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Profiles
Dr Becky Stancer
Associate Professor, Early Childhood
Plymouth Institute of Education - School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
Biography
Biography
Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies
Programme leader for PgCert Education: Autism
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Social Anthropology and Visual Studies
BSc (Hons) Psychology
Postgraduate Certificate in Education
MA Fine Art
PhD Conditional reasoning in autism spectrum disorder: activation and integration of knowledge and belief
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Developmental psychology
Autism and related conditions
Research
Research
Research interests
Autism
Family dynamics
Developmental psychology
Developmental psychology
Interventions
Systemic practice
Thinking and reasoning
Thinking and reasoning
Research groups
Other research
Current research projects
Development of the Welcome Research Hub, an interdisciplinary research centre working with vulnerable children and families. The Welcome Hub includes academics from faculties of Arts and Humanities, Psychology and the Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry. External partners also include The Brandon Trust, Plymouth Child Development Centre, Plymouth NHS Hospitals Trust and the Peninsula Trials Unit.
Collaboration with The Thrive Project, Glasgow exploring early interactions between infants at risk of developing autism and their carers.
Development of Systemic Autism-related Family Enabling (SAFE) in partnership with the SAFE Family Consultation Group. SAFE is a Family Therapy based intervention for families of children with autism.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
(2022) 'Anger without a voice, anger without a solution: Parent–child triadic processes and the experience of caring for a child with a diagnosis of autism' Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachments 3, (1) 51-71 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Developing bonds: An exploration of the development of bonds between mentors and young people' Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 26, (4) 1214-1226 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Predictive action perception from explicit intention information in autism' Psychonomic Bulletin and Review , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Family Experience of Safe: A New Intervention for Families of Children with a Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder' Contemporary Family Therapy 44, (2) 144-155 , DOI Open access
(2021) 'Feeling ‘like you’re on … a prison ship’ – Understanding the caregiving and attachment narratives of parents of autistic children' Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachments 1, (1) 96-114 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'SAFE, a new therapeutic intervention for families of children with autism: a randomised controlled feasibility trial' BMJ Open 10, (12) e038411-e038411 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Influences, Views and Practices Associated with Life Skills Education for Children with Autism in Two Cities in Turkey and England' International Journal of Disability, Development and Education 69, (6) 2010-2024 , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Parent and Teacher Understandings of the Needs of Autistic Children and
the Processes of Communication between the Home and School Contexts' Autism-Open Access 10, (4) 0-0 Publisher Site , DOI Open access
(2020) 'Doing things differently: Exploring attachment patterns and parental intentions in families where a child has a diagnosis of autism' Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 25, (4) 766-777 , DOI
(2019) 'SAFE, a new therapeutic intervention for families of children with autism: study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial' BMJ Open 9, (5) e025006-e025006 , DOI Open access
(2017) '“It feels like something difficult is coming back to haunt me”: An exploration of ‘meltdowns’ associated with autistic spectrum disorder from a parental perspective' Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 23, (1) , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Systemic-attachment formulation for families of children with autism' Advances in Autism 3, (3) 142-153 , DOI Open access
(2017) 'Autism and attachment difficulties: overlap of symptoms, implications and innovative solutions' Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Young Women’s Experience of Anorexia, Family Dynamics and Triangulation' Contemporary Family Therapy 39, (1) 31-42 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Becoming invisible: The effect of triangulation on children's well-being' Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 21, (3) 461-476 , DOI Open access
(2015) 'Foster carers’ reflective understandings of parenting looked after children: an exploratory study' Adoption & Fostering 39, (2) 145-158 , DOI
(2015) 'Enhanced visual statistical learning in adults with autism' Neuropsychology 29, (2) 163-172 , DOI Open access
(2011) 'Autism and performance on the suppression task: Reasoning, context and complexity' THINK REASONING 17, (2) 182-196 , DOI
(2010) 'Conditional reasoning in autism: activation and integration of knowledge and belief' Dev Psychol 46, (2) 391-403 , DOI
Books
Parker-Rees ROD; Leeson C (2015) Early Childhood Studies. 4th London Sage/Learning Matters Limited 1Publisher Site
Chapters
(2023) 'Safety in the home-school system with relation to autism' Safety, Danger, and Protection in the Family and Community Routledge 165-181 Publisher Site , DOI
(2023) 'SAFE, a Manualised Version of Attachment Narrative Therapy Designed for Families of Children with an Autism Diagnosis' in Rudi D Attachment Narrative Therapy: Applications and Developments London Palgrave Macmillan Cham 139-160 , DOI
(2023) 'Fostering Home-School Relationships: SAFE with Schools (SwiS)' in Dallos R Attachment Narrative Therapy Applications and Developments Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan 195-228 , DOI
Other Publications
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
2007 Member of the organising committee for the BPS Developmental Section Conference
2014 Organiser of The one day workshop 'Joining in'
2015 Organiser of 'Autism and Technology' conference in collaboration with the Plymouth Autism Network and Toyota
2016 Organiser of 'Autism and Alternative Therapies' conference in collaboration with Positively Autistic
2017 Co-organiser of one day workshop for service providers and people with autism in collaboration with Living well with Autism
Other academic activities
Organiser of the Plymouth Autism Network (PAN).
PAN hosts annual events aimed at bringing academics and non-academics within the community together. PAN has more than 100 core members including teachers, support workers, parents, individuals with autism, health and social care professionals and academics.