Dr Nick Gore is carrying out research into what life is like for families with a child with behaviours that are challenging. A variety of … Read more
Category: Tizard Centre
“Sleep problems in children and adults with intellectual disabilities”
The first of our taster sessions is being held on 21 April 2016, 0930-1300 hrs in the Woodlands Annex, Tