#26 - Educational and Development Psychologist Dr Chelsea Eacott

Dr Chelsea Eacott is an Educational and Developmental

Psychologist with over ten years experience working as a

psychologist within the education system and private sector

organisations in Victoria and Queensland.

Chelsea is currently the Director of Student Services at Eltham

College, Victoria, and lectures in the Masters of Educational

Psychology program at Melbourne University. Some of her previous

roles include: Director of Student Wellbeing at Rockhampton Girls

Grammar School; Psychologist at Autism Queensland Rockhampton Early

Intervention Centre; and Junior School Psychologist at Yarra Valley

Grammar.

Chelsea has multiple research publications examining the

effectiveness of psychological interventions in school settings,

and in particular the challenges for youth living in rural

areas.

She has extensive experience running group interventions in

schools including:

Whole school approaches to bullying, behaviour management and

pastoral care.

Experience with kidsmatter, MindMatters, Restorative Practices,

and Social Emotional Learning initiatives

ASIST suicide prevention training Training in responding to

self harm in schools

Experience in delivery of; Tuning into Teens, Peer Mediation,

Peer Support, MPower Girls, Protective Behaviours, the ‘Best of

Coping’ and Social Skills programs.

Whilst very experienced in the field, Chelsea is just starting

out her career as an academic, so it will be fabulous to keep in

touch with her and see where her research journey ventures!

Visit

the website to check out all the links that Chelsea spoke

about and her best self-care tip for early career

psychologists.