Lorna is a developmental psychologist, with interests in the development of language, literacy and numeracy, early years education and school readiness. Lorna joined the Psychology team at York St John in 2012; previously she worked at the University of York as a Project Co-ordinator on the Wellcome Language and Reading Project, a longitudinal family-risk study investigating the overlap between developmental dyslexia and specific language impairment. Her PhD, supervised by Professor Maggie Snowling and Dr Emma Hayiou-Thomas, formed part of this study (Thesis title: The role of the home literacy environment in the early literacy development of children at family-risk of dyslexia). Before starting her career in psychology, Lorna taught English as a Foreign Language and music to children and adults.