Research groups
Research interests
- Autism
- Early Years
- Cultural influences
- Family support
- Implementing research into practice
Current research
Claire’s current research focuses on developing culturally responsive educational psychology practice, specifically within autistic children and their families in early years. This research is being conducted with a view to understand how educational psychologists can better serve diverse communities, and to ensure autistic children, young people and their families receive appropriate and respectful support in their early years.
This research investigates the experiences of educational psychologists current practice, and the experiences of parents and caregivers who have received involvement from an Educational Psychologist, with a focus to collaboratively produce a framework for future educational psychologists to work in a culturally responsive way when supporting families. Semi-structured interviews are used to investigate the experiences of both groups of participants, and reflective thematic analysis will then be used to identify themes in the participants responses. The themes will be used to construct a framework for future use.
Thesis title: Culturally Responsive Educational Psychology Practice in Early Years Autism
Supervisors: Dr Hanna Kovshoff, Professor Sarah Parsons
Date started: December 2022