Supporting dyslexic pupils in the classroom

Louise Selby is a dyslexia specialist – advising, training and supporting schools across the UK and beyond. Her passion is in enabling, equipping, and empowering staff in schools at grass roots level to meet learners’ needs. She also assesses for SpLD/dyslexia and exam access arrangements.

Originally a teacher with an MA in English Literature, Louise also has a Level 7 specialist qualification in teaching and assessing learners with specific learning difficulties (SpLD) and dyslexia. She has worked in a number of SEND settings, most recently for Hertfordshire Local Authority in the advisory service for Specific Learning Difficulties, where she supported schools for 11 years. Before this, Louise was a class teacher and SENCO in the primary sector and also a teacher of learners with English as an Additional Language. She has extensive experience in training teaching assistants, teachers and SENCOs in meeting needs of learners with SpLD in schools. Louise’s first book, Morph Mastery, a Morphological Intervention for Reading, Spelling and Vocabulary, was published by Speechmark (Routledge) in 2021. Her next two books, “All About Dyslexia” (primary & secondary) will be published later in 2024 with the same publisher.