Dr Shiralee Poed is an Associate Professor within the School of Education at the University of Queensland. She is also the Chair of the Association for Positive Behaviour Support Australia. Her career spans more than 30 years, and includes working as a teacher and leader in Australian state, Catholic and independent primary, secondary and special schools.
Shiralee's teaching, research, leadership, and service focus on systems change to address inequities in the education of students with disability, particularly where this manifests in behaviour. Her expertise includes: (i) evidence-based interventions to support the inclusion of learners with disability, (ii) proactive and positive approaches to behaviour, (iii) reductions in student restraint and seclusion, and (iv) elimination of disability discrimination.
Journal Article: Closing special schools: lessons from Canada
Mann, Glenys, Carrington, Suzanne, Lassig, Carly, Mavropoulou, Sofia, Saggers, Beth, Poed, Shiralee and Killingly, Callula (2023). Closing special schools: lessons from Canada. The Australian Educational Researcher, 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s13384-023-00661-5
Journal Article: Performance of Australia’s Disability Standards for Education 2005: a policy analysis and evaluation
de Bruin, Kate, Poed, Shiralee and Jackson, Robert (2023). Performance of Australia’s Disability Standards for Education 2005: a policy analysis and evaluation. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/13603116.2023.2221260
Other Outputs: Evaluation of responses to cyberbullying in Queensland school.
Poed, Shiralee and Aberdein, Rachel (2023). Evaluation of responses to cyberbullying in Queensland school.. Brisbane, Australia: Authors.
Equity and Excellence: Behaviour review tools for Queensland State Schools
(2023–2027) Queensland Department of Education
Academic advice for departmental research projects
(2022) Queensland Department of Education
Cyberbullying Request for Academic Advice
(2022) Queensland Department of Education
Individualised planning for inclusive education in secondary school contexts
Doctor Philosophy
Social-Emotional Competence: A Multidimensional Perspective in Vietnamese Schools
Doctor Philosophy
School-wide positive behaviour support: the Australian handbook
Katrina Barker, Shiralee Poed and Phillip Whitefield eds. (2023). School-wide positive behaviour support: the Australian handbook. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003186236
Educational planet shapers: researching, hypothesising, dreaming the future
Barbara Garrick, Shiralee Poed and James Skinner eds. (2009). Educational planet shapers: researching, hypothesising, dreaming the future. Mount Gravatt, Australia: PostPressed.
Researching curriculum and disability in higher education
Poed, Shiralee, Edwards, Miriam, Al Nawab, Hadeel F. and Penna, Olivia (2023). Researching curriculum and disability in higher education. International encyclopaedia of education . (pp. 368-375) edited by Rob Tierney, Fazal Rizvi and Kadriye Ercikan. Online: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818630-5.12080-9
School-wide positive behaviour support within the Australian context
Whitefield, Phillip, Poed, Shiralee and Barker, Katrina (2023). School-wide positive behaviour support within the Australian context. School-wide positive behaviour support: the Australian handbook. (pp. 1-23) edited by Katrina Barker, Shiralee Poed and Phillip Whitefield. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003186236-1
Tier 2: Targeted approaches, interventions, and supports
Poed, Shiralee and de Bruin, Kate (2023). Tier 2: Targeted approaches, interventions, and supports. School-wide positive behaviour support: the Australian handbook. (pp. 64-85) edited by Katrina Barker, Shiralee Poed and Phillip Whitefield. Oxon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003186236-4
Poed, Shiralee, Fox, Russell and Payne, Jennifer (2023). Where to from here: the readiness, sustainability, and scale of school-wide positive behaviour support implementation. School-wide positive behaviour support: the Australian handbook. (pp. 189-206) edited by Katrina Barker, Shiralee Poed and Phillip Whitefield. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003186236-10
Legislation, litigation and implications for inclusion
Poed, Shiralee (2020). Legislation, litigation and implications for inclusion. Inclusive education for the 21st century: theory, policy and practice. (pp. 100-121) edited by Linda J. Graham. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003116073-7
Making adjustments to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
Swancutt, Loren, Medhurst, Marijne, Poed, Shiralee and Walker, Peter (2020). Making adjustments to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. Inclusive education for the 21st century: theory, policy and practice. (pp. 208-243) edited by Linda J. Graham. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003116073-12
Understanding and mapping digital literacy for students with disability
White, Emily H., Pavlovic, Masa and Poed, Shiralee (2020). Understanding and mapping digital literacy for students with disability. Understanding Students with Additional Needs as Learners. (pp. 131-156) edited by Patrick Griffin and Kerry Woods. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-56596-1_10
Social inclusion and equal access to high-quality, inclusive education
Poed, Shiralee (2019). Social inclusion and equal access to high-quality, inclusive education. Quality education. (pp. 1-10) edited by Walter Leal Filho, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Brandli, Pinar Gökçin Özuyar and Tony Wall. Cham, Switzerland: SpringerLink. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-69902-8_18_1
The Australian educational landscape
Poed, Shiralee (2019). The Australian educational landscape. Education for inclusion and diversity. (pp. 38-64) edited by Adrian Ashman. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Pearson.
