Kathryn Bates

Kathryn Bates is a postdoctoral researcher at King’s College London. Her research focuses on how different types of adversity impact brain development, cognition, and mental health outcomes in children and adolescents. In our information-driven society with knowledge at our finger tips, Kathryn Bates is a strong believer in communicating science findings with coherence and transparency.

Posts by Kathryn

Technology that allows students to work at their own level

Kathryn Bates / 15 December 2022

Interview Education technology Education technology

Protecting children’s right to play

Kathryn Bates / 22 September 2022

Article Development Play

Do children benefit from forest school?

Kathryn Bates / 21 July 2022

Article Learning & Education Learning environments

Overcoming barriers to supporting individuals in the classroom

Kathryn Bates and Jane Exell / 10 March 2022

Article Education policy Individual differences

How do motor impairments affect learning?

Kathryn Bates / 6 January 2022

Article Diversity Individual differences

What helps autistic children flourish at school?

Kathryn Bates / 16 December 2021

Article Diversity Individual differences

How can teachers support children with ADHD?

Kathryn Bates / 2 December 2021

Article Diversity Individual differences

How social distancing affects social development

Kathryn Bates / 4 March 2021

Article Covid-19 Development

How can after-school clubs improve children’s mental health?

Kathryn Bates / 20 November 2020

Article Covid-19 Mental health

Teaching from behind a mask

Kathryn Bates / 25 September 2020

Article Covid-19 Learning & Education

Managing children’s anxiety at home

Kathryn Bates / 14 May 2020

Article Covid-19 Development

Social media and teen mental health: confusing correlation with causation

Kathryn Bates / 8 November 2019

Interview Development Mental health

Exams may damage teenagers’ mental health and restrict their potential

Kathryn Bates / 22 August 2019

Opinion Education systems Mental health

Some learners cannot visualise things in their mind’s eye

Kathryn Bates / 15 August 2019

Article Development Individual differences

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