Monthly Archives: March 2016

Dr Jill Bradshaw & Lisa Richardson were able to arrange free access to certain recent articles to coincide with the Making Research Count presenting that they did together at Kings College London; the result of their research around Living in … Continue reading →

Serena Brady & Dr Nick Gore were presented with an award for their outstanding paper on early intervention at the Jim Mansell Memorial Lecture last Friday. “Early intervention for children with learning disabilities: making use of what we know” Tizard Learning … Continue reading →

The recent blog from Prof Richard Hastings looks at legitimate questions about PBS (Positive Behavioural Support).  Prof Hastings comments that prior to the end of 2013 the UK intellectual disability community could have argued that there was no agreed perspective … Continue reading →

The Tizard Centre, University of Kent is inviting applications from anyone interested in applying for the post of Director.  Candidates should have a research profile and teaching experience in the broad area of intellectual and developmental disability, as well as being passionate about taking overall … Continue reading →

Clare Melvin and Aida Malovic are conducting a survey across services in the UK, looking at the prevalence of individuals with intellectual disability/learning disability and/or autism spectrum condition who are under 18 years and who display risky behaviours such as … Continue reading →

On 24 February 2016 Prof Ruth Northway accompanied by her colleagues, Victoria Jones and Lynne Evans gave a very interesting talk at the Tizard research evening seminar.  Prof Northway focused on the how the research was carried out (participatory approach) … Continue reading →

Last week’s article published in the HPFT (Hertfordshire Partnership Trust) news; “In the Spotlight” focuses on Dr Peter Langdon, senior lecturer in clinical psychology and disability (Tizard Centre) and who also holds an honorary contract with HPFT, where he runs weekly clinical sessions .  These short … Continue reading →

Prof Glynis Murphy presented her  paper to a packed session at the NAS Conference yesterday; based on her research on men with autism and harmful sexual behaviour.  Prof Murphy argued that such behaviour is rare amongst men with autism but is understandable … Continue reading →

The BBC have recently commissioned and just finished filming with Dr Janet Carr, Honorary Senior Researcher, at the Tizard Centre.  Dr Carr has assisted in the making of a film about the history of people with learning disabilities at Normansfield … Continue reading →