Senior lecturer @UCNZ interested in early childhood aggression, bullying, social development and early intervention she/her
University of Canterbury NZ
Joined October 2016
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Unfortunately we see this same crisis in NZ especially for our young people @ChildrensCommNZ
The US invests over $10B in training physical health care professionals.....
...and only 1/750th of that (not a typo) in mental health care.
Meanwhile US has highest rate of suicide attempts of all wealthy nations!
See my op-ed here:
thehill.com/opinion/healthca…
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An occupational therapist shares several exercises with teachers that help students from pre-school to fifth grade learn to self-regulate energy and emotions. For the full article from Edutopia: edutopia.org/article/self-re…
@edutopia #SEL #selfregulation #selfmanagement
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We want to be able to keep NZ schools open, as safely as is possible, over 2022. This means concerted investment in our schools to reduce both the direct and indirect impacts of Covid-19 for kids, teachers, whānau, it’s a smart thing to do. i.stuff.co.nz/national/12750… @AlisonLeversha
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A new meta-analysis shows that conflictual teacher-student relationships were associated with both bullying perpetration and victimization, particularly among younger school students. doi.org/10.1007/s12310-021-0…
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Our IPD meta-analysis on the links between #attachment networks to mothers *and* fathers is finally out!
Assessing 1,097 kids across 9 studies for attachment patterns with mothers and fathers, and both parents' reported EXT/INT sxs, we found...
1/6🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
It took me 6 weeks to get an r&r completed while parenting a newborn. The struggle is real! Share your tips on 'balancing' parenthood and academia @AcademicChatter @youngacademics_ @Within_Between
And many thanks to the gracious editor for allowing me an extension.
About to submit the last manuscript of my sabbatical 👏 what a privilege it has been to have this focused writing time
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Breaking news!: @ISRA_Society is hosting an online speaker series that features leading scholars in the field of violence and aggression. Pre-registration is required and is completely free. See our website for more info! israsociety.com/speaker-seri… @WileyPsychology
Well done @UCNZ 👏
A massive thanks to the crew from @ucsa and @ucnz who organised and hosted the pop-up vaccine clinic. In 3 days they had 2000 people through. What a contribution to our city, region, and country. A special shout-out from the UC end to the tour-de-force that is @Ripeka125 #vaccine
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Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay and here’s a beautiful poem from @Fearnecotton to remind us it's okay to feel not okay. @allontheboard
#MentalHealth #WMHD2021 #FearneCotton #allontheboard
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You're invited to a *free* online conference: Three international keynotes, and a flock of local researchers showcasing their latest work relating to children and adolescents in Aotearoa.
All very welcome - researchers, clinicians, the public.
Register: mycarn.org/event/child-and-a…
This was such a fun online conference to be part of! Thanks @clairepmonks for the invite and the opportunity to share the innovative work we're doing on early childhood aggression. Great work EADP organising team 👏 @EADPtweets @EadpERU
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A brilliant resource! Thanks @adriennedwoods for sharing!
You asked, we answered! I'm delighted to share that our "Missing Data and Multiple Imputation Decision Tree," which began as a #Hackthon session at @improvingpsych's annual meeting in June, is officially out today. doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mdw5…
What a huge legacy he leaves behind. He has shaped much of my own research and thinking about children's learning and aggessive behaaviour nytimes.com/2021/07/29/scien…
On my way to Wellington as an invited keynote at the MoE and Te Rito Maioha Early Childhood conference. Just another reminder of why we must invest in the early years @edCountsNZ
ted.com/talks/molly_wright_h…
Despite positive feedback, our research grant was not funded because it's not an intervention. Interventions aren't a sustainable social investment... PREVENTION is! #childdevelopment #preventionresearch
It was a privilege to be part of this evaluation. A big mihi to the kaiako and whānau who shared their experiences with us @UCNZ
Publication: Incredible Years Autism: Parent and teacher training programmes has been released educationcounts.govt.nz/publ…