KooLKIDS

The Team

Professor Annemaree Carroll

Annemaree Carroll is a Professor in the School of Education and Head of the UQ Learning Lab at The University of Queensland. She is Chief Investigator and Co-ordinator of Translational Outcomes within the Australian Research Council Science of Learning Research Centre (SLRC). Annemaree is a registered psychologist and teacher. Her research activities focus on understanding the impact of emotions, attention, and behaviour on learning throughout child and adolescent development, developing innovative self-regulatory interventions for children (KooLKIDS) and youth (Mindfields) to bring about positive change in their lives, and implementing strategies that can be translated into educational outcomes.

Professor Stephen Houghton

Stephen Houghton is Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Western Australia. His research activities focus on childhood and adolescent psychopathology in relation to developmental trajectories to delinquency and antisocial behaviour, affective and interpersonal traits, and the mediating effects of self-regulation. Professor Houghton is a registered psychologist with extensive knowledge and experience of children with neurodevelopmental disorders in both practice and research, and is sought regularly as an expert by the media. He has published widely in internationally refereed journals, has successfully attracted numerous externally competitive research grants, and regularly presents at leading international conferences.

Emma Sanders

Emma Sanders (BAHons, Psychology, MClinPsych) is a registered Clinical Psychologist with extensive experience working with young people and their families in a variety of research and clinical settings. She is passionate about positive interventions that improve the wellbeing of children, parents and teachers. She has been involved with the development and evaluation of the KooLKIDS program since its conception.



 

Sasha Lynn

Dr Sasha Lynn is a registered psychologist, who has extensive clinical and research experience in working with, and advocating for youth. Sasha has worked in a range of government and non-government organizations, and in private practice assisting children, adolescents, adults and families with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties. She is currently a lecturer in the School of Education at the Queensland University of Technology.

Alexandra Cope

Alex has contributed extensively to the refinement of the KooLKIDS Program as a research officer. In 2003, Alex began her career as a primary school teacher and enjoyed working at several primary and special education schools throughout Queensland. During her time working as a teacher Alex has worked with many wonderful students, some of whom had trouble managing their behaviour in the classroom. This led her to develop an understanding that teaching explicit social and emotional skills could help these students manage their emotions and reach their full potential. This sparked an interest in social and emotional learning in the classroom and her involvement in KooLKIDS.