Siobhán Blackwell MPsychSc, BA (Hons)

Siobhán Blackwell

School of Psychology
Research Associate

Contact details

Address
School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Siobhán Is a Research Associate with the Kate Woodcock Research Group, under Dr Kate Woodcock. She is responsible for coordinating the ‘Flexible Scheduling’ Project. This project is a feasibility and acceptability study which aims to develop an intervention to prevent the development of disabling emotional and behavioral responses to change in groups considered at-risk (autism, Prader-Willi and fragile-X syndromes).

Qualifications

  • Masters of Psychological Science
  • Certified Psychometric Test User
  • Bachelors of Arts (Psychology)

Biography

Siobhán completed her Masters in Psychological Science and her undergraduate degree in psychology at University College Dublin, Ireland. Since graduating in 2014, Siobhán has worked in research across various Higher Education Institutions, both in Ireland and England. Her core interests are in developmental psychology. Prior to moving to the UK, Siobhán held the position of Assistant Head Teacher in an early intervention centre for children with autism, as well as a teaching post on two undergraduate modules (Human Development and Psychological Assessment) for the Irish College of Humanities and Applied Sciences.

Research

Research interests

  • Autism
  • Neurodevelopmental Disorder
  • Learning Disability
  • Challenging Behaviour
  • Emotion Regulation

Researcher identifer: ORCID ID: 0000-0002-7442-4047; URL: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7442-4047

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