From Istanbul to Totnes; a new researcher joins the unit!

Seden Karakurt joined the Unit in November, 2010 for a period of ten months to assist the team with the implementation and evaluation of three evidence-based programmes in Birmingham.

A Turkish graduate student at the Developmental Psychology department at Koc University, Istanbul, Seden came to the UK to gain experience with a research organisation. She is on an internship through the Erasmus Program to complete her qualifications for a Masters. Her thesis looks at the evaluation of televised broadcasting on child education in Turkey. 
 
Although her primary interests are in the dissemination of evidence-based programs through media, Seden is working with Unit staff on the analysis of the experimental evaluation of the programmes targeting the social and emotional learning of children; Incredible Years, Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS), and Triple P.