About
Dr Shungu M'gadzah
Dr Shungu M’gadzah is an experienced Educational Psychologist committed to supporting children, young people, families and organisations to identify barriers to learning, emotional wellbeing and inclusion. She works with compassion and clarity to help individuals and systems make sense of need, strengthen practice, and achieve positive change.
She has worked across a wide range of educational settings in both the public and independent sectors, including mainstream schools, special schools, and residential specialist provision. Her experience spans all phases of education and includes work with children and young people presenting with a range of learning, neurodevelopmental, emotional and behavioural needs.
Alongside her broader consultation and inclusion work, Dr M’gadzah has extensive experience in psychological assessment and medico-legal practice. She undertakes assessments relating to cognition and learning, executive functioning, neurodivergence, emotional wellbeing, and special educational needs, and also provides expert witness work for tribunals and legal proceedings.
She is committed to delivering thoughtful, evidence-informed assessments that help clarify needs, inform decision-making, and support the right provision for children, young people and adults.
More about Dr Shungu
Dr Shungu is a long standing member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and has held senior office in the profession of educational psychology.
She has Board level experience both within the British Psychological Society and the Division of Educational and Child Psychologists (DECP), and the International School Psychology Association (ISPA). She was the first black Chair of the Division of Educational and Child Psychologists (DECP) Committee and was also previously Chair of the Association of Black Psychologists and has been co- opted onto several Boards to foster greater inclusivity.. She also served on the British Psychological (BPS) Press Committee ISPA Leadership Committee.
Shungu is Director & Lead Consultant at Inclusion Psychologists Limited. The Company provides support and training for Charities and other organisations to become more inclusive. As a result, organisations are supported to explore the current challenges and barriers they face in being more inclusive and to find solutions to take that next step towards greater inclusivity.
Shungu completed her professional doctorate at the University of East London in 2011 on emotional intelligence ‘Exploring the experiences of recently qualified educational psychologists in the area of emotional intelligence and applications in practice: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.’ The full unpublished thesis is available at https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.550439
Shungu has recently published evidence in the Government’s Green Paper on Children and young people’s mental health. Evidence to Children and Young People's mental health- the role of education Health: Number 51 Dr Shungu Hilda M’gadzah (CMH0094)
https://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201617/cmselect/cmhealth/849/849.pdf
"Understanding and Dealing with Everyday Racism: The Six Stages Framework" is a book authorised by Shungu which focuses on broad and specific issues of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) to support individuals and organisations in their fight against racism, with the aim of promoting a more equitable society, one that does not discriminate according to race, colour, appearance or other differences. Read the reviews here.
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