Kelly is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Education at Manchester Institute of Education, teaching on the BSc Educational Psychology programme. Her research focuses on reading and language development and disorders, and she has a particular interest in the development and evaluation of educational interventions. Her research work includes experimental studies of language and reading, large scale longitudinal studies of children’s cognitive development, and Randomized Controlled Trials of educational interventions. Kelly is lead author on 3 evidence-based educational intervention programmes: Reading and Language Intervention (RLI) for children with Down syndrome, Parents and Children Together (PACT), a parent delivered early language teaching programme, and PACT-DS which is an adaptation of PACT for children with Down syndrome. Kelly is co-convenor of the Education and Psychology research group at Manchester Institute of Education.