Northumbria-Newcastle Developmental Psychology Initiative (NNDPI)
We are a large group of individuals from the School of Psychology and Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University and Department of Psychology, Northumbria University.
Our aim is to promote teaching and research into developmental psychology and provide a supportive environment for postgraduate students working within this domain of psychology. Across members of the group we have a thriving community of professors, lecturers, researchers, research assistants and postgraduate students who are interested in typical and atypical child development. We are interested in diverse aspects of development, from child language and theory of mind in typical development to the impact of attending breakfast clubs and cognition in neuro-developmental disorders.
Across the group we hold funding from Industry and Research Councils and we work closely with a large number of local schools as well as local clinical services who are involved in our research programmes.
Members:
To find out about individual projects and research interests please follow the link for each member.
Greta Defeyter, Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon, Gill Case, Rachel Cole-Fletcher, Joni Holmes, Tascha Radford, Sarah King, Jacqui Rodgers, Sarah Malcolm, Colin Hamilton, Joanna Greer, Pamela Graham, Lorraine Howards, Marion Farmer, Michael Smith, Donna Berry, Nooraini Darus, Nicola Jones and Jessica Wang.
Announcements:
SRCD Montreal 2011
Many members of the groups are very pleased to have had their submissions accepted for the 2011 Society for Research in Child Development conference in Montreal (March 2011) and enjoyed being able to disseminate their work to an international audience.
Knowledge Exchange Conference
Dr Greta Defeyter and Mrs Pamela Graham recently organised an ESRC funded Knowledge Exchange Conference. The Conference was a huge success and attracted over 170 delegates. For further information please vist the Breakfast Club Summit website and facebook page or contact Greta Defeyter.
Teacher / Practioner Workshop
In June 2011 the group hosted a workshop for local schools, educational psychologist and academics to disseiminate information on ongoing / recently completed research projects. During the event Professor Doherty-Sneddon and Dr Riby provided a summary of key outcomes at the end of their 3 year ESRC funded project exploring gaze behaviours in typical and atypical development.
Check out 2 new Facebook pages for:
- the BPS Developmental Section
- for this group!!
