Dr Sara McLean is a Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Child Protection at the University of South Australia.  She is the first recipient of the ACU Visiting Fellowship at Linacre College and for this year in association with the Rees Centre for Research in Fostering and Education, Department of Education.

Dr McLean will give a Lecture in the Tanner Room on Thursday 28th April 2016. This Lecture will describe her work that focuses on synthesising current and emerging knowledge from neuropsychology, clinical psychology and interventions and child protection theory and translates this knowledge into practical strategies that are relevant to the ‘real world’ complexity of working with looked-after children and families.