Corinne Huntington

Job Title: Sessional Researcher

Qualifications:

• BA Psychology and Communication Studies(University of Richmond, Virginia, US)
• MSc Childhood Studies (University of Edinburgh)
• PhD Psychology (University of Surrey)

Research interests:

• Family relationships and parenting
• Parenting programmes
• Children’s centres
• Coparenting relationships
• Infancy and early childhood

Current research projects:

• Evaluation Core Offer - supporting The Children’s Society’s programmes in demonstrating effectiveness
• An evaluation of a peer listening programme
• Exercise to understand the reach of Children’s Centres ‘Defining families’ as part of the Family Pathfinder

Corinne Huntington publications:

Huntington C (2011) An evaluation of Parents as First Teachers from stakeholders’ perspectives: Demonstrating outcomes and process (Report for programme)

Huntington C Commentary on: Family Nurse Partnership: Wave 2A, ‘Collaborative Working with Children’s Centres’ service evaluation project. Milton Keynes: Open University 2010.

Huntington C, Vetere A & Draghi-Lorenz R (2010) Coparent perspectives and parent support programmes: Exploring parents’ views on parenting programmes and family relationships, paper presented at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

Huntington C, Vetere A & Draghi-Lorenz R (2010) Perspectives of mothers and fathers on parenting programmes: Differing viewpoints of meeting needs, paper presented at the meeting of the British Psychological Society, London, UK.

Huntington C, Vetere A & Buchanan-Barrow E (2009) Understanding parent education with service users and providers: Exploring mothers and project workers perspectives to guide future evaluation, paper presented at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

Huntington C, Vetere A & Buchanan-Barrow E (2009) Perspectives on parenting: Applying co-parents views for emergent design of parent training programme evaluation, paper presented at the meeting of the British Psychological Society, Nottingham, UK.

Huntington C, Vetere A & Buchanan-Barrow E (2009) Mothers, fathers, co-parents and project workers: Preliminary findings and emergent design for parent training programme evaluation, paper presented at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.

Huntington C, Vetere A & Buchanan-Barrow E (2008) Perspectives’ on parent education: Exploring stakeholders’ views using IPA, paper presented at the meeting of the Association of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, London, UK.

Huntington C, Vetere A & Buchanan-Barrow E (2008) Empowering parents: An exploration of current parenting programmes with children under three, paper presented at the meeting of the British Psychological Society, Oxford, UK.

Huntington C, Vetere A & Buchanan-Barrow E (2008) Parent education: An evaluation of strengths, weaknesses, and future considerations, paper presented at the International Society for Behavioural Development, Wurzberg, Germany.

Huntington C & Vetere A (in preparation) Investigating coparents participation in parent support programmes: Is both parents attendance always necessary?

Contact details: 

The Children's Society
Research Unit
Edward Rudolf House
Margery Street
London
WC1X 0JL

Email: corinne.huntington@childrenssociety.org.uk

Tel: 0207 841 4590