About Dr Sarah Louise Martin-Denham
I am an Associate Professor of Care and Education and author for SAGE and Routledge. I lead externally funded research for a range of organisations on school exclusion, childhood adversities, and service evaluations in children’s social care.
My passion for child and caregiver voice comes from my experiences as a mother, teacher and due to my own neurodiverse abilities. My ambition is to ensure children and their caregivers are given agency in their education and care decisions.
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Teaching and supervision
I'm Chair of the independent SENCO Network, Convener Interdisciplinary Research Network: Adverse Childhood Experience, and author for SAGE and Routledge publishers. I'm also Co-Chair for the National Working Group: Safeguarding Disabled Children and Second Supervisor for PhD and Professional Doctorate students.
Interests
School exclusion, childhood adversity, special educational needs and disability.
Areas of expertise
- Education and politics
- Adverse childhood experiences
- Child and caregiver voice
- Children’s social care
- School exclusion
- Special educational needs and disabilities