dyslexia specialist, and I’m also a parent who’s been through the system with my own children. I know the heartbreak of watching your brilliant kid lose confidence, and the stress of trying to figure out how to help — without pushing them away.
Welcome
