Dr Chelsea Eacott is an Educational and Developmental

Psychologist with over ten years experience working as apsychologist within the education system and private sectororganisations in Victoria and Queensland.

Chelsea is currently the Director of Student Services at Eltham

College, Victoria, and lectures in the Masters of EducationalPsychology program at Melbourne University. Some of her previousroles include: Director of Student Wellbeing at Rockhampton GirlsGrammar School; Psychologist at Autism Queensland Rockhampton EarlyIntervention Centre; and Junior School Psychologist at Yarra ValleyGrammar.

Chelsea has multiple research publications examining the

effectiveness of psychological interventions in school settings,and in particular the challenges for youth living in ruralareas.

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 intouch with her and see where her research journey ventures!

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the website to check out all the links that Chelsea spokeabout and her best self-care tip for early careerpsychologists.