Job Title
Assistant Professor (Research Focussed)
Department
Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research
Phone
024 765 75866
Email
Biography
Dr Louise Denne is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) with over 15 years' experience of supporting children and young people with behavioural, developmental and learning difficulties including autism. Her research interests are the dissemination of evidence based practice and behaviour analysis and in particular a competence based approach to service delivery. She is on the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support.
- Alarifi, Shahad, Denne, Louise D., Hastings, Richard P., 2024. Challenging behaviour and its correlates in preschool-aged children with an intellectual disability in Saudi Arabia. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 68 (3), pp. 264-276
- Alarifi, Shahad, Denne, Louise D., Alatifi, Nouf M., Hastings, Richard P., 2024. Interventions addressing challenging behaviours in Arab children and adults with intellectual disabilities and/or autism : a systematic review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 37 (2)
- 'Moody, Gwenllian, 'Coulman, Elinor, 'Gillespie, David, 'Goddard, Mark, 'Grindle, Corinna, 'Hastings, Richard P., 'Hughes, Carl, 'Ingarfield, Kate, 'Taylor, Zac, 'Denne, Louise D., 2022. 'The READ-IT study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial of using a support worker/family carer mediated online reading programme to teach early reading skills to adults with intellectual disabilities. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 8 (1)
- Alallawi, Barah, Denne, Louise D., Apanasionok, Magda, Grindle, Corinna F., Hastings, Richard P., 2021. Special educators' experiences of a numeracy intervention for autistic students. European Journal of Special Needs Education, pp. 1-14
- Scott, Suzi J., Denne, Louise D., Hastings, Richard P., 2018. Developing a logic model to guide evaluation of impact for learning disability projects : the case of the Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Academy. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 23 (3), pp. 125-132
- Denne, Louise D., Thomas, Esther, Hastings, Richard P., Hughes, J. Carl, 2015. Assessing competencies in applied behavior analysis for tutors working with children with autism in a school-based setting. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 20, pp. 67-77
- Gore, Nick, McGill, Peter, Toogood, Sandy, Allen, David, Hughes, J. Carl, Baker, Peter, Hastings, Richard P., Noone, Stephen J., Denne, Louise D., 2013. Definition and scope for positive behavioural support. International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support, 3 (2), pp. 14-23
- Denne, Louise D., Noone, Stephen J., Gore, Nick, Toogood, Sandy, Hughes, J. Carl, Hastings, Richard P., Allen, David, Baker, Peter, McGill, Peter, 2013. Developing a core competencies framework for positive behavioural support : issues and recommendations. International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support, 2 (3), pp. 24-31
- Denne, Louise D., Hastings, Richard P., Hughes, C. J., Bovellc, Virginia, Redford, Linda, 2011. Developing a competence framework for ABA and autism : what can we learn from others?. European Journal of Behavior Analysis, 12 (1), pp. 217-230
- 'Beqiraj, Lorena, 'Denne, Louise D., 'Hastings, Richard P., 'Paris, Andreas, 2022. 'Positive behavioural support for children and young people with developmental disabilities in special education settings : a systematic review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp. 719-735
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sharland Foundation Development Disabilities ABA Research & Impact Network SF-DDARIN (extension to 46533) | Sharland Charitable Foundation, The | 01 Jan 2020 | 31 Dec 2022 |
| Headsprout® Early Reading in Special Schools (EEF Framework) | Education Endowment Foundation | 04 Nov 2019 | 29 Apr 2022 |
| Read IT recosting due to Covid 19 related costed extension | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) | 01 Apr 2021 | 31 Jan 2022 |
| Implementation and outcomes of PBS in special education settings | Ambitious about Autism | 01 Oct 2018 | 30 Sep 2021 |
| Teaching early reading skills to adults with intellectual disabilities (READ-IT) using a support worker/family carer mediated on-line reading programme - a feasibility study | National Institute for Health Research (DoH) | 01 Sep 2019 | 01 Apr 2021 |
| SEND evidence review | Education Endowment Foundation | 01 Mar 2019 | 01 Mar 2020 |