Powell, Lauren, Dr

Dr Lauren Powell

BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, SFHEA

School of Education

Co-Director for the MSc Psychology and Education

l.a.powell@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 8179

The Wave

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Dr Lauren Powell
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
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S10 2AH

Research interests

Lauren’s research interests focus on placing the voices of young people at the centre of her work through the use of innovative participatory methods. She aims to shift the field of psychoeducation to ensure that in addition to their proxies, children and young people are informed about their neurodiversity in an age appropriate and accessible way to empower them to accept and live well with their neurodiversity.

To this end, Lauren has led the development of two psychoeducational resources for 1) young people with ADHD and 2) autistic young people. This involved collaborations with young people, their support networks and services, 91̽�� Hallam University, the University of Derby and . These resources are used nationwide by NHS services, schools, local authorities, and charities and can be accessed here:

Lauren also provides consultancy on a project ‘Safety Nets’, which provides a weekly physical activity and psychoeducation group for children and young people with mental health difficulties across the UK.

More recently, Lauren has used her own research and lived experiences to provid presentations and training for higher education institutions, schools, and local authorities around neuroinclusive approaches in these settings. She is passionate about ensuring neurodiverse individuals are celebrated, included and not disadvantaged.

Lauren would love to supervise doctoral students adopting predominantly qualitative methods in the following areas:

Developing collaborations with those who are interested in developing psychoeducational resources and interventions for neurodiverse children and young people such as those with ADHD and Autism as well as the psychoeducational needs of parents/carers and teaching professionals.
Exploring transitions of neurodiverse young people such as from primary to secondary school and from secondary school to higher education.
Exploring the experiences of neurodiverse girls and women.
Exploring neurodiversity in a positive light, working to reduce harmful stigma through psychoeducation and neurodiversity celebration.
Exploring what motivates adults to seek a diagnosis of ADHD and/or autism.

Publications

Journal articles

Court RJ, Swallow V, El-Yousfi S, Gray-Burrows K, Sotir F, Wheeler G, Kellar I, Lee JM, Mitchell R, Mlynarczyk W , Ramavath A et al (2024) . Archives of Disease in Childhood, archdischild-2023.
Powell L, Wheeler G, Redford C & Stott J (2024) . Autism & Developmental Language Impairments, 9.
Powell L, Parker J, Dias R, Teige C, Garside M & Wright B (2023) . Advances in Mental Health.
Hatton B & Powell L (2022) . Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs.
Powell L, Wheeler G, Redford C & Parker J (2021) . Design for Health.
Bentley CL, Powell L, Potter S, Parker J, Mountain GA, Bartlett YK, Farwer J, O'Connor C, Burns J, Cresswell RL , Dunn HD et al (2020) . JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 8(6).
Parker J, Powell L & Mawson S (2020) . J Med Internet Res, 22(1), e15981.
Muñoz-Organero M, Powell L, Heller B, Harpin V & Parker J (2019) . Sensors, 19(13).
Powell L, Parker J, Harpin V & Mawson S (2019) . Journal of Medical Internet Research.
Church G, Parker J, Powell L & Mawson S (2019) . Physiotherapy.
Munoz-Organero M, Powell LA, heller B, Harpin V & Parker J (2018) . Sensors, 11.
Parker J, Powell L, Heller B, Schweiss E & Mawson S (2018) . Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 61, e187-e187.
Bentley CL, Powell LA, Orrell A & Mountain GA (2018) . Ageing and Society, 38(5), 926-953.
Chatters R, Newbould L, Sprange K, Hind D, Mountain G, Shortland K, Powell L, Gossage-Worrall R, Chater T, Keetharuth , Lee E et al (2018) . Trials, 19.
Powell LA, Parker J & Harpin V (2017) . European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Powell L, Parker J & Harpin V (2017) . JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 5(10).
Powell LA, Parker J, Robertson N & Harpin VA (2017) . Journal of mHealth and uHealth, 5(10).
Mountain G, Windle G, Hind D, Walters S, Keertharuth A, Chatters R, Sprange K, Craig C, Cook S, Lee E , Woods R et al (2017) . Age And Ageing, 46, 627-634.
Munoz-Organero M, Littlewood C, Parker J, Powell L, Grindell C & Mawson S (2017) . IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(12), 3909-3920.
Munoz-Organero M, Parker J, Powell L, Davies R & Mawson S (2017) . IEEE Sensors Journal, 17(10), 3142-3151.
Powell L, Joddrell P & Parker J (2017) . Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 242, 646-653.
Powell LA, Parker J, Martyn St-James M & Mawson SJ (2016) . Journal of Medical Internet Research, 18(10).
Munoz-Organero M, Parker J, Powell LA & Mawson S (2016) . Sensors.
Bentley CL, Powell LA, Orrell A & Mountain GA (2015) . Technology and Disability, 26(4), 221-235.
Colbert E & Powell L () Why language matters: A qualitative inquiry into the implications of language used during provider-patient interactions on university students’ perceptions and understandings of their own mental health. Psychology of Language and Communication.
Garside M, Taylor A, Dias R, Powell L, Parker J, Fenton C & Roscoe CMP () . Child & Youth Services, 1-20.
Powell L, Orrel A & Mawson S () . International Journal of Integrated Care, 13(7).
Powell L () . Journal of Attention Disorders.
Powell L () The co-design of a psychoeducational tool for children and young people with ADHD. Design4Health.

Other

Powell L () Letter to the Editor regarding: Professionals’ perspectives on neurodiversity-affirmative autism diagnostic assessment.

Teaching interests

Lauren is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and teaches across the undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the School of Education including the BA Education, Culture and Childhood, MA Education and is co-director of the MSc in Psychology and Education (Conversion). She is the module lead for the undergraduate module 'Child Psychology' (EDU107), the MSc module in qualitative research methods (EDU6167) and the MSc dissertation module (EDU6197). Lauren's teaching in the school mainly focuses on child psychology, psychoeducation, research methods and neurodiversity in children and young people with a focus on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Autism.

Professional activities and memberships

University of 91̽�� School of Education Chair of Ethics
Co-Director for the Msc Psychology and Education (Conversion) Programme
Senior Fellow of and assessor for the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Research Cluster lead for the School of Education's Education and Psychology Research Cluster.
Member of the editorial boards for:
- (2024-present)
- (2023-present)
- (2023-present)
- 2018-2023
External examiner for Bournemouth University's MSc Health Research (2022-present)
External examiner for Cardiff Metropolitan University MSc Psychological Research and MSc Health Research (2023-present)
Member of the iHuman group

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