Dr. Gavin Reid is fully registered psychologist based in West Vancouver, Canada. He is co-director of the Reading Lab in West Vancouver, Canada where he carries out full Psych-Ed assessments. He is also currently involved in a number of consultancy and writing projects.

Dr. Reid is an international consultant, psychologist and author. He was formerly a classroom teacher (10 years) and university lecturer (16 years).  He was a senior lecturer at Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh from 1991-2007 where he wrote the first Masters course in Dyslexia in the UK in 1993.

He has written 40 books in the field of dyslexia, learning skills and motivation.  His books have been translated into seven languages and some are in third, fourth and fifth editions.

Dr. Reid is involved in voluntary work for two charities –  he is Chair of the British Dyslexia Association Accreditation Board and a Trustee of the Helen Arkell Dyslexia Charity. 

He is also a regular speaker at the International Dyslexia Association conferences in the USA and has held seminars and courses in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Dubai, Kuwait, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia, Hungary, Cyprus, Greece, Singapore, UK and Canada.

He has been involved in a number of research programmes and consultancies focussing on dyslexia, learning skills, school evaluations, teacher education and assessment.  He has sat on government panels on assessment and dyslexia and has been engaged on United Nations projects as a learning differences expert.  He has appeared on a number of radio and television programmes on dyslexia worldwide including Dubai, Kuwait, Australia, UK, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, New Zealand and Singapore. 

Dr. Reid has lectured to thousands of professionals and parents in over 70 countries.  He is passionate about helping to achieve equal opportunities for those with dyslexia and other learning differences and is a strong advocate of the strengths and positive aspects of dyslexia and learning differences. His web site is www.drgavinreid.com  and www.thereadinglab.ca – contact Gavin by e mail gavinreid66@gmail.com

Jenn Clark is a certified Orton Gillingham/Structured Literacy Interventionist and co- founder of The Reading Lab Inc. in West Vancouver, Canada. With over 10 years  of experience in the field of Dyslexia, Jenn delivers 1:1 lessons as well as providing mentoring and training for teacher candidates.  A certified primary school teacher as well as an ELL instructor, Jenn focuses her practice on primary and secondary students and offers support and workshops for parents.

Certified in the UK for ‘level B’ assessments, Jenn brings her knowledge of assessment to her support of children and parents. Her publications include: Just Read! A teacher and student manual for reading instruction (Pavilion, 2021), Dyslexia Tools: A Workbook for Teens  (Rockridge Press, 2022), Practical Activities for Parents of Dyslexic Kids and Teens (Jessica Kingsley, 2022), as well the forthcoming Write This Way!  Activities and lessons for reluctant, Young Writers (Bloomsbury, 2023).  As well as providing workshops and courses, such as master classes in Effective Studying (Positive Dyslexia 2022), Teaching Reading (Bridging Talents, Singapore, 2022), Dyslexia Toolbox Course (Send UK- 2022), and Structured Vocabulary (Get into Neurodiversity Australia, 2023).

Jenn is passionate and dedicated in her support of students and parents and strives to promote a positive approach to dyslexia