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Direct linkRamsay, Janet; Cowell, Naina; Gersch, Irvine – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2018
This exploratory study adopted a mixed methods methodology, a critical realist ontological stance and a constructionist epistemological position to consider how special educational needs coordinators and pastoral managers in mainstream high schools understand the relationship between problem behaviours and language development. Semi-structured…
Descriptors: Correlation, Language Impairments, Behavior Problems, Educational Psychology
Connolly, Micaela; Gersch, Irvine – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2016
Starting school is a critical event in a child's life and successful transitions to school have been posited as key indicators for future academic achievement. For children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the process is complicated by difficulties in social communication and social interaction. Parents of children with ASD can experience…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Case Studies, Elementary School Students, Autism
Connolly, Micaela; Gersch, Irvine – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2013
Parents of children waiting for a diagnostic assessment for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) experience distress and anxiety while they wait. The present small-scale study took place in a multi-disciplinary therapeutic service in Ireland for children with ASD and was run between April and September 2011. The first author, an educational psychologist…
Descriptors: Parents, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Clinical Diagnosis
Gersch, Irvine – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2009
Recent Annual Courses of the Association of Educational Psychologists (2006-2008) have each focused on aspects of positive psychology either in keynote speeches or in workshops. This paper argues that whilst educational psychologists (EPs) are right to be positive about the future, the profession is currently undergoing a period of rapid change…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Foreign Countries, Intervention
Gersch, Irvine; Dowling, Fiona; Panagiotaki, Georgia; Potton, Anita – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2008
Educational psychologists (EPs) have for many years been developing techniques for listening to children. The aim of the present research was to investigate ways of listening to the "spiritual" views of children in order to develop questions that educational psychologists might use as part of the assessment repertoire. The study explored…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Psychologists, Religious Factors, Philosophy
Gersch, Irvine; Teuma, Anna – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2005
This paper describes an exploratory pilot research project, aimed at investigating occupational stress amongst educational psychologists. It investigated three areas: educational psychologists' perceptions of their own stress levels, sources of stress and possible work conditions, which may reduce stress levels. Data was collected via…
Descriptors: Psychologists, Educational Psychology
