Griffith University

BA, GradDipEd, MEd, PhD

Senior Lecturer and First Year Advisor

Contact details for Dr Stephen Larmar

Research expertise

• Child psychology
• Counseling psychology
• Conduct problems in children and adolescents
• Children and families at risk
• First year university student retention and engagement

Current teaching areas

• Counseling and psychology

Professional admission& memberships

• Queensland College of Teachers
  

Publications

• Burnett, L & Larmar, S.A. (2011), ‘Improving the First Year Through an Institution-Wide Approach: The Role of First Year Advisors’, International Journal of the First Year in Higher Education, 2, (1),pp. 1 -15.
  
• Larmar, S.A. & Clark, J. (2010), 'Proactive responses to delinquent behaviours in out-of-home care', in Children Australia, 35, (2), pp. 25 – 31.
• Larmar, S.A. (2010) ‘Engaging children at-risk through World Vision Australia’s Kids Hope Aus. Program’, Journal of Social Inclusion, 1, (1), pp. 23 – 41.
• Larmar, S.A. & Ingamells, A. (2010) ‘Enhancing the First-Year University Experience: linking university orientation and engagement strategies to student connectivity and capability’, Research in Comparative and International Education, 5, (2), pp. 210   223.
• Larmar, S.A. & Clark, J. (2010), 'Proactive responses to aggressive behaviours in out-of-home care', Children Australia, 35, (1), pp. 31 – 38.
• Larmar, S.A. & Clark, J. (2009), 'Proactive Responses to Oppositional Behaviours in Out-of-Home Care', Children Australia, 34, (3), pp. 30 – 37.
• Larmar, S.A. & Clark, J. (2009), 'Proactive Responses to Offensive Behaviours in Out-of-Home Care', Children Australia, 34, (4), pp. 21 – 28.
• Larmar, S.A. (2008). The Early Impact Program: Strengthening child competencies. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 18, (2), pp. 128-140.
• Gatfield, T.J. and Larmar, S.A. (2008). How Singaporean students decide to study in Australia: towards building a model of their decision-making. Research in Comparative and International Education, 3, (4). pp. 378 ? 393.
  
• Larmar, S.A. (2007). Child mentoring as an early intervention and prevention framework for children and families at-risk: A review of the literature. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. 2 (1), 23-27.
• Larmar, S.A. and Gatfield, T.J. (2007). The Early Impact program: An early intervention and prevention program for children and families at-risk of conduct problems. Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 4 (4), 703-713.
• Larmar, S.A., Dadds, M.R., and Shochet, I.M. (2006). Successes and challenges in preventing conduct problems in Australian preschool-aged children through the Early Impact (EI) Program. Behaviour Change, 23 (2), 121-137.
• Larmar, S.A. (2006). The use of group therapy as a means of facilitating cognitive-behavioural instruction for adolescents with disruptive behaviour. Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 16 (2), 233-248.
• Hully, C. and Larmar, S.A. (2006). Asperger syndrome in adolescent females: A review of assessment approaches and intervention strategies for educational practitioners. International Journal of Learning, 13 (3), 129-135.
• Larmar, S.A. and Gatfield, T.J. (2006). Management of conduct problems in young children: A practitioner's review. The International Journal of Learning, 13 (1), 149-153.
• Gatfield, T.J. and Larmar, S.A. (2006). Multiple choice testing methods: Is it a biased method of testing for Asian international students? The International Journal of Learning, 13 (1), 103-111.
• Larmar, S.A. and Gatfield, T.J.(2005). Challenging behaviour in the regular classroom: Empowering teachers working with a diverse population of children and families through the Early Impact program. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 5 (1), 51-55.
• Gatfield, T.J. and Larmar, S.A. (2005). Cognitive ethology in cross cultural perspective. International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 5 (1), 43-49.

Books

• Larmar, S.A. (2011) Early Intervention and Prevention of Conduct Problems in Children, Lambert Academic Publishing: U.K.