Professor Carla Hannaford is an educator and biologist with more than 30 years teaching experience; she has worked in primary and secondary schools with special emphasis on young people with learning and behavioural difficulties. 

She is a Professor of biology and is recognised internationally for her research on the brain/body connection in learning.  She was chosen as guest educator with the AHP – Soviet Project, has been recognised by Who’s Who in American Education, received honorary degrees from several Universities and was honoured by the American Association for the Advancements of Sciences for outstanding teaching in her field.

Her books, Smart Moves, Why Learning is Not All In Your Head (2nd edition), and The Dominance Factor, How Knowing Your Dominant Eye, Ear, Brain, Hand & Foot Can Improve Your Learning, are published in 13 languages, and her book, Awakening The Child Heart, Handbook for Global Parenting is published in 6 languages.  All have won international acclaim.  Carla has been an adviser to 32 countries.