Current Research
Where: The London School of Economics
Department: Personal Social Service Research Unit
Topic: Researching into Spirited Children and their Families
Department: Personal Social Service Research Unit
Topic: Researching into Spirited Children and their Families
Post – Doc at the Personal Social Service Unit, London School of Economics
Subject: Looking at Children that are ‘ high-spirited’ and why some parents do very well with them while other parents see them as naughty and hopeless to manage.
Refining the Term: What is a high spirited child? Whose uses this term to mean what? What are similar terms and meaning ?
Why is it worthy of investigation?
Methodology: Interviews with 30 families which have a ‘high spirited’ child within them.
Subject: Looking at Children that are ‘ high-spirited’ and why some parents do very well with them while other parents see them as naughty and hopeless to manage.
Refining the Term: What is a high spirited child? Whose uses this term to mean what? What are similar terms and meaning ?
Why is it worthy of investigation?
- To curb inappropriate diagnosis and over medicalisation of certain ‘high spirited’ children.
- To learn from parents who enjoy and appropriately manage high spirited children?
- To learn from those who mismanage such children?
- To use knowledge for further childhood studies
Methodology: Interviews with 30 families which have a ‘high spirited’ child within them.
- Some families where the parents appear to do well in their parenting of their high spirited child. They generally enjoy their child most of the time.
- Some families where the parents appear to do less well as parents of such a child. They have a high level of ambivalence towards their child.
- Some families where the parents are currently in treatment for their care of their high spirited child.
- Some families where parents have been in treatment for their care of such a child.
Past Research and Publications
The dog and the top hat
A systemic exploration of the game of Monopoly as used in therapy, written with Elaine Holliday, In Context, the magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK, Context 144, June 2016 (pp 22-25)
Three Dimensions of Care for Diabetes
A Pilot service’ N. Archer, K. Ismail, Oxana Bridgen, Kitty Morgan-Jones, Laura-lee Pryce, Carol Gayle, Journal of Diabetic Nursing Vol 16 No3 2012
Older People and Hearing Loss
Its impact on families, Research Bites, Personal Social Service Research Unit, Issue 7, Autumn/winter 2009 p.12
Hearing loss and family therapyA trainee therapist’s experience In Context, the magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK, Context 102, April 2009 (pp. 30-32)
Counselling after Hearing Loss
In Kim Etherington (ed) Rehabilitation Counselling in Physical and Mental Health, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London
Hearing Differently, The Impact of Hearing Impairment on Family Life
Published by WHURR Publishers Ltd: London
Uses of Lipreading Stress: Some Psychosocial Factors’ Catchword
The Magazine of the Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults, No. 43. Autumn l998
The Impact of Hearing Impairment on the Couple, the Familyand the Social Network
Journal of the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People Mark Ross (ed) 19#2, June, l998
Psychosocial Constructions of the Meaning of Deafness within the Marriage/Partnership
Ed. W. Richtberg and K.Verch in Hard of Hearing Deafened Born Deaf, Ways and Aids to Self-Realization, Academia, p.245. Translated into German
Family Life, Hearing Impairment, and the Church
The Place of Deaf People in The Church, The International Ecumenical Working Group, Conference Papers, Visible Communication: Canterbury. Translated into French
Psychosocial Components of Lipreading: Non Cognitive Factors’
Eds. W. Richtberg and K. Verch in Help for Hearing Impaired People, Medical and Psychosocial Aspects for Overcoming Hearing Impairments in Various Degrees, Academia, p.338. Translated into German
Methodology and Myth: The Impact of Hearing Impairment on Family Life
In Rehabilitation Schwerhoriger, Ertaubter und Gehorloser, 2. International Tagung 21. Marz 25, Marz l991 in Bad Berleberg p.333 Translated into German
Deafness and Marriage
In Adjustment to Acquired Hearing Loss by J.G Kyle, Centre for Deaf Studies: 1987 Bristol University press p.182
Playing It by Ear
Marriage Guidance, Autumn l984, p.24
Religion, Counselling and the Marital Relationship
Crucible, The Journal of the General Synod, Board of Social Responsibility, January/March l982, p.33
A systemic exploration of the game of Monopoly as used in therapy, written with Elaine Holliday, In Context, the magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK, Context 144, June 2016 (pp 22-25)
Three Dimensions of Care for Diabetes
A Pilot service’ N. Archer, K. Ismail, Oxana Bridgen, Kitty Morgan-Jones, Laura-lee Pryce, Carol Gayle, Journal of Diabetic Nursing Vol 16 No3 2012
Older People and Hearing Loss
Its impact on families, Research Bites, Personal Social Service Research Unit, Issue 7, Autumn/winter 2009 p.12
Hearing loss and family therapyA trainee therapist’s experience In Context, the magazine for family therapy and systemic practice in the UK, Context 102, April 2009 (pp. 30-32)
Counselling after Hearing Loss
In Kim Etherington (ed) Rehabilitation Counselling in Physical and Mental Health, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London
Hearing Differently, The Impact of Hearing Impairment on Family Life
Published by WHURR Publishers Ltd: London
Uses of Lipreading Stress: Some Psychosocial Factors’ Catchword
The Magazine of the Association of Teachers of Lipreading to Adults, No. 43. Autumn l998
The Impact of Hearing Impairment on the Couple, the Familyand the Social Network
Journal of the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People Mark Ross (ed) 19#2, June, l998
Psychosocial Constructions of the Meaning of Deafness within the Marriage/Partnership
Ed. W. Richtberg and K.Verch in Hard of Hearing Deafened Born Deaf, Ways and Aids to Self-Realization, Academia, p.245. Translated into German
Family Life, Hearing Impairment, and the Church
The Place of Deaf People in The Church, The International Ecumenical Working Group, Conference Papers, Visible Communication: Canterbury. Translated into French
Psychosocial Components of Lipreading: Non Cognitive Factors’
Eds. W. Richtberg and K. Verch in Help for Hearing Impaired People, Medical and Psychosocial Aspects for Overcoming Hearing Impairments in Various Degrees, Academia, p.338. Translated into German
Methodology and Myth: The Impact of Hearing Impairment on Family Life
In Rehabilitation Schwerhoriger, Ertaubter und Gehorloser, 2. International Tagung 21. Marz 25, Marz l991 in Bad Berleberg p.333 Translated into German
Deafness and Marriage
In Adjustment to Acquired Hearing Loss by J.G Kyle, Centre for Deaf Studies: 1987 Bristol University press p.182
Playing It by Ear
Marriage Guidance, Autumn l984, p.24
Religion, Counselling and the Marital Relationship
Crucible, The Journal of the General Synod, Board of Social Responsibility, January/March l982, p.33
