Education
MASc
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University
of
Waterloo
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Developmental
and
Communication
Science
BEd
-
Wilfrid
Laurier
University
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Primary
&
Junior
Education
BSc
-
University
of
Waterloo
-
Health
Studies
&
Gerontology
Research and Teaching Interests
Research:
Child
development
-
refugees,
second
language
learning,
acculturation,
classroom
experiences,
educational
interventions
Teaching:
Introductory
psychology,
developmental
psychology,
learning
disabilities/exceptionalities
Publications
McDiarmid, S., Durbeej, N., Sarkadi, A., & Osman, F. (2021). The role of schools and teachers in supporting the mental wellbeing of refugee youths: A qualitative study with Swedish teachers. Submitted for publication.
Warner, G., Osman, F., McDiarmid, S., & Sarkadi, A. (2021). Giving schools a nudge: can behavioural insights improve recruitment of schools to randomised controlled trials?. BMC Research Notes, 14(1), 1-5.
Durbeej, N., McDiarmid, S., Sarkadi, A., Feldman, I., Punamäki, R. L., Kankaanpää, R., ... & Osman, F. (2021). Evaluation of a school-based intervention to promote mental health of refugee youth in Sweden (The RefugeesWellSchool Trial): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial. Trials, 22(1), 1-13.
Courses Taught at Renison
PSYCH 101R - Introductory Psychology