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- Professor of Educational and Child Psychology
- Clinical, Edu & Hlth Psychology
- Div of Psychology & Lang Sciences
- Faculty of Brain Sciences
Sandra completed a first degree in psychology and post-graduate teacher training in London, and continued to work in inner city primary schools and special provision as a teacher between 1981 and 1985. Sandra finished her educational psychology training at UCL in 1986.
She has worked as an educational psychologist in four different local authorities in the South East of England. Sandra has been involved with the training of educational psychologists at UCL since 1990, first as an Academic and Professional Tutor on the MSc programme, between 2005 and 2015 as Co-Director of the Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology and since 2015 as Director of the Educational Psychology Group. She is also Co-Director of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) for
Children and Young People programme (Certificate, Diploma and MSc
courses are offered).
Sandra was awarded the Provosts Teaching Award in 2009 in recognition of her achievements at UCL and is a Fellow of both the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is past Chair of the British Psychological Society Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP) and is the current Chair of the South East, East and London (SEEL) Consortium of universities and regional local authority placement providers.
Sandra's academic research and publications focus on early literacy
development and in particular, the factors at home and school that
influence children's attainment and progress in writing. She has been
involved in the development of materials to support writing assessment
and intervention for children experiencing difficulties. Sandra is also
interested in teaching and learning at all levels of the educational
system and has led national projects to develop learning resources for
professional training programmes in educational psychology. She has an
enduring interest in child and adolescent mental health and
interventions to promote psychological well-being, such as cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT).
A sample list of seminars and workshops taught on the UCL Doctorate in Educational and Child Psychology professional training course is presented below. All utilise a range of teaching methods (lecture, learner activities, audio-visual materials) and are evaluated by students and colleagues.
Literacy: Assessment & Intervention;
Mainstream Schools, Special Needs & EP Practice;
Consultation: Action Planning;
Working with Parents (including Portage and Webster-Stratton Parent Training)
Memory: Assessment & Intervention
Psychometric test interpretation and use
Play-Based Assessment
Functional Assessment
Working with Children in the Early Years (including pre-school/play based assessment)
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People
Precision Teaching
Evaluation
In 2009 Sandra received the Provosts’ Teaching Award, UCL
01-SEP-2015 | Director, Educational Psychology Group | Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology | UCL, United Kingdom |
2003 | Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy | University College London | |
2000 | Doctor of Philosophy | Open University | |
1986 | Master of Science | University College London | |
1981 | Postgraduate Certificate in Education | Avery Hill College | |
1980 | Bachelor of Science (Honours) | City, University of London |