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Educational Psychology Group People
Programme Directors
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Prof Sandra Dunsmuir Professor of Educational and Child Psychology; Director, UCL Educational Psychology Group; DECPsy Programme Director (BSc, PGCE, MSc, PhD, FBPsS, FHEA, C Psychol, HCPC Reg.) webpage Research and professional interests: Early language and literacy development / child mental health and well-being / cognitive behaviour therapy with children and young people / teaching and assessment in higher and professional education / consultation in educational psychology practice |
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Dr Jessica Dewey Research and professional interests: Metacognition / Teaching of Children's Thinking Skills / Video Interactive Guidance (VIG) / Development of Children's friendships and relationships at school |
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Dr Susan Birch Research and professional interests: Video Interaction Guidance / nurture groups / emotional health and well-being |
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Dr Phil Stringer Research and professional interests: dynamic assessment and mediated learning / the psychology of community / impact evaluation / ethical dilemmas / person centred approaches |
Core Academic, Professional, Research and Practice Team
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Dr Shama Ali DECPsy Academic & Professional Tutor, UCL, & Senior Educational Psychologist, Merton (BSc, PGCE, MSc, DEd Psy, AFBPsS, C Psychol, HCPC Reg.) webpage Research and professional interests: Delivering National Autistic Society programmes to the schools and families of young people on the autistic spectrum / Social Stories / Parenting styles and practices of different ethnic groups / Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) / Transition to secondary schools for children and young people with special educational needs |
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Stephanie Barclay Practice Tutor, DECPsy & Educational Psychologist, Enfield (BA, MA, PG Dip, HCPC Reg.) webpage Research and professional interests: |
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Dr Roger Booker Research and professional interests: Systems thinking / Leadership and change management / Epistemology / Child and Adolescent Mental Health |
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Dr Jessamine Chiappella Research and professional interests: Nurture Groups, ELSA, Bilingualism, Working Memory, Group Supervision, Video Interaction Guidance and Autism. |
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Dr Ravi Das Research and Professional interests: Memory reconsolidation / phenomenology and effects of illicit drug use / cognitive and mindfulness-based strategies in substance use disorders |
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Dr Louise Edgington Research and professional interests: Sensory needs in autism, experiences of cognitively able autistic individuals, CBT interventions in autism. Climate change and young people: eco-anxiety and priorities for education and resilience. |
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Dr Mat Fuller Research and professional interests: Refugee education, unaccompanied asylum-seeking minors, school based mental health support, resiliency building interventions, mindfulness, mentoring, school connectedness, executive functioning, attention, practice supervision and critical incident support. |
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Dr Emma Goldstone Research and professional interests: Parenting and early child development, the impact of culture, religion and spirituality on SEN and pupil voice. |
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Beverley Graham Research and professional interests: emotional intelligence / reducing the rate of exclusion in educational settings / cognition and learning in traumatised children |
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Dr Ben Hayes Research and professional interests: Phoneme level literacy interventions / Video Interaction Guidance / School staff wellbeing and stress / Trauma and critical incidents in schools |
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Jane Lang Professional and research interests: Education / EP supervision / objective structured professional assessments (OSPAs) in educational psychology training / qualitative research softwares and methodologies / video production in EP-related settings |
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Dr Gavin Morgan Research and professional interests: the application of solution-focused techniques in change-management / social and emotional development and supporting pupils and schools with social, emotional and mental health needs / social inclusion and pupil participation |
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Dr Sinead Neal Research and professional interests: important life transitions (e.g. primary to secondary school) / helping schools and professionals to increase their capacity to promote social, emotional and mental health outcomes / using strengths-based approaches to elicit children’s views and plan appropriate support |
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Prof K. V. Petrides Research and professional interests: Trait emotional intelligence / Psychometrics / Personality and individual differences |
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Dr Patrick Sullivan Research and professional interests include: the use of consultation and narrative approaches within EP practice / social and emotional development and supporting children and young people with social, emotional and mental health needs / personal construct psychology / alternative provisions and pupil referral units within the English education system. |
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Dr Gurdip Theara Research and professional interests: Community psychology / culturally inclusive practise / consultation / Autism / Mindfulness |
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Dr Simon Ungar Research and professional interests: visual impairment and blindness / working memory / parenting and early child development / evidence-based practice and critical evaluations of educational psychology practice / community psychology |
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Dr Rebecca Williamson |
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Dr Jen Wills Research and professional interests: parenting; early childhood development; sleep; therapeutic play; relational approaches; coaching. |
Emeritus Staff
| Prof. Norah Frederickson | n.frederickson@ucl.ac.uk |
