Dr. Sarah Leadley
Sarah is a Registered Psychologist and Behaviour Analyst (BCBA). For over 16 years, she has provided behavioural services in homes and schools for children and young people with and without disabilities. She has practiced in New Zealand, and Canada. Her PhD research (2014-2017) focused on home-based behavioural interventions for a group of tamariki who were dependent on tube feeding. Parents & family/whānau were involved in every step of this research, as well as multiple health professionals.
Sarah is a member of the Clinical Network for Paediatric Tube Feeding. She is a Senior Lecturer/Senior Research Fellow at the University of Auckland, within the School of Psychology (Behaviour Analysis programme). Her role involves training students who are aiming to become psychologists and conducting feeding-related research in the community (see the research tab above). Research during 2023-2024 is further supported by funding from the Health Research Council.
Sarah is also a mum to two young children who keep her super busy!