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Denise is a Lecturer and Clinical Director in Behaviour Analysis at the North Wales School of Education. Denise is also a certified behaviour analyst (UKBA [cert] and BCBA), with over seventeen years of experience in the application of behaviour analysis in a range of settings.

Her work sits at the intersection of applied research, professional practice, and higher education pedagogy. She is passionate about improving outcomes for learners and educators in schools through collaborative practice, and the translation of research into meaningful clinical and policy-relevant outcomes.

Much of her research is collaborative and close to practice. Her PhD research evaluated behaviour analytic interventions in maintained Additional Learning Needs (ALN) schools. Denise has collaborated with GwE (North Wales school improvement) to support schools with classroom and behaviour management, and was principal researcher on a project that evaluated teachers' perceptions of behaviour in schools as part of this project.

She is currently working on a Welsh Government-funded project on behaviour in schools. The project is a collaboration between several universities across Wales. Denise is principal researcher on one of the associated projects related to Additional Learning Needs (ALN), and contributes to broader multi-strand research initiatives, with direct implications for policy and practice in schools across Wales.

Position: Lecturer in Behaviour Analysis  (North Wales School of Education)

E-bost/Email: d.foran-conn@bangor.ac.uk

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Postgraduate Project Opportunities

Denise teaches several modules on the M.Sc. ABA and PBS. She also delivers guest lecture on topics related to ALN and behaviour on a number of other undergraduate and postgraduate courses. She also delivers Professional Learning for The RiPPLE Centre. 

Denise is Clinical Director in Behaviour Analysis and module coordinator on the practicum pathway. The practicum supports students to develop and evidence professional competencies in educational and other settings, whilst completing their M.Sc.. Denise provides UKBA (cert) supervision to students on this route. 

Denise has supervised many postgraduate research students at both masters and doctoral level. She also reviews for the following journals: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities; Tizard Learning Disability Review

I am willing to supervise a PhD

2021

• Published
  Foran Conn, D., Hoerger, M., Kelly, E., Cross, R., Jones, S., Walley, H. & Firth, L., Nov 2021, In: Behavioral Interventions. 36, 4, p. 1024-1041 18 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

• Published
  Hoerger, M. L., Philpott, H. P., Walker-Jones, E. M., Foran, D., Hoerger, M., Philpott, H., Jones, E. W., Hughes, J. C. & Morgan, J., 29 Jan 2015, In: British Journal of Special Education. 42, 1, p. 34-52
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2026

• A week of free, online, professional learning sessions for education staff.

  26 Jan 2026 – 29 Jan 2026

  Activity: Types of Business and Community - CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind) (Contributor)