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Professor Olympia Palikara's BERA blog post published on how children with neurodevelopmental conditions experienced transition from primary to secondary school during COVID-19

The latest British Educational Research Association (BERA) blog post by Professor Olympia Palikara, Vassilis Sideropoulos and Dr Jo Van Herwegen, is titled School transitions and adjustment of children with neurodevelopmental conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic: Who was caught up in a worldwind?

Read the full blog post on the BERA website.

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Fri 06 Jan 2023, 13:45 | Tags: Research, Olympia Palikara

Online event: Supporting school transitions for children with special educational needs and disabilities

Online event: Supporting school transitions for children with special educational needs and disabilities: Resources for children, families and professionals

We are delighted to invite you to our online event on supporting the transition from primary to secondary school for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The event will take place on 11th of July at 16.00 (UK time).

 

The aim of the session concerns how we can best support school transitions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. The session will include talks concerning the experiences of children with SEND and their families during school transitions, including recent research findings about transition from primary to secondary school during the times of COVID-19 pandemic. There will also be the opportunity to share your views concerning evidence-based resources for children, families and professionals

 

The event is free to attend but registration is essential. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-impact-of-covid-19-for-send-children-and-families-registration-332998335987


The impact of COVID-19 on children and families with special educational needs and disabilities: What's next?

We are pleased to invite you to our online event on the impact of COVID-19 for children and families with special educational needs and disabilities. The event will take place on Tuesday 24th May from 4pm.

The session will include talks discussing what research has under-covered so far on the topic, followed by panel discussion concerning next steps on how to best support children and families during the recovery phase from COVID-19. There will also be the opportunity to share your own experiences, helping us to develop evidence-based resources to support children and their families during the recovery phase from COVID-19 and in any related crisis in the future.

The event is free to attend but registration is essential. To register, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-impact-of-covid-19-for-send-children-and-families-registration-332998335987Link opens in a new window 

If you have any questions about the event, please contact Dr Olympia Palikara: Olympia.Palikara@warwick.ac.uk




Journal publication - Dr Olympia Palikara

Consistency of Parental and Self-Reported Adolescent Wellbeing: Evidence from Developmental Language Disorder, Frontiers in Developmental Psychology. Frontiers | Consistency of Parental and Self-Reported Adolescent Wellbeing: Evidence From Developmental Language Disorder | Psychology (frontiersin.org)
Gough-Kenyon, S., Palikara, O., Lucas, R., (2021)

Thu 11 Mar 2021, 14:15 | Tags: Research, Olympia Palikara, Education Studies

Journal publication - Dr Olympia Palikara

Online and face-to-face performance on two cognitive tasks in children with Williams syndrome. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology  Frontiers | Online and Face-to-Face Performance on Two Cognitive Tasks in Children With Williams Syndrome | Psychology (frontiersin.org)
Ashworth, M. Palikara, O., Burchell, E., Purser, H., Nikolla, D., Van Herwegen, J (2021)

Thu 11 Mar 2021, 14:14 | Tags: Research, Olympia Palikara, Education Studies

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