Juegos modificados para personas con discapacidad

Gatekeeper letter

Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Sciences School of Psychology Park Place Cardiff CF10 3AT Address Date Dear Contact,

My name is Emma Court and I am a Trainee Educational Psychologist at Cardiff University. As part of my doctorate, I am completing a research project exploring Educational Psychologists’ (EPs) and Trainee Educational Psychologists’ (TEPs) constructs in regards to supporting children and young people (CYP) who are gender variant.

Research indicates that gender variance is becoming increasingly visible within the UK. This research sits alongside a reported year on year increase in referrals to specialist services that support children who do not identify with their biological sex and/or assigned gender at birth. The UK Government and Welsh Government specifically are responding to such changes, with policies and legislation emerging to support those CYP who self-identify as gender variant. One example is the recent report produced in 2017 to inform proposed changes to the Sex and Relationships Curriculum within Wales. There is currently a lack of literature from an EP perspective in relation to gender variance, both in how EPs perceive such social change and the role they could take in supporting CYP who are gender variant. Of the literature that exists, there is nothing that focuses on the views of Welsh EPs. My research project, ‘Gender variance and the role of the Educational Psychologist (EP): Perspectives of EPs and Trainee Educational Psychologists (TEPs) in Wales’, aims to address this gap. This project is being supervised by a professional tutor on the Doctorate of Educational Psychology course at Cardiff University, Dale Bartle, and has been approved by the ethics panel at Cardiff University.

I am writing to enquire whether you or any EPs or TEPs within your service would be willing to participate in this project. I have included further information below outlining what would be

you forward their contact details to me by e-mail ([email protected]) so that I can provide them with further information.

Many thanks in advance for your consideration of this project. Please let me know if you require additional information.

Kind Regards, Emma Court

Emma Court

Trainee Educational Psychologist School of Psychology, Cardiff University [email protected]

Dr Dale Bartle

Research Supervisor (DEdPsy)

School of Psychology, Cardiff University

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Title of project: Gender variance and the role of the Educational Psychologist (EP): Perspectives of EPs and Trainee Educational Psychologists (TEPs) in Wales

What will the project involve? Should you agree, I will be seeking to recruit any EPs or TEPs who would be willing to give up their time to discuss their thoughts around gender variance and how they perceive the role of the EP within this area. There is no requirement for those who volunteer to have

the nature of this study as an exploration of constructs currently held by EPs and TEPs in regards to this work. I anticipate these discussions lasting up to one hour. This could be at a time that was most convenient for the person in question and will be agreed via email in advance. During that time, I will ask a series of questions to elicit the EPs/TEPs views of the areas outlined above.

How will the information be kept?

Everything that is discussed within the interviews will be recorded via Dictaphone and held confidentially by myself for a period of two weeks. During those two weeks the EP/TEP will be able to access their data and/or request that the data is destroyed. Following the period of two weeks, the information will be transcribed and anonymised. Once transcribed, the initial recording will be deleted and it will no longer be possible to access the individual data.

What will happen to the information gathered?

The information from the proposed interview, along with accounts from any other EPs/ TEPs, will be analysed to explore any themes. This data will be written up as part of a report for my doctoral studies. This information may form the basis of a research paper which will potentially be submitted for publication. Upon completion, a brief summary of the findings will be sent to all participants.

The right to withdraw

Taking part in this discussion is entirely voluntary and the EP/ TEP will be informed that they can leave at any time or refuse to answer a particular question should they so wish. Following the interview the EP/TEP can request to withdraw their data, without providing a reason for a period of two weeks, before transcription takes place.

This project has been reviewed and ethically approved by the School Research Ethics Committee at Cardiff University. Should you have any complaints about this research you can contact [email protected]. The data controller is Cardiff University and the Data Protection Officer is Matt Cooper [email protected] . The lawful basis for the processing of the data you provide is consent.