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Research interests
- Mental Health research including children and adolescents, personality disorders and the impact of trauma
- Children in the care system
- Demographic factors, such as sex, level of education and previous occupation, affecting cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's Disease
- Developmental - autism, looked after children
- Using robots with children with autism
Overview
Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Trial Manager with experience of working on NIHR funded research investigating interventions to help: improve the social skills of children with ASD (using Kaspar the robot); depression in adolescents; foster carers increase mentalization leading to better outcomes for the Foster carer, the children they care for and better relationships with these children.
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Projects
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RFP: The Reflective Fostering Programme – improving the wellbeing of looked after children through psychoeducation groups for foster carers: a randomised controlled trial
Wyatt, S. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI) & Irvine, K. (PI)
1/04/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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YEF-FI: Youth Endowment Foundation Family Interventions
Adler, J. R. (PI), McSweeney, T. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Littlechild, B. (CoI), Munro Wild, H. (CoI), Wyatt, S. (CoI), Sabbagh, M. (CoI), Twumasi, B. (CoI), Mengoni, S. (CoI), Irvine, K. (CoI) & Hall, N. (Researcher)
3/12/19 → 31/01/23
Project: Research
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Feasibility study of a RCT to investigate the effectiveness of a humanoid robot to support social skills development in children with ASD
Sharma, S. (PI), Thakur, D. (CoI), Irvine, K. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Robins, B. (CoI) & Mengoni, S. (Researcher)
1/12/16 → 30/11/18
Project: Research
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How inclusive and representative is research on foster caring in the UK? Findings from a scoping review
Stemp, R., Izzidien, S., Sharma, S., Irvine, K. & Midgley, N., 19 Mar 2025, In: Adoption and Fostering. 49, 1, p. 7-34 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Haven Schools: A pilot evaluation of a school-based programme to reduce anxiety in young people
Grohmann, D., Banham, C., Mengoni, S., Wellsted, D. & Irvine, K., 1 Mar 2025, In: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 25, 1, p. 1-6 6 p., e12873.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A qualitative evaluation of the Reflective Fostering Programme– examining foster and kinship carers’ experiences, practical application, and perceived impact
Katangwe-Chigamba, T., Murdoch, J., Irvine, K., Redfern, S. & Midgley, N., 19 Feb 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The lived experience of co-production: Reflective accounts from the InCLUDE project
Izzidien, S., Stemp, R., Akram, S., Ahmed, S., Rangel-Cristales, A., Irvine, K., Sharma, S. & Midgley, N., 30 Dec 2024, In: Research Involvement and Engagement. 10, 1, p. 1-15 15 p., 104 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Knowledge and Preferences of Parents/Carers of Autistic Children and Young People about Technology Devices
Kouroupa, A., Irvine, K., Mengoni, S. & Sharma, S., 21 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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