Student voice and educational adjustments
Poed, Shiralee (2018). Student voice and educational adjustments. The Palgrave Handbook of Education Law for Schools. (pp. 335-351) Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-77751-1_15
The Australian educational landscape
Poed, Shiralee (2015). The Australian educational landscape. Education for inclusion and diversity. (pp. 37-62) edited by Adrian Ashman. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Pearson.
Legislation, policies, and principles
Poed, Shiralee and Elkins, John (2012). Legislation, policies, and principles. Education for inclusion and diversity. (pp. 37-60) edited by Adrian Ashman and John Elkins. Frenchs Forest, Australia: Pearson.
Poed, Shiralee and Keen, Deb (2009). Reasonable adjustment? The intersection between Australian disability discrimination legislation and parental expectations of curriculum adjustments. Education Planet Shapers: Researching, hypothesising, dreaming the future. (pp. 81-96) edited by Barbara Garrick, Shiralee Poed and James Skinner. Mount Gravatt, QLD, Australia: PostPressed.
Shaping the future of educational research: hypothesising and dreaming the possibilities
Garrick, Barbara, Poed, Shiralee, Skinner, James and Standage, Sarah (2009). Shaping the future of educational research: hypothesising and dreaming the possibilities. Educational planet shapers: researching, hypothesising, dreaming the future. (pp. 9-18) edited by Barbara Garrick, Shiralee Poed and James Skinner. Brisbane, Australia: PostPressed.
Closing special schools: lessons from Canada
Mann, Glenys, Carrington, Suzanne, Lassig, Carly, Mavropoulou, Sofia, Saggers, Beth, Poed, Shiralee and Killingly, Callula (2023). Closing special schools: lessons from Canada. The Australian Educational Researcher, 1-19. doi: 10.1007/s13384-023-00661-5
Performance of Australia’s Disability Standards for Education 2005: a policy analysis and evaluation
de Bruin, Kate, Poed, Shiralee and Jackson, Robert (2023). Performance of Australia’s Disability Standards for Education 2005: a policy analysis and evaluation. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/13603116.2023.2221260
Poed, Shiralee and Fox, Russell (2023). Identifying and removing ableism from Tier 1 School-Wide Positive Behaviour Support (SWPBS) practices. International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 69 (1) 83, 94-12. doi: 10.1080/20473869.2022.2111969
Avery-Overduin, B. L. and Poed, S. (2023). Breaking the culture of school suspension: alternatives to external suspension and exclusion for P-6 students. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/13632752.2023.2276023
Geographical networks in the divergence of Australian positive behavior support policy
Hayward, Brent A., McKay‐Brown, Lisa and Poed, Shiralee (2022). Geographical networks in the divergence of Australian positive behavior support policy. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 19 (2), 220-229. doi: 10.1111/jppi.12398
Hayward, Brent A., McKay-Brown, Lisa and Poed, Shiralee (2022). Restrictive practices and the ‘need’ for Positive Behaviour Support (PBS): A critical discourse examination of disability policy beliefs. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 27 (1), 170-189. doi: 10.1177/17446295211062383
Lassig, Carly, Poed, Shiralee, Mann, Glenys, Saggers, Beth, Carrington, Suzanne and Mavropoulou, Sofia (2022). The future of special schools in Australia: complying with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1-19. doi: 10.1080/13603116.2021.2020344
Edwards, Miriam, Poed, Shiralee, Al-Nawab, Hadeel and Penna, Olivia (2022). Academic accommodations for university students living with disability and the potential of universal design to address their needs. Higher Education, 84 (4), 1-21. doi: 10.1007/s10734-021-00800-w
Hayward, Brent A., McKay-Brown, Lisa, Poed, Shiralee and McVilly, Keith (2021). Identifying important persons in the promotion of positive behaviour support (PBS) in disability services: a social network analysis. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 47 (4), 1-16. doi: 10.3109/13668250.2021.1984084
Hayward, Brent A., Poed, Shiralee, McKay-Brown, Lisa and McVilly, Keith R. (2021). Introducing positive behaviour support (PBS) into disability services for successful adoption: A synthesised systematic review. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 49 (2), 145-161. doi: 10.1111/bld.12363
Deviating from the data: a response to Bleakley and Bleakley
Hepburn, Lorna and Poed, Shiralee (2021). Deviating from the data: a response to Bleakley and Bleakley. Interchange, 52 (2), 193-201. doi: 10.1007/s10780-021-09431-7
Graham, Linda J., Medhurst, Marijne, Malaquias, Catia, Tancredi, Haley, de Bruin, Catriona, Gillett-Swan, Jenna, Poed, Shiralee, Spandagou, Ilektra, Carrington, Suzanne and Cologon, Kathy (2020). Beyond Salamanca: a citation analysis of the CRPD/GC4 relative to the Salamanca Statement in inclusive and special education research. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 27 (2), 123-145. doi: 10.1080/13603116.2020.1831627
Poed, Shiralee and Whitefield, Phillip (2020). Developments in the Implementation of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports in Australian Schools. Intervention in School and Clinic, 56 (1), 56-60. doi: 10.1177/1053451220910742
Gatekeeping and restrictive practices by Australian mainstream schools: results of a national survey
Poed, Shiralee, Cologon, Kathy and Jackson, Robert (2020). Gatekeeping and restrictive practices by Australian mainstream schools: results of a national survey. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 26 (8), 766-779. doi: 10.1080/13603116.2020.1726512
Using video modelling to teach expected behaviours to primary students
Naylor, Anthea, Spence, Sarah E. and Poed, Shiralee (2019). Using video modelling to teach expected behaviours to primary students. Support for Learning, 34 (4), 389-403. doi: 10.1111/1467-9604.12274
Hayward, Brent A., McKay-Brown, Lisa and Poed, Shiralee (2019). Reply to Higgins’ (2019) Commentary on “Positive behaviour support in Australian disability policy, and its future with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)” (Hayward, McKay-Brown, & Poed, 2019). Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 6 (1), 36-38. doi: 10.1080/23297018.2019.1595098
Hayward, Brent A., McKay-Brown, Lisa and Poed, Shiralee (2019). Positive behaviour support in Australian disability policy, and its future with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). Research and Practice in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 6 (1), 14-23. doi: 10.1080/23297018.2018.1498299
Improving the adoption of PBS and ABA using diffusion of innovations theory
Hayward, Brent A., Poed, Shiralee and McKay-Brown, Lisa (2018). Improving the adoption of PBS and ABA using diffusion of innovations theory. Tizard Learning Disability Review, 23 (4), 178-186. doi: 10.1108/TLDR-02-2018-0005
Analysing text in positive behavioural support (PBS) policy: a pilot study
Hayward, Brent, Poed, Shiralee and Mckay-Brown, Lisa (2017). Analysing text in positive behavioural support (PBS) policy: a pilot study. International Journal of Positive Behavioural Support, 7 (2), 37-48.
Support for Students with Hidden Disabilities in Universities: A Case Study
Couzens, Donna, Poed, Shiralee, Kataoka, Mika, Brandon, Alicia, Hartley, Judy and Keen, Deb (2015). Support for Students with Hidden Disabilities in Universities: A Case Study. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 62 (1), 24-41. doi: 10.1080/1034912X.2014.984592
Wilson, Anne, Poed, Shiralee and Byrnes, Linda (2015). Full steam ahead: Facilitating the involvement of Australian students with impairments in individual planning processes through student-led Program Support Group meetings. Special Education Perspectives, 24 (1), 15-25.
Teacher self-report on learner engagement strategies in the early years classroom
Keen, D., Pennell, D., Muspratt, S. and Poed, S. (2011). Teacher self-report on learner engagement strategies in the early years classroom. Australian Educational Researcher, 38 (3), 293-310. doi: 10.1007/s13384-011-0029-5
Graham, L, Medhurst, Marijne, Tancredi, H, Carrington, Suzanne, de Bruin, Kate, Cologon, Kathy, Gillett-Swan, J, Malaquias, C, Poed, Shiralee and Spandagou, Ilektra (2019). Beyond Salamanca: addressing barriers to realise inclusive education as a human right under international law. AARE, Brisbane, Australia, 1-5 December 2019.
Special provisions: the risky business of education policy and disability discrimination
Poed, Shiralee and Keen, Deb (2019). Special provisions: the risky business of education policy and disability discrimination. Australia and New Zealand Education Law Association Conference, Melbourne, Australia, September 2019.
White, Emily Hill, Woods, Kerry and Poed, Shiralee (2017). The assessment and development of digital literacy in students with vision impairment and additional learning needs: preliminary findings from a current PhD study. . The 9th ICEVI European Conference, Bruges, Belgium, 2-7 July 2017.
Evaluation of responses to cyberbullying in Queensland school.
Poed, Shiralee and Aberdein, Rachel (2023). Evaluation of responses to cyberbullying in Queensland school.. Brisbane, Australia: Authors.
Poed, Shiralee, de Bruin, Kate, Carrington, Suzanne and Aberdein, Rachel (2021). Defining, developing, and embedding an empirically-supported model of Quality Differentiated Teaching Practice: Phase I Pilot. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The Authors.
Advice regarding the use of seclusion in ACT Government Schools
Poed, Shiralee (2021). Advice regarding the use of seclusion in ACT Government Schools. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: QUT Education.
Inquiry into suspension, exclusion and expulsion processes in South Australian government schools
Graham, Linda, McCarthy, Tony, Killingly, Callula, Tancredi, Haley and Poed, Shiralee (2020). Inquiry into suspension, exclusion and expulsion processes in South Australian government schools. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology.
The High Impact Engagement Strategies (HIES)
Poed, Shiralee, Swain, Nathaniel and Cowan, Imogen (2020). The High Impact Engagement Strategies (HIES). Parkville, VIC, Australia: Parkville College/Department of Education and Training/The University of Melbourne.
Inclusive school principals: knowledges, skills, and dispositions
Poed, Shiralee (2019). Inclusive school principals: knowledges, skills, and dispositions. Carlton, VIC, Australia: The University of Melbourne.
Evaluation of the Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) pilot project
Quach, Jon, Poed, Shiralee and Mildenhall, Emma (2019). Evaluation of the Board-Certified Behaviour Analyst (BCBA) pilot project. Carlton, VIC, Australia: The University of Melbourne.
Adjustments to curriculum for Australian school-aged students with disabilities: what’s reasonable
Poed, Shiralee (2016). Adjustments to curriculum for Australian school-aged students with disabilities: what’s reasonable. PhD Thesis, School of Education and School of Social Work and Applied Human Sciences, Griffith University. doi: 10.25904/1912/3658
Making a case for teacher aides
Poed, Shiralee, Graham, Lorraine, Berman, Jeanette and Mckay-Brown, Lisa (2016, 01 01). Making a case for teacher aides Pursuit
Protective behaviour guidelines
Poed, Shiralee (2013). Protective behaviour guidelines. Carlton, VIC, Australia: The University of Melbourne.
My school flaw masks true picture for students with disabilities
Poed, Shiralee (2011, 01 01). My school flaw masks true picture for students with disabilities The Conversation
Equity and Excellence: Behaviour review tools for Queensland State Schools
(2023–2027) Queensland Department of Education
Academic advice for departmental research projects
(2022) Queensland Department of Education
Cyberbullying Request for Academic Advice
(2022) Queensland Department of Education
(2021–2025) Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
(2021–2022) Queensland Department of Education
Individualised planning for inclusive education in secondary school contexts
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Social-Emotional Competence: A Multidimensional Perspective in Vietnamese Schools
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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