Speaker
James Galpin
Education Officer at Nasen
Biography
James is an Education Officer at Nasen and leads on the development and delivery of the organisation’s CPDL programme. He is a chartered Developmental Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. He also holds Lecturer positions at University College London, Goldsmith’s University and The Open University covering a wide range of topics including postgraduate research in special and inclusive education, initial teacher education, quantitative research methodology and social constructions of difference. He has been working with children and young people with SEN for the past 18 years. Whilst working both as an SEN teaching assistant and then as an SEN teacher he completed his Master’s degree in Child Development. His interest in the practical applications of research then led him to complete a Master’s in Research in Education. Jamie went on to complete his PhD in Developmental Psychology.
Jamie continues to work in developing practice-based evidence and putting theory into practice in education. A lot of his research has been with minimally verbal autistic children and young people with complex needs with a focus on the development of novel, sustainable school support. He is currently a member of Autistica’s Complex Needs Study Group which seeks to accelerate high quality, meaningful research about autism and complex needs. He has published on topics related to his research interests and spoken at conferences showcasing his work both nationally and internationally. He was recently commissioned to write a book for education professionals summarising his research examining transdiagnostic factors associated with SEND, looking at universal strengths and universal needs that children and young people have.