Lynn Langlands MEd
Lynn graduated from Manchester University as a Teacher of the Deaf, having been awarded the Ewing Prize for Teaching Practice. She went on to teach in a mainstream primary school, and became the Head of a Hearing Impaired Unit in London.
As part of her early career she became a Hearing Therapist, working in the ENT Department at the John Radcliffe Infirmary in Oxford. This diagnostic work made Lynn increasingly aware of the more complex needs of many children with hearing impairment, so she went on to work in a school for children with significant learning difficulties. This increased her knowledge of a range of disabilities, syndromes and communication and learning needs in young children.
Her experience as a peripatetic teacher for hearing impaired children, co-ordinator of a unit offering 24 hr care for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder and as Head of a Primary and Secondary Hearing Support Facility enable her to understand the chalk-face practicalities of working within a mainstream inclusive environment.
Lynn was nominated for Teacher of the Year Award in 2000, and went on to work as the Co-ordinator for Deaf students at an FE college.
Her recent work has involved developing and implementing a Key Stage 3 curriculum differentiated to meet the needs of children with speech and language difficulties. She completed her research at Sussex University where she studied for her MEd.
It became increasingly evident from her research that the need to identify issues within the learning environment was of paramount importance if teachers were to enrich the lives of all the children in their care. This form of evaluation had to come from Pupil Voice - the views of children - and needed to be accessible to all. Lynn has spent the last 2 years developing ABCi to fulfil this need.
Lynnlanglands@abci.org.uk - 07821 497809 |
