Fields of Research

Special education and disability
Education assessment and evaluation
Information security management
Other education
Epidemiology
Te matauranga Maori kaore ano kia whakaroputia i wahi ke (Maori education)
Health promotion
Primary health care
Ophthalmology
Industrial and organisational psychology (incl. human factors)
Specialist studies in education

Research Objectives

Inclusive education
Other information and communication services
Neonatal and child health
Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences
Evaluation of health outcomes
Health education and promotion
Learner and learning
Behaviour and health

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A methodological review of exploring Turner’s Three-Process Theory of power and the social identity approach; Qualitative Sociology Review
Applying Turner’s Three-Process Theory of Power to the study of power relations in a troubled information systems implementation; Australasian Journal of Information Systems
Autism, behavioural flexibility and play-based functional assessment; 45th Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability Conference
Behavioural Flexibility in Children with Autism; Lifespan Development: New Zealand Perspectives
Behavioural Flexibility in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders; Australasian Society for the Study of Intellectual Disability
Childhood health motivation and adult cardiometabolic health in the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) study; Health Psychology
Children with Low Literacy and Poor Stereoacuity: An Evaluation of Complex Interventions in a Community-Based Randomized Trial; Ophthalmic Epidemiology
Comparison of a direct and an indirect approach for the functional assessment of insistence on sameness in a child with autism spectrum disorder and a typically developing child; Developmental Neurorehabilitation
Evidence-based practices in inclusive settings: Building towards collaborative partnerships; 49th Annual ASID Conference
Functional analysis of insistence on sameness in an 11-year old boy with Asperger syndrome; Developmental Neurorehabilitation
HealthLit4Kids: Promoting Health Literacy in Tasmanian Primary Schools- Capturing, Curating and Evaluating Health Literacy Artefacts; Engagement Transforms 2019 (ET19)
Internal versus external recruitment - the story of three consecutive project managers in an IT project; 26th Australasian Conference on Information Systems
Internal Versus External Recruitment – The Story of Three Consecutive Project Managers in an IT Project; Australasian Conference on Information Systems
Play-based assessment of tolerance for frustration and problem-solving skills in children with developmental delays; New Research on Early Childhood Education
Positive Behaviour Support and Quality of Life in a Residential Support setting; 49th Annual ASID Conference
Problem behaviour associated with behavioural flexibility; International Meeting for Autism Research
School experiences, Autism Spectrum Disorder characteristics, and mental health in females with Asperger syndrome; 50th Annual ASID conference
The association between childhood school engagement and attainment and adult education and health outcomes: preliminary findings from an interdisciplinary research project using longitudinal Australian cohort data; Australian Association for Research in Education Conference (AARE 2011 Conference)
The longitudinal association of childhood school engagement with adult educational and occupational achievement: Findings from an Australian national study; British Educational Research Journal
Validity of a structured interview protocol for assessing children's preferences; Early Childhood Education: Issues and Developments

Research Projects

Investigating the function of sameness behaviour in children with autism

Research Candidate Supervision

Power Relations in IT Projects- Testing Turner's Three Process Model of Power