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Professor Karen McKenzie is a faculty member at Northumbria University's Psychology Department, specializing in intellectual disabilities, learning disabilities, and child psychology. She holds a DPhil in Clinical Psychology from 2014. Her research focuses on developing and validating screening tools for intellectual disabilities in educational and healthcare settings, with a particular emphasis on mainstream schools and homeless populations. She has published widely on topics including questionnaire design, stakeholder engagement in disability identification, and the psychological well-being of marginalized groups.
Education:
- 2014: DPhil in Clinical Psychology (Northumbria University)
Research Interests:
- Intellectual disability screening methodologies
- Inclusive education policies
- Emotion recognition in neurodiverse populations
- Staff retention in social care
- Mindfulness interventions for individuals with disabilities
Recent Trends in Articles: Recent work emphasizes the validation of screening tools (e.g., CAIDS-Q, LD-SQ) across diverse populations, including children, homeless individuals, and autistic people. Her studies often combine qualitative stakeholder insights with quantitative analyses of intervention effectiveness.
Grants & Advising: Supervised 2 graduate students (details unspecified). Her research has been cited in news outlets and widely shared on academic platforms like Mendeley and ResearchGate.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on projects involving healthcare policy, educational equity, and neurodiversity advocacy.
