Mrs Catriona Robb
Teaching Fellow
Education
Personal statement
Catriona was employed in the School of Education as a Teaching Fellow from 2013 to 2015 and returned in 2018. She has worked in primary education in mainstream and Additional Support Needs (ASN) schools as well as in the secondary department of an ASN school. Prior to returning to the university, she worked in an enhanced nurture base. These children had experienced adversity and trauma, which manifested itself as distressed behaviour. She became a Development Officer in Mental Health at a local authority level and then employed as a Teaching Fellow in Children's Mental Health on her return to the university.
Qualifications
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), 2020
MEd Education with Merit, 2018
PgCert Supporting Teacher Learning with GTCS Professional Recognition, 2014
Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies, 2012
PGDE Primary Education with Merit
MSc Human Resource Management, 1994
BA (Hons) Business Studies with Labour Studies , 1992
Teaching
Catriona's teaching interests are in health and wellbeing and literacy.
Research Interests
Catriona's research interests are in adversity, trauma, nurture and resilience. She is interested in how children and young people displaying distressed behaviour can be supported to develop the social and emotional competences which will allow them to achieve educational and wider outcomes.
Professional Activities
- Public Health Scotland Mental Health Directorate: Adversity, Trauma, Nurture, Resilience in ITE.
- Speaker
- 31/7/2023
- Children in Scotland Annual Conference: Digging Deeper: Intersectional approaches to inclusive mental health.
- Invited speaker
- 30/5/2023
- Pedagoo Strathclyde, Professional Learning for Teachers in Scotland
- Organiser
- 20/5/2023
- Policy Hub Scotland. Trauma Informed Practice: ‘Embedding the Nurture Principles with Primary Children’.
- Speaker
- 20/1/2023
- Education (Organisational unit)
- Member
- 2022
- The TLC Network: Through the looking glass: reflections on Adverse Childhood Experiences aware practice in primary schools
- Speaker
- 14/10/2020
Projects
- Implementing Trauma Informed Practices in the Classroom
- Robinson, Anna (Academic) Robb, Catriona (Academic)
- This two session Knowledge Exchange training course explores trauma-informed practice in the classroom. It explores the impact of trauma for the person and the practitioner supporting trauma-experienced young people. It explores the presence of trauma for children and young people reviewed through the medical lens and domains of trauma, the importance of self-care and a range of experiential and practical tasks for practitioners working in the field.
- 28-Nov-2022 - 19-Dec-2022
- Social determinants: understanding the impact on mental health & wellbeing; Trauma informed practice and nurturing approaches: school and classroom strategies (early years & primary & secondary) [EIS]
- Robb, Catriona (Academic) Porciani, Monica (Academic)
- 29-Sep-2022 - 27-Oct-2022
- Trauma Informed Practice - How nurture and relationships can create an emotionally healthier way to learn
- Robb, Catriona (Academic)
- Video presentation with Policy Hub Scotland
- 23-Sep-2022 - 14-Oct-2022
- Educational Institute for Scotland Neuroscience of Trauma and Emotion Coaching
- Robb, Catriona (Academic) Shaw, Nicky (Academic)
- 16-Mar-2022 - 23-Mar-2022
- Education Institute for Scotland: Trauma Informed Practice
- Robinson, Anna (Academic) Robb, Catriona (Academic)
- Trauma Informed Practice CPD for EIS Professional members
- 18-Jan-2021 - 25-Jan-2021
- Education Institute for Scotland: Supporting Trauma Experienced Young People
- Robinson, Anna (Academic) Robb, Catriona (Academic)
- Module 5: session (1) Introduction & Module 6: session (2) intermediate level CPD for EIS Professional members
- 20-Oct-2020 - 04-Nov-2020