Professor
Deb Keen
I research ways to enhance participation and engagement of individuals on the autism spectrum and their families in home, school and community. I am particularly interested in evidence-based practice, communication, problem behaviour, early intervention, and family-centred practice.
Affiliations
- Arts, Education and Law
- Griffith Institute for Educational Research
Overview
Expertise Keywords
- autism
- communication
- disability
- early intervention
- families
Research Publications and Outputs
Recent Publications
Publications: 75 (Other: 75)
Funded Griffith Research
- (2019). PACE: Partnering with the Autism Community to Enhance Research
- (2018). Improving academic outcomes by moderating anxiety in children with autism
- (2017). Debunking Autism Treatment Myths
- (2017). Listening to the evidence: Using what works to improve educational outcomes for students with autism
- (2017). Reducing the impact of anxiety on learning and behaviour of anxious students with autism in the classroom
- (2017). Supporting Best Practice in the Assessment and Treatment of Minimally Verbal Children with Autism
- (2014). Helping students stay on-task and move between tasks
- (2014). Improving Outcomes for children with ASD: Establishing a Collaborative Research/Practice Partnership
- (2013). Project 2.007RC Trajectory Study: Understanding the relationship between child with ASD characteristics, subtypes of ASD, experiences of intervention and school support and with developmental and behavioural trajectories
- (2007). Active support Train-the-Trainer project (Admin by Centre for Developmental Disability Studies CDDS, Uni of Sydney)
- (2007). Indicators of child and parent outcomes in family-centered services for young children with a disability
- (2006). Engaging to Learn: Learning to Engage
- (2006). Growing Stronger, Supporting and Connecting Parents of Children with Autism
Engagement and Impact
Learning and Teaching
Current and Past Courses
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Evidence-based Practice & ASD (7186EDN)Convenor, Online, Mt. Gravatt Campus, Semester 2, 2015.
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Positive Communities of Pract. (7183EDN)Convenor, Online, Mt. Gravatt Campus, Semester 1, 2015.
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Evidence-based Practice & ASD (7186EDN)Convenor, Online, Online, Semester 2, 2015.
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Positive Communities of Pract. (7183EDN)Convenor, Online, Online, Semester 1, 2015.
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Evidence-based Practice & ASD (7186EDN)Convenor, Online, Mt. Gravatt Campus, Semester 2, 2014.
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Positive Communities of Pract. (7183EDN)Convenor, Online, Mt. Gravatt Campus, Semester 1, 2014.
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Positive Communities of Pract. (7183EDN)Teacher, Online, Mt. Gravatt Campus, Semester 1, 2014.
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Evidence-based Practice & ASD (7186EDN)Convenor, Online, Online, Semester 2, 2014.
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Positive Communities of Pract. (7183EDN)Convenor, Online, Online, Semester 1, 2014.
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Positive Communities of Pract. (7183EDN)Teacher, Online, Online, Semester 1, 2014.
Research by Higher Degree Supervision or Scholarship
Background
Bio
| Deb Keen is Professor in Education with the Autism Centre of Excellence at Griffith University. She has an extensive research program and has published in excess of 40 academic journal papers, books and book chapters. Her research is primarily focused on ways to enhance participation and engagement of individuals with ASD and their families in home, school and community. More specifically, she undertakes research on evidence-based practices, communication, problem behaviour, early intervention, and family-centred practice. Deb is on the editorial boards of Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice; Australasian Journal of Special Education; Journal of Intellectual and Development Disabilities and associate editor of the International Journal of Disability Development and Education. |