Dr Dean O’Driscoll

Educational and Child Psychologist

O’Driscoll Educational & Child Psychology Founder

My Goal

I founded O’Driscoll Educational & Child Psychology to make a difference and offer support to young people and adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

Qualifications/ Memberships

  • Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology (DECAP) from Queen’s University Belfast.

  • Associate Fellow and Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS).

  • Registered Psychologist with the HCPC.  

Extensive Experience

  • Former Educational Psychologist in public service in Northern Ireland.

  • Former consulting Educational Psychologist on Special Educational Needs reform programmes in Northern Ireland.

  • Educational Psychologist for Statutory Assessments in various Local Authorities in England.

  • Expert witness in legal proceedings, including criminal, family, personal injury, and medical negligence cases.

Contributing to Psychology

  • Extensive research on Educational and Child Psychology, which has received research awards from Queen’s University Belfast. 

  • Publishing peer-reviewed academic papers and book chapters on Educational and Child Psychology with 250+ citations. A full list of published titles can be found here.

  • Expert reviewer for world-leading psychological journals.

  • Speaking at national and international conferences.

  • Delivering training and supervision to psychologists and doctoral trainees.

  • Guest lecturing at local universities.