Tracy Packiam Alloway, PhD

Do you have students who are slow and struggling in their lessons? Do wonder why despite trying everything, they don’t seem to make progress? Would you like to find out more on how to support your students using the cutting-edge science of working memory?

Find out how a training day will give your staff the tools to unlock each student’s potential.

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COMMENTS

Outstanding! I have been going to this conference for years and your presentation made it worthwhile! -SARAH, Independent School Councils, London

I would like to thank you for your very informative and entertaining talk at the Science Festival. I find your work fascinating. May I just say that I was particularly taken with the way you presented your material and in awe of your ability to take questions throughout without losing your train of thought. It was one of the best presentations I have ever attended.  -ELAINE, Edinburgh Science Festival

Fantastic lecture, she was enthusiastic and knowledgeable and made it so understandable. -JOE, Manchester Science Festival

Your research is a light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you! -SANDIE, South Africa

I have a child who has such difficulties. Her teachers keep trying to tell me that she has ADHD but I know she doesn’t. When I heard you speak today, I cried. Everything you said describes my daughter. Finally someone understands. -LISA, Mother & Teacher, Florida

Thank you so much for the inset on Monday it was extremely interesting and informative and the staff felt they had learnt a great deal. A great success! -DIANNE, Prospect House, London

Thank you so much for a very exciting and informative training session. You really were excellent and there has been a lot of talk about working memory this week in the staff room. -FAY, Shiplake College

Your work has given my daughter a second chance, thank you! -KATHERINE, Singapore

I would just like to thank you for running the workshops at our conference and helping towards making it such a success. The feedback from the delegates has been very positive and we were very pleased with the overall outcome. I also personally thoroughly enjoyed your workshop and found it very useful and helpful. -MICHELE, Dyspraxia Foundation, UK

The training day you did for us was excellent and we have been implementing it as a service. -TONY, Southwark Council Children’s Services

These sessions gave me real hope. I came to this conference so frustrated. I have some 5th graders who are really struggling. I didn’t understand why I would have to keep repeating and repeating myself and still they couldn’t follow the instructions. Now there is something I can do to help these students. -DEBBIE, Florida

I enjoyed Dr. Alloway’s presentation. Her knowledge is incredible. There was not one question she couldn’t answer! -JOANN, Learning Disability Teacher, Florida

Your work has struck a chord with many people. The coverage locally means that the rest of the staff and parents now more about working memory than if I’d led a dozen staff meetings on the subject. -CHRIS, Headteacher, Lakes Primary School

A sellout! Brilliant, just brilliant. -SHEILA, British Science Festival

Dr. Alloway is excellent! Every educator should hear her. -CHRIS, Massachusetts

I’ve been to six seminars and yours is the best one! It is so nice to hear research in this area. -JIM, Annual SEN conference, London

Thank you for providing such a wide range of information on this subject. I will be better able to service my students and provide this valuable information to their classroom teachers as well. -LEE, Educator

It is the best course I’ve been on! -SANDRA, Welsh Dyslexia Project

Dr. Alloway is very knowledgeable on the topic and very articulate. I wish I had her to myself for an hour or two! -VICKI, Elementary school, Seattle

I especially was impressed, helped and challenged by Dr. Alloway. -BILL, Teacher, Washington

Thanks again for the conference. It gave us renewed enthusiasm for our work in that field. -STAFF, Milton Keynes Council

As always I’m very impressed by your work and have formed a lot of my ideas based on your research. -JOHN, New Zealand

As a godfather of a mildly autistic godson who started kindergarten this year, I HUGELY APPRECIATE the work you are doing. Thank you! -DAVID, USA

Thanks so much for this great presentation that you gave the Wandsworth Sp&LTs on 18th March. -ELLIE, Speech & Language Therapist, London

Dr. Alloway was extremely good at explaining the information. She was helpful in answering questions. Great seminars! -TEACHER, Ohio

Many thanks once again for the most informative and enjoyable presentation you gave at St John’s Hospital, Livingston. I attended with two of my teaching staff and a speech and language therapist, and we all felt it had been a most worthwhile day. -MAY, Head Teacher, Scotland

As a student myself, it [the talk] relates to my attitude to learning. I know how to help improve my grades. -FIONA, Manchester Science Festival

On behalf of the Malaysia Mental Literacy Movement and Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, we thank you sincerely for the interesting talk on 4 July. -LOW, Malaysia

My colleagues and I very much enjoyed your lecture on working memory at the Norwich special needs conference. -SARAH, Speech and Language Therapist

I am a secondary teacher in a school in Kota Damansara and gained so much from your talk. Thank you. -ANNE, Malaysia

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TOPICS

Each school is unique and I am happy to tailor an INSET or CPD day to meet your school’s needs. Here are some of the topics I cover.

1. Working Memory: A Working Definition

What is working memory? Is it different from short-term memory? How can we move information from our working memory to our long-term memory? These are some of issues that I will address in this session. I will also discuss different parts of the brain associated with working memory development and look at how nutrition and exercise can impact working memory.

2. The New IQ: Working Memory and Learning

Not everyone’s working memory is equal. This session demonstrates how the size of our working memory, whether small or large, can make the difference between an A and an F. IQ used to be associated with grades, but important scientific evidence confirms that working memory is far more important. We show how a child’s working memory skills at the start of their academic career (5 years old) predicts their grades six years later. We also learn how working memory skills are not linked to social or financial background. Working memory levels the playing field.

3. What to Expect When You Are Teaching: Working Memory & Learning Disorders

Working memory has important consequences for learning in groups with Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Specific Language Impairments, Development Coordination Disorder (motor disorder), and ADHD/ADD. We will discuss how different interventions can support working memory in these groups to support successful learning.

4. What’s Your WMQ? Testing Working Memory

Early identification of working memory is crucial to facilitate success in the classroom and beyond. In this session, I will demonstrate computerized tools developed for educators to identify working memory deficits early on. As part of a UK-government funded initiative, over 4000 children have been screened for working memory impairments and supported with targeted strategies to boost learning.

5. Working Memory Workout: Training & Supporting Working Memory

Scientific evidence shows that cognitive training will improve your child’s working memory. I will demonstrate an interactive training program based on cutting-edge science that is currently used in schools across the UK, US and Australia. We will also look at effective targeted strategies to help a student child maximize the working memory ‘space’.