Professor of Developmental Psychology

Penny is a chartered educational psychologist and a professor of developmental psychology at City, University of London.  She has a particular interest in the effects of early experience and disadvantage on language, literacy and psychosocial development. 

Penny began her career as a qualified teacher before qualifying as an Educational Psychologist at the Tavistock Centre. She has worked clinically with, amongst others, ‘looked after’ children and young people, and hearing and deaf clients of all ages with concerns about literacy.  She has developed several published assessments of language and psychosocial skills including the Early Repetition Battery and the Early Social Perception