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Lisa McKay-Brown

Senior Lecturer
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
School Attendance
Mental Health
Tiered Interventions
School Refusal
Inclusive Education
Behavioural Intervention
SWPBS
Engagement
Disability
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Lisa McKay-Brown

 
Division
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
 
Primary Interest
School attendance issues
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Lisa McKay-Brown's research groups

  • Learning Interventions Academic Group

    The Learning Intervention Academic Group brings together academics in Learning Interventions from a range of education focused contexts, including early years, primary, secondary and tertiary settings and into adulthood.

Projects

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In2School@school: a re-engagement program for students who are school refusing after remote-learning experienced during lockdown

2022 - 2023
Active
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Addressing the divide: Authentic inclusion in Education for people with Down syndrome

2022 - 2023
Active
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Research into and development of a national curriculum for positive behaviour support

2021 - 2021
Completed
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In2School Project

2017 - 2018
Completed
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Breaking the silence of severe school refusal: Revealing student voices

2015 - 2016
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Online Module for Trainers

2015 - 2015
Completed

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Project Types

3

Research Contracts

2

Research Grant

1

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Perspectives on behaviour support in Australian schools

Erin Leif, Lisa McKay-Brown, Phillip Whitefield

Book Chapter  |  2022

Drawing upon twenty years of experience putting the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) framework into practice, this is the first de..

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Tier 3

Lisa McKay-Brown, Tom Tutton

Book Chapter  |  2022

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Restrictive Practices and the 'Need' for Positive Behaviour Support (PBS): A Critical Discourse Examination of Disability Policy Beliefs

Brent A Hayward, Lisa McKay-Brown, Shiralee Poed

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

BACKGROUND: Few studies have considered policies which underpin the promotion of positive behaviour support (PBS). The present stu..

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Overcoming barriers to inclusion in education in India: A scoping review

Lindsey Gale, Pranashree Bhushan, Shweta Eidnani, Lorraine Graham, Matthew Harrison, Lisa McKay-Brown, Rucha Pande, Shreya Shreeraman, Chandhni Sivashunmugam

Journal article  |  2022  |  Social Sciences & Humanities Open

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Tier 3: Intensive approaches, interventions and supports

Lisa McKay-Brown, Tom Tutton

Book Chapter  |  2022

Drawing upon twenty years of experience putting the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) framework into practice, this is the first de..

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Identifying important persons in the promotion of positive behaviour support (PBS) in disability services: A social network analysis

Brent A Hayward, Lisa McKay-Brown, Shiralee Poed, Keith McVilly

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF INTELLECTUAL & DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY

Background: Little is known about networks for positive behaviour support (PBS) in disability services. This study explores a PBS ..

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Geographical Networks in the Divergence of Australian Positive Behavior Support Policy

Brent A Hayward, Lisa McKay-Brown, Shiralee Poed

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF POLICY AND PRACTICE IN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES

Positive behavior support (PBS) is an example of a disability policy that has gained international acceptance through its promotio..

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Introduction to Education

Heather Sharp, Sue Hudson, Noelene Weatherby-Fell, Jennifer Charteris, Bernard Brown, Jason Lodge, Lisa McKay-Brown, Tracey Sempowicz, Rachel Buchanan, Scott Imig, Peter Hudson, Michaela Vergano, Michael Walsh

Book  |  2021

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Introducing positive behaviour support (PBS) into disability services for successful adoption: A synthesised systematic review

Brent A Hayward, Shiralee Poed, Lisa McKay-Brown, Keith R McVilly

Journal article  |  2021  |  BRITISH JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES

Positive behaviour support is used by staff to help people with different disabilities, but we do not know what helps staff to kee..

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Exploring the voices of young people in school absenteeism: What schools need to know

Lisa McKay-Brown, Anton Birioukov-Brant

Book Chapter  |  2021

SCHOOL REFUSAL (SR), a subset of SAPs, has been a focus of clinicians and educators. However, while the efficacy of clinical and s..

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Keyword Analysis

Health Services and Systems
Specialist Studies in Education
Education Policy, Sociology and Philosophy
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Evaluation of Health and Support Services
Other Education and Training
Provision of Health and Support Services
Schools and Learning Environments
Social Work
Applied and Developmental Psychology

News

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Getting school refusers back to class

Lisa McKay-Brown

For most students, the routine of going to school is a straightforward process. Get up, get dressed, eat breakfast, grab school bag and hea..

August 2, 2016
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Making a case for teacher aides

Shiralee Poed, Lorraine Graham, Jeanette Berman, Lisa McKay-Brown

School kids who receive extra support from a teacher aide actually progress slower as a result, according to the largest ever long-term res..

April 17, 2016
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2020

Learning Intervention team

MGSE Teaching Excellence Award (Team)
2020

For Inclusive Education and Sustainable Learning in South America

MGSE Engagement Excellence Award
2017

Excellence and Prevention in Education for the MakingtheLink project

Alcohol and Drug Foundation

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Senior Lecturer

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Professional Member

Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS)

My Country Co-Host

International Network for School Attendance (INSA)

Board Member And Co-Leader Research Group

Association for Positive Behaviour Support Australia (APBSA)

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Master of Education

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Arts (Social Sciences)

Monash University

Diploma of Teaching (Primary)

Victoria College

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