Maria Morahan
Senior Lecturer - Childhood Studies
Location:
Priestman Building, City Campus
Phone: 0191 515 2192
Email:
maria.morahan@sunderland.ac.uk
Biography
I am a psychologist with many years research experience in the area of child development. I began working at the University of Sunderland in 2001 and have been teaching on Childhood Studies since 2007. My previous work has been in psychology and child development and this has led to led to an interest in the social and psychological development of children, with particular focus on the ecological context of their lives.
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Teaching Areas
I currently teach on the Childhood Studies programme, mainly on child development modules and dissertation supervision in areas related to my research.Research Interests
My research concerns the interfaces of education, health and development, and social well-being. I am interested in research in children's mental health and well being, behaviour problems in children in the early years, parenting and grandparenting and the social context of children's lives.Selected Publications
Morahan, M. (2011) Targeted Mental Health in Schools: A Report for Darlington and Derwentside. Sunderland UniversityMorahan, M. (2010) Targeted Mental Health in Schools: A Report for Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. Durham University
Morahan. M. (2009) Perceptions of Transition to a New School as a Result of Living in a Domestic Violence Refuge. British Psychological Society: Psychology of Education Section Conference, Preston, England
Groves, N. Donovan, Griffiths, S. & Morahan, M. (2007), Domestic Violence Multi Agency Work: Mediating and Managing Experiences of Safety, Security and Risk. British Society of Criminology Annual Conference, London School of Economics, London, England
Hester, M., Hamner, J., Coulson, S., Morahan, M. & Razak, A. (2003). Domestic Violence - Making it Through the Criminal Justice System. Sunderland University and Northern Rock Foundation.
Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Evans, E., Dobson, A., Jeavons. M., Lewis, K., Morahan. M., & Sadler. S. (1999). Technical Paper 6 - The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Characteristics of Pre-School Environments. London: DfEE / Institute of Education, University of London.
Sylva, K., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Melhuish, E., Sammons, P., Taggart, B., Evans, E., Dobson, A., Jeavons. M., Lewis, K., Morahan. M. & Sadler. S. (1999). Technical Paper 6 - The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Characteristics of the Centres in the EPPE sample: Observational Profiles. DFEE. London, Institute of Education, University of London.
Sammons, P., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Smees, R., Dobson, A., Jeavons. M., Lewis, K., Morahan. M., & Sadler. S. (1999). Technical Paper 2 ¿ The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Characteristics of the Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project sample at entry to the study. DFEE. London, Institute of Education, University of London.
Melhuish, E., Sylva, K., Sammons, P., Siraj-Blatchford, I., Taggart, B., Dobson, A., Jeavons. M., Lewis, K., Morahan. M., & Sadler. S. (1999). Technical paper 4 - The Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Parent, family and child characteristics in relation to type of pre-school and socio-economic differences. . DFEE. London, Institute of Education, University of London.
