
Sinéad McNally
@drsineadmcnally
Associate Professor in Psychology and Early Childhood @DCU. Usually found researching / discussing #play #books #inclusion #childvoice #researchmethods
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Delighted to share our first open access paper from the Autism Friendly Schools research project - a scoping review of autistic pupils’ experiences in schools. With @aoifemlynam Professor Mary Rose Sweeney and Lisa Keenan We are now Research Ireland AsIAm Dublin City University RCSI journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

Rob will be joined by PEDAL's Professor Jenny Gibson. Jenny Gibson is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Education and her work at PEDAL focuses on investigating the role of play in children’s social development. Learn more about our speakers at buff.ly/3y76TK6


Woo hoo! Our text book on #DevLangDis and social emotional development is out! Umar Toseeb Developmental Language Disorder and Social-Emotional Development: An Introduction to Theories, Concepts, and Research amzn.eu/d/83RH9iV

Delighted to share a new paper on #play led by Christina O'Keeffe Christina O'Keeffe DCU School of Inclusive & Special Education This study explores how children’s conceptualisations of #play can inform authentic #play pedagogies in #Education Free imprint👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… DCU Institute of Education DCU Research

If you'd like to see my Royal Irish Academy -funded #HousingThePeople #exhibition in person, I'm delighted that it is currently being hosted in the very fabulous #Coolock library - open Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm and 10am-5pm on Fri and Sat Dublin City Libraries Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences @ DCU


Congratulations to all the postgrad researchers at #ResearchOnWalls who shared images highlighting an incredible range of innovative PhD studies Dublin City University. Wonderful to see DCU School of Language, Literacy and ECE so well represented by Andrea and Alison Nulty 🙌 Weiyi6 Tara Concannon-Gibney Geraldine French



Delighted to share our new paper on a strengths-based approach to understanding #autistic children's #play. Co-authored with Christina O'Keeffe and published #OpenAccess at Autism Journal our findings highlight the need for inclusive and diverse play contexts. Read more👇

Delighted to share a video abstract created with Christina O'Keeffe to discuss findings from our recently published study Autism Journal outlining a strengths-based understanding of the #play of autistic children. We also discuss implications for #Inclusive #Education. DCU Institute of Education Dublin City University

Just one week to go until our Early Reading Years Conference in Cardiff, with support from Welsh Government! We've got a packed day planned, exploring how shared reading can support milestones, how we can engage families with reading, and lots more. Stay tuned! BookTrust Cymru


Thrilled to be speaking at the BookTrust conference on Early Years Reading in Caerdydd Cardiff📚 I'll be sharing our research on early reading for developing children's literacy and vocabulary skills as part of the panel on how shared reading can support milestones👇 DCU Institute of Education

Thank you BookTrust for the invitation to speak at the Early Years Reading Conference in Cardiff. A really fantastic event and wonderful to hear more about the work in Wales advancing early reading opportunities and access to books for young children BookTrust Cymru Dublin City University

Good afternoon! We are at the Autism-Friendly Schools project launch on our St Patrick’s Campus. Led by Dr Sinéad McNally Sinéad McNally and Prof Mary Rose Sweeney Professor Mary Rose Sweeney, and supported by AsIAm AsIAm, Ireland’s National Autism Charity. #DCUResearch


At the launch of our new report yesterday with Sinéad McNally RCSI Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery

Yesterday we held a special launch Dublin City University for families and educational stakeholders to share findings on the school experiences of #autistic students in Ireland and to launch our framework for autism-friendly schools🏫Thank you to @ResearchIreland @AsIAm Jenny Gibson for your support!

#PEDALConference2025 Sinéad McNally talked about the importance of consulting and asking neurodivergent children's perspectives on play. From her research on asking children aged 5-12, some takeaways emerged:


🗞️ Our new paper just published on knowledge of autism, and attitudes towards inclusive education for autistic students, in Ireland is available to read #OpenAccess here👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… With Professor Mary Rose Sweeney Lisa Keenan Dublin City University AsIAm Research Ireland

Read our latest research on what play means to children and the ways in which children think play should be researched. This scoping review with Christina O'Keeffe was co-constructed with children themselves and can be read👇 link.springer.com/10.1007/s12187… DCU Research DCU School of Inclusive & Special Education

Delighted to share a new scoping review published with Christina O'Keeffe on children's perspectives of play which was conducted in consultation with children themselves. Available to read #OpenAccess here: link.springer.com/article/10.100… #StudentVoice #Play DCU School of Language, Literacy and ECE DCU School of Inclusive & Special Education DCU Institute of Education
