Dr Dale Metcalfe

Assistant Professor

Department: Psychology

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Autism

Learning (intellectual) disability

Psychometrics

Health and social care organsational practices

Key Publications

Evaluating the effectiveness of the CAIDS-Q for screening for intellectual disability in mainstream schools, McKenzie, K., Murray, G., Metcalfe, D., Hackett, S. 3 Oct 2024, In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities
“It does change the narrative for health and social care” views of clinical and homeless service staff about the use of intellectual disability screening tools within homeless support pathways in the north of England, Metcalfe, D., Shirley, A., Murray, G., McKenzie, K. 8 Sep 2024, In: Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities
Mental Health, Wellbeing and Coping Strategies of Autistic Adults during Isolation, Collins, J., Metcalfe, D. 20 Nov 2024, In: Advances in Autism
The views of people using homeless services about learning disability, McKenzie, K., Robson, R., Murray, G., Kaczmar, M., Metcalfe, D., Shirley, A. 1 Dec 2024, In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities
Unmasking impostor phenomenon: a study of nurses in specialist roles, Ord, T., Metcalfe, D., Greaves, J., Hodgson, P. 8 Feb 2024, In: British Journal of Nursing
Knowledge of social care staff about learning disability: 20 years on, McKenzie, K., Murray, G., Martin, R., Metcalfe, D. 5 Oct 2023, In: Learning Disability Practice
Screening for intellectual disability in autistic people: A brief report, McKenzie, K., Metcalfe, D., Murray, A. 1 Feb 2023, In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Using the Learning Disability Screening Questionnaire to help identify people with an intellectual disability in homeless services, McKenzie, K., Murray, G., Metcalfe, D., Robson, R., Kaczmar, M., Shirley, A. 1 Nov 2023, In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
An exploration of the impact of contextual information on the emotion recognition ability of autistic adults, Metcalfe, D., McKenzie, K., Pollet, T., McCarty, K., Murray, G. 1 Jun 2022, In: International Journal of Psychology
Exploring the relative importance of factors that influence the job retention of social care staff working in intellectual disability services, Murray, G., McKenzie, K., Metcalfe, D., Whelan, K., Murray, A. 1 Mar 2022, In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities

PGR Supervision

Toni Southern Co-produced research into the efficacy of work-based training as a preparatory step towards achieving meaningful and sustainable employment amongst young adults with developmental and learning disabilities. Start Date: 01/10/2023
Toni Southern Co-produced research into the efficacy of work-based training as a preparatory step towards achieving meaningful and sustainable employment amongst young adults with developmental and learning disabilities. Start Date: 01/10/2023 End Date: 11/10/2024

Qualifications

Psychology PhD September 01 2020
Psychology BSc (Hons) June 06 2016
Psychology MRes
Associate Fellow (AFHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2019

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