Chartered Psychologist (BPS), PhD, MSc, FHEA
Associate Professor in Psychology and Human Development at UCL Institute of Education, London
Selected Funded Projects
An international analysis of SEND policy and practice: ScopeSEND
(2024 to 2026)
Principal Investigator
Funded by the Nuffield Foundation, this project will examine and compare policies regulating provision for Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) in the four countries of the UK and five other jurisdictions: the Republic of Ireland, Australia, Switzerland, Belgium and Finland.
Follow our project here.
Optimising collaborations and reducing inequalities of Early Childhood Intervention in post-Covid-19 South Africa
(2021 to 2023)
Principal Investigator
Project funded by the British Academy, under their Tackling Global Challenges 2020 call. The project looks to generate evidence of effective multi-agency practices that improve early childhood intervention services in South Africa.
The work was led by Dr Castro-Kemp with the collaboration of Pretoria University colleagues (Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication and School of Arts).
Download the step-by-step framework for development of collaborations;
Watch our infomotions on collaboration for provision of services in early childhood.
Froebel meets Ofsted: What makes an outstanding nursery?
(2020 to 2022)
Principal Investigator
Project funded by the Froebel Trust, analysing the link between Ofsted inspections of early education settings and children's developmental outcomes.
Read our paper showing Ofsted inspections in Early Years may be too narrow.
Read our paper where Early Years managers share ideas on how to improve Ofsted inspections.
The Education Health and Care plans for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities in England
(2015-2018)
Principal Investigator
Project funded by the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust and by the Froebel Trust looking at the quality of the content included in the English Education Health and Care plans.
Read our Papers on Education Health and Care Plans and the statutory process for provision of services for children with special educational needs and disabilities in England:
ICF Med-Use: Using the International Classification of Functioning Disability and Health for multi-disciplinary teams in early childhood intervention (2015-2018)
Multi-country consortium
Project Funded by Erasmus+ to support multi-agency work for the improvement of service provision for children with disabilities.
Learn more and try our resources here.
