Aljunied, Mariam
Adjunct Associate Professor
Ph.D. (UCL), M.Sc. (UCL), PDGE (NTU), B.Soc.Sci. (Hons.) (NUS), B.A. (NUS), PPA(P), PPA(G)
Mariam is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and has more than 25 years’ experience providing professional advice and consultancy to educational institutions, social service organisations and families in Singapore. She is currently the Principal Educational Psychologist in the Ministry of Education, where she leads several national initiatives for students with special educational needs. Mariam is actively involved in several social service organisations in Singapore, and is currently a board member of the National Council of Social Services. She is a Research Associate with the University College London (UCL), and currently leads several research projects in the Ministry, in collaboration with researchers from NTU and UCL.
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Research Interests:
- Special educational needs and learner diversity
- Autism and developmental disabilities
- Cognitive assessments for children
Recent/Representative Publications:
Drmic, I. E., Aljunied, M., & Reaven, J. (2017). Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary treatment outcomes in a school-based CBT intervention program for adolescents with ASD and anxiety in Singapore. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 3909-3929.
Aljunied, M., & Frederickson, N. (2015). Assessing cognitive abilities in children with autism: Practitioner evaluation of treatment validity. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 61, 231-241.
Aljunied, M., & Frederickson, N. (2011). Cognitive indicators of different levels of special educational support needs in autism. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5, 368-376.