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Emre Deniz

Biography

2011 – 2015: Bachelor of Science in Special Education - Necmettin Erbakan University

2016 – 2019: Master of Science in Special Education - Necmettin Erbakan University

2019 – Present: Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology in Education - The University of York

Emre did his undergraduate and master’s degree in special education in Turkey. After he finished his undergraduate degree, he worked as a special education teacher and taught children with low/high functioning autism spectrum conditions for five years. Furthermore, in his master’s degree, Emre conducted a short-term intense experimental study in which he tested the effectiveness of child-centred play therapy (CCPT) on the social skills development of children with ASC. Results of his master’s dissertation suggested that the short-term intense CCPT is an effective treatment in increasing the social skills of children with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASC).

Emre joined the department of education with a strong interest in sibling relationships and how they affect children’s feelings and behaviours. His PhD research aims to delineate causal pathways between sibling bullying and mental health in adolescents with ASC. He is also interested in exploring the cross-cultural variations in sibling bullying and mental health between western and non-western countries.

Emre practices the open-science framework in his PhD in which he aims to make the scientific processes and the results of his study more transparent, accessible, and replicable for the other researchers. Emre follows the Neurodiversity movement which accepts the variations in neurocognitive functioning as a natural part of human development instead of seeing them as neuropathological diseases. Therefore, Emre treats neurodevelopmental conditions, such as Autism Spectrum Conditions, as a difference, not a disorder

Emre is currently a member of the Psychology in Education Research Centre in which he takes part and contributes to the ongoing studies that are related to his research interests. He took part in the Feelings and Behaviours project, co-authored with Dr Umar Toseeb, Dr Kathryn Asbury, Laura Fox, and Aimee Code (in the PERC), and published two articles. He is also a part of the CANDY research group in which he discusses new research ideas, joins and contributes to the new research that is led by Dr Umar Toseeb.