Dr Lindsay Peer CBE C.Pyschol, C.Sci, AFBPsS, FRSA, FIARLD, AMBDA

She is a Patron of GroOops,

GroOops is charity dedicated to creating an emotionally healthy dyslexia aware world.

Lindsay has lectured extensively as keynote speaker internationally since the late 1980s and advises governments, trade unions, policy makers, lawyers, adults, schools, psychologists, therapists and parents. She delivers school INSETs.

Lindsay is an Associate Fellow and Chartered Scientist of the British Psychological Society and a Fellow of both the International Academy of Research in Learning Disabilities and the Royal Society of Arts. She is a member of the Association of Child Psychologists in Private Practice and of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH). She is registered to practice with the Health and Care Professions Council.

Lindsay held the posts of Education Director and Deputy CEO of the BDA until 2003. She received a Science Council 2017 Chartered Scientist CPD Award Commendation. Lindsay has many years’ experience as a teacher, teacher trainer and SENCo.

She has published a considerable body of material both theoretical and practical, and published the first ground-breaking book linking ‘Glue Ear’ with Dyslexia. She has experience working with dyslexic bi/multilingual learners and those learning English as an additional language.

Lindsay has a private practice using offices in Watford assessing children, students and adults facing challenges in learning and at work. She is authorised to assess for public examinations.

Currently:

Registered with Health and Care Professions Council
Listed in Register of Chartered Psychologists
Listed in UK Register of Expert Witnesses
Listed as Expert Witness in Directory of Chartered Psychologists (BPS)
Listed in BPS Register of Qualifications in Test Use (RQTU)
Member: Association of Child Psychologists in Private Practice (AChiPPP)
Member: The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)
Patron of GroOops – a charity dedicated to creating an emotionally healthy dyslexia aware world
International Keynote Speaker, Trainer, Author and Advisor
Member: Editorial Board: Dyslexia: An International Journal of Research and Practice
Member: Accreditation Board of British Dyslexia Association
Experience of over 1000 educational psychology reports

Formerly:

Education Director, Deputy CEO British Dyslexia Association
Guest Lecturer to University of Uppsala Department of Psychology over a period of nine years
Teacher: 22 years with children and adults in Mainstream and Special Needs Education
Teacher Trainer - Dyslexia courses
Teacher: Hospital school for children with SLD and MLD.
Educational Psychology Researcher – Associate – Registered with BPS from 1991
Member: DfES National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy Group
Senior Consultant to the National College for School Leadership: Project: Leading for Inclusion 2001 – 2002
Member: Teacher Training Agency Advisory Group
Member: Qualifications and Curriculum Authority Advisory Group
Member: Special Educational Needs Training Consortium
Member: Council for Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Children
Member: DfEE National Working Party in Higher Education
Member: National Literacy Association

Educational and Chartered Psychologist, Speaker, Author and Expert Witness, Lindsay is widely recognised as an expert in the range of specific learning difficulties, SEN and mainstream education.

In 2011 she was awarded the Outstanding Lifetime Academic Achievement Award by the British Dyslexia Association (BDA).

In 2002 she was appointed CBE for services to Education & Dyslexia.