Vasiliki Totsika
Biographic Data
| ID | 2747924 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Vasiliki Totsika |
| GIVEN NAMES | Vasiliki |
| FAMILY NAME | Totsika |
| SIGNATURE | TOTSIKA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warwick |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1702-2727 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Stakeholder perspectives on Relationships and Sex Education outcomes for students with intellectual disability to inform the development of a Core Outcome Set
Little is known about how to deliver Relationships and Sex Education to students with intellectual disability and what outcomes to measure. UNESCO defines Relationships and Sex Education as a part of the curriculum that aims to provide students with comprehensive knowledge, skills and attitudes about their sexuality. Evaluations of Relationships and Sex Education for people with intellectual disability indicate inconsistent outcome measurement an…
Home schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
The COVID-19 outbreak, and associated school restrictions affected the learning experience of students worldwide. The current study focused on the learning experiences of United Kingdom children with neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism and/or intellectual disability. Specifically, the aim was to examine families’ experience with school support for home schooling, families’ resources, and level of satisfaction with schools among famili…
Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) for Families of Young Children With Intellectual Disability
Background: Parents of children with intellectual disabilities are likely to experience poorer mental well-being and face challenges accessing support. Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) is a group-based programme, co-produced with parents and professionals, based on existing research evidence and a developmental systems approach to support parental mental well-being. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of community ser…
The impact of mediation on resolution of disagreements around special educational needs
Under England’s Children and Families Act 2014, local authorities (LAs) have a statutory responsibility to provide an independent mediation service for cases of disagreement between parents or young people and the LAs where parents or the young person are considering an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal Special Educational Needs (SEN) and DisabilityWe examined the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of mediation in resolving such disagreements w…
Early Years Parenting Mediates Early Adversity Effects on Problem Behaviors in Intellectual Disability
A family developmental framework was applied to data from families of children with intellectual disabilities to understand the role of parenting in the path from early adversity to problem behaviors in mid-childhood. Data from 9 months to 11 years tested the Family Stress Model in families of 555 children. Adversarial parenting between 3 and 5 years mediated the path from early adversity (family poverty and maternal psychological distress at nin…
Evaluating Parent Gym
BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence of the efficacy and effectiveness of targeted parenting programmes but the evidence for universal parenting programmes is much less developed. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Parent Gym, a parenting programme delivered in schools. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: In this paper a quasi-experimental design was utilised. Parents were recruited to the Parent Gym programme comprising six …
The effectiveness of universal parenting programmes
The CANparent Trial demonstrated that universal parenting programmes can be effective in improving parents' sense of parenting efficacy and mental well-being when delivered to the full range of parents in community settings. However, there was no evidence of a reduction in levels of parenting stress; nor was there a significant improvement in satisfaction with being a parent. This is the first study of its kind in the UK; although the results poi…
Informal caregivers of people with an intellectual disability in England
There is wide variation in reported impact of caring on caregiver well-being, and often a negative appraisal of caregiving. Researchers are beginning to question the robustness of the evidence base on which negative appraisals are based. The present study aimed to draw on data from a population-representative sample to describe the health, quality of life and impact of caring of informal caregivers of people with an intellectual disability. Infor…
Training parents to help their children read
Background. Low levels of literacy and high levels of behaviour problems in middle childhood often co-occur. These persistent difficulties pose a risk to academic and social development, leading to social exclusion in adulthood. Although parent-training programmes have been shown to be effective in enabling parents to support their children's development, very few parent interventions offer a combination of behavioural and literacy training.Aims.…
Capturing quality in early childhood through environmental rating scales
The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Revisited
This review describes the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME). After describing the structure of the instrument, it shows how it has been used successfully in studies on normally developing children and on samples drawn from high‐risk populations. These are followed by studies showing how the HOME has been used to evaluate interventions. Although most interventions are not designed primarily on the basis of the HOME outcome…
Capturing quality in early childhood through environmental rating scales
Training parents to help their children read
Background. Low levels of literacy and high levels of behaviour problems in middle childhood often co-occur. These persistent difficulties pose a risk to academic and social development, leading to social exclusion in adulthood. Although parent-training programmes have been shown to be effective in enabling parents to support their children's development, very few parent interventions offer a combination of behavioural and literacy training.Aims.…
The impact of mediation on resolution of disagreements around special educational needs
Under England’s Children and Families Act 2014, local authorities (LAs) have a statutory responsibility to provide an independent mediation service for cases of disagreement between parents or young people and the LAs where parents or the young person are considering an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal Special Educational Needs (SEN) and DisabilityWe examined the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of mediation in resolving such disagreements w…
Informal caregivers of people with an intellectual disability in England
There is wide variation in reported impact of caring on caregiver well-being, and often a negative appraisal of caregiving. Researchers are beginning to question the robustness of the evidence base on which negative appraisals are based. The present study aimed to draw on data from a population-representative sample to describe the health, quality of life and impact of caring of informal caregivers of people with an intellectual disability. Infor…
The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment Revisited
This review describes the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME). After describing the structure of the instrument, it shows how it has been used successfully in studies on normally developing children and on samples drawn from high‐risk populations. These are followed by studies showing how the HOME has been used to evaluate interventions. Although most interventions are not designed primarily on the basis of the HOME outcome…
Capturing quality in early childhood through environmental rating scales
Training parents to help their children read
Background. Low levels of literacy and high levels of behaviour problems in middle childhood often co-occur. These persistent difficulties pose a risk to academic and social development, leading to social exclusion in adulthood. Although parent-training programmes have been shown to be effective in enabling parents to support their children's development, very few parent interventions offer a combination of behavioural and literacy training.Aims.…
Informal caregivers of people with an intellectual disability in England
There is wide variation in reported impact of caring on caregiver well-being, and often a negative appraisal of caregiving. Researchers are beginning to question the robustness of the evidence base on which negative appraisals are based. The present study aimed to draw on data from a population-representative sample to describe the health, quality of life and impact of caring of informal caregivers of people with an intellectual disability. Infor…
The effectiveness of universal parenting programmes
The CANparent Trial demonstrated that universal parenting programmes can be effective in improving parents' sense of parenting efficacy and mental well-being when delivered to the full range of parents in community settings. However, there was no evidence of a reduction in levels of parenting stress; nor was there a significant improvement in satisfaction with being a parent. This is the first study of its kind in the UK; although the results poi…
Evaluating Parent Gym
BACKGROUND: There is growing evidence of the efficacy and effectiveness of targeted parenting programmes but the evidence for universal parenting programmes is much less developed. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of Parent Gym, a parenting programme delivered in schools. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH: In this paper a quasi-experimental design was utilised. Parents were recruited to the Parent Gym programme comprising six …
Early Years Parenting Mediates Early Adversity Effects on Problem Behaviors in Intellectual Disability
A family developmental framework was applied to data from families of children with intellectual disabilities to understand the role of parenting in the path from early adversity to problem behaviors in mid-childhood. Data from 9 months to 11 years tested the Family Stress Model in families of 555 children. Adversarial parenting between 3 and 5 years mediated the path from early adversity (family poverty and maternal psychological distress at nin…
Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) for Families of Young Children With Intellectual Disability
Background: Parents of children with intellectual disabilities are likely to experience poorer mental well-being and face challenges accessing support. Early Positive Approaches to Support (E-PAtS) is a group-based programme, co-produced with parents and professionals, based on existing research evidence and a developmental systems approach to support parental mental well-being. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of community ser…
The impact of mediation on resolution of disagreements around special educational needs
Under England’s Children and Families Act 2014, local authorities (LAs) have a statutory responsibility to provide an independent mediation service for cases of disagreement between parents or young people and the LAs where parents or the young person are considering an appeal to the First-tier Tribunal Special Educational Needs (SEN) and DisabilityWe examined the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of mediation in resolving such disagreements w…
Home schooling during the Covid-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
The COVID-19 outbreak, and associated school restrictions affected the learning experience of students worldwide. The current study focused on the learning experiences of United Kingdom children with neurodevelopmental conditions, including autism and/or intellectual disability. Specifically, the aim was to examine families’ experience with school support for home schooling, families’ resources, and level of satisfaction with schools among famili…
Stakeholder perspectives on Relationships and Sex Education outcomes for students with intellectual disability to inform the development of a Core Outcome Set
Little is known about how to deliver Relationships and Sex Education to students with intellectual disability and what outcomes to measure. UNESCO defines Relationships and Sex Education as a part of the curriculum that aims to provide students with comprehensive knowledge, skills and attitudes about their sexuality. Evaluations of Relationships and Sex Education for people with intellectual disability indicate inconsistent outcome measurement an…
Psychology (10 works) · Developmental psychology (8 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Intellectual disability (4 works) · Infant Development and Preterm Care (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works)