New Level Education

About Me

Dr Bernardine King, CEO, New Level Education

Author

'The Key to Dyslexia? Similarities between Acquired Dyslexia, Developmental Dyslexia and Early Reading' (2009). Publisher: VDM Verlag. Available on Amazon books, ISBN-10: 9783639141061

Professional Awards and Professional Association Membership

Outstanding Teacher of Key Stage 3 Science and of A Level Psychology by Ofsted.
Member of the British Psychological Society since 1990.

Guest Peer Reviewer for these International Academic Journals

Dyslexia: An International Journal of Research and Practice
Behavioral and Brain Functions
Journal of Research in Reading
International Journal of Audiology
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
Journal of Special Education and Rehabilitation

Professional Experience:

Test Developer:

Ten years' experience of designing and developing paper and computer tests for primary and secondary schools in reading, spelling, verbal and non-verbal reasoning.
Lecturing at Durham University School of Education: MSc in Educational Assessment and in the undergraduate course Learning in the Early Years.
Advisor and researcher in dyslexia and reading, including independent evaluation of literacy interventions by outside agencies.

Associate Lecturerships in Psychology:

The Open University, Anglia Ruskin University.

Research Assistant:

Word finding difficulties in developmental dyslexia; ERR (Early Reading Research) for Essex Special Education and Psychology Service, assessing outcomes of the ERR phonics program on Years 1,2,3 and 6.

School Teacher:

Head and founder of the Psychology Dept. at Helena Romanes Comprehensive. Teacher of A Level Psychology and Key Stage 3 Science, Sixth Form tutor and Year 7 tutor.
Teacher in charge of staff appraisal.

Personal tutor & Science tutor on PGCE, School Centred Initial Teacher Training Course for the Mid-Essex Consortium.

Education

PhD in Psychology: 'Similarities between Acquired Dyslexia, Developmental Dyslexia and Early Reading', Open University.
MSc with Distinction: Cognitive Neuropsychology, Essex University.
BA Psychology (First Class Hons), Open University.
BSc (Hons) Zoology, Exeter University.
Post Graduate Certificate of Education.

Selected Research Papers

Articles in International Peer-Reviewed Journals:

King, B., Wood, C., & Faulkner, D. (2008). Sensitivity to visual and auditory stimuli in children with developmental dyslexia. Dyslexia: an International Journal of Research and Practice, 14, 116-141.
King, B., Wood, C., Faulkner, D. (2007). Sensitivity to auditory and visual stimuli during early reading development. Journal of Research in Reading, 30, 443-453.

Article in Specialist Practitioner Journal:

King, B., Wood, C., & Rigg, D. (2009). Do dyslexic children's problems with the ends of words suggest that phonics should be taught in the context of real words? Dyslexia Review, 20, 10-15.

Selected Conference Papers:

King, B. (2014). Contrasting cognitive styles associated with dyslexia. Interactive paper presented at the British Dyslexia Association International Conference, Guildford, UK.
King, B. (2013). Phonological and visual differences in children with dyslexia and two differing cognitive profiles. Interactive paper presented at the European Dyslexia Conference, Vaxjo, Sweden.
King, B (2010). Similarities in the temporal processing characteristics of acquired dyslexia & developmental dyslexia and the prospects for an effective computerised intervention. Research paper at the 1st Annual World Congress of NeuroTalk, Singapore.
King, B. (2010). Catering for dyslexia in the classroom. Invited speaker at the Council of British International Schools Conference, Prague, the Czech Republic.
King, B. (2009). Overview of entrance tests. Keynote address to the Grammar School Headteachers Association, London, UK.
King, B. (2008) What can acquired dyslexia tell us about developmental dyslexia and typical reading? Research paper at the 25th Anniversary Conference of the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University, UK.
King, B., Wood, C., Faulkner, D. (2008). Similarities between acquired dyslexia, developmental dyslexia and early reading development. Research paper at the British Dyslexia Association International Conference, Harrogate, UK.
King, B., Wood, C., Faulkner, D. (2004). Does developmental dyslexia arise from a failure to temporally reorganise modalities during an early stage of reading development? Interactive paper presented at The Eleventh Annual Meeting of The Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
King, B., & Wood, C. (2003). Evidence for the existence of the Partial Alphabetic Phase in Early Reading. Poster presented at The British Psychological Society Developmental Section Annual Conference. Coventry, UK.