Sue Soan trained as a teacher in Portsmouth, specialising in history and mathematics. She has since taught in east Sussex, Shropshire and Kent, first as a class teacher and subject coordinator and for the last decade as a SENCO in mainstream schools, a MLD Unit and specialist EBD school. At Canterbury Christ Church University, Sue is a Senior Lecturer in Enabling Learning, Inclusion and Institutional Development. She is particularly interested in social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, gifted and talented children and children's motor development. Sue has been part of a team carrying out research into behaviour for learning for the TDA.