Dr Danuta Chessor

• Biography
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• Grants / Current Projects
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Biography

Danuta Chessor is a lecturer in psychology. She teaches in the Post Graduate program in areas of psychological intervention and assessment as well as counselling psychology. She has a strong interest in well-being and mental health.  Her work at the university includes being Course Adviser for Research Higher Degree students as well as placement coordinator for the Masters students completing the Educational and Developmental as well as Forensic Psychology programmes.

Research interests include the well being of gifted children as well as the mental health of children and adolescents. She has 15 years of experience working with children and adolescents as a school psychologist in both the public and private sector. This experience spans the developmental age of pre-school to 18 year olds.

As a member of the PsyHealth Research group, she has been part of a team that has completed some evaluative research in the area of community involvement of a football club enhancing the well-being of children and parents in the community.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Assessment in Psychology
Counselling and Consultation
Professional Issues in Psychological Practice
Children, Young People and Behaviour

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Grants / Current Projects

Grant from Panthers on the Prowl for an evaluation of their Local Answers Initiative.
Grant from Panthers on the Prowl for an evaluation of their Panther Bites project
ASL Grant for Learning through Community Engagement project called Australian Stories.

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Publications

Chessor, D. (2009). Gifted secondary students catered for in mainstream classrooms using an integrated curriculum. The Gifted Challenge:Challenging the gifted. D.Wood (Ed) The NSW Association for Gifted and Talented Children. Mudgee:Lynx Printing

Chessor, D., & Whitton, D. (2008). The effects of grouping Primary School students on self concept and achievement. Talent Ed. 25 (2), 7-19.

Chessor, D. (2008). Developing student wellbeing and resilience using a group process. Educational and Child Psychology, 25 (2), 82-90.

Chessor, D., Gilbert, E., Perz, J & Ussher, J. (2008). Celebrity football players as teacher's aides to enhance the learning of children displaying challenging behaviours. The International Journal of Learning, 15, 4, 285-292

Chessor, D., & Whitton, D. (2008). The effects of grouping Primary School studentson self-concept, motivation and achievement from parents' perspectives. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 15, 1, 93-104.

Marsh, H. W., Chessor, D., Craven, R. & Roche, L. (1995). The effects of gifted and talented programs on academic self-concept. The big fish strikes again. American Educational Research Journal, 32, 285-319.

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