About Alix

My career has been centred around understanding children who learn differently. I have taught and supported children with a wide range of learning differences, including dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD, Executive Function difficulties and other Specific Learning Difficulties.

I have led and worked in Learning Support and SEND departments within three British prep schools in Kenya, which means I understand SEND from every side of the table. That breadth means I don’t simply identify a difficulty — I look at the whole learner: their strengths, challenges, environment and the practical support they need to move forward.

• Qualified Educational / Psychometric Assessor
• Dyslexia Therapist
• SEND teacher and Learning Support department lead
• Certified ADHD & Executive Function Coach — PTS Coaching / ADHD Parent Coach Academy
• Teacher Trainer
• Registered with Kenya’s Ministry of Health Counsellors & Psychologists Board (C&P)
• Registered assessor in the UK
• TSC registered and compliant

Long before I understood ADHD and Executive Function as I do today, my own family experienced the consequences of these differences being misunderstood. We navigated an extremely challenging educational journey — difficult school experiences, exclusions, family stress and significant emotional challenges. Eventually my son left mainstream education at 14 and I homeschooled him through his iGCSEs.

We learnt a great deal the hard way. I often think how different our experience could have been if I had understood then what I know now, and if we had had access to the right coaching and support. I know what it feels like to be both the professional sitting at the table and the parent sitting on the other side of it.

Parents and schools need to know not only what a learner finds difficult, but why they may be struggling, where their strengths lie and what can be done to help. My reports translate assessment findings into clear, practical recommendations that can actually be used by the learner, the family and the school.

And I understand what it feels like to be a parent trying to work out what your child needs and where to turn next. My aim is not simply to tell you what the difficulty is. It is to help you understand what comes next.

I am passionate about developing greater understanding of SEND, ADHD and neurodiversity across Kenya and the wider East African educational community. There is still significant work to be done, and I want Accelerate Learning Kenya to contribute to that change.

Alongside my work with individual families, I work with schools and educators to develop more knowledgeable, confident and inclusive approaches to neurodivergent learners. Ultimately, I want more children to grow up understanding that learning differently does not mean being less capable.