London Regional Conference: Responding to complexity

Margaret Mulholland is an inclusion consultant, policy specialist and regular commentator in the education press. Margaret is an Honorary Norham Fellow at the Department of Education, University of Oxford. She is currently, SEND policy lead for the Association of School & College Leaders, External Adviser on SEND for Jersey and is a monthly columnist for the TES. Margaret works with schools and trusts across the UK to support inclusive school improvement. 

Sarah Cottinghatt is the Research Lead at Steplab. She is a former English teacher and experienced teacher educator. She is involved in research on effective professional development and cognitive science in schools and supports schools with their teacher training, with particular expertise in coaching. Sarah is the author of Ausubel's Meaningful Learning in Action, and currently co-authoring the book, Coaching for Adaptive Expertise. 

Warda Farah is a Social Entrepreneur, Speech and Language Therapist, Writer, and Lecturer whose work bridges Neurodiversity Research and Racial Justice. She founded Language Waves to work in a culturally, linguistically, and neurodiversity affirming manner, and collaborates with teachers and schools to rethink received wisdom and developmental theories shaping education in the UK. She is the editor of Language, Place, and the Body in Childhood Literacies: Theory, Practice, and Social Justice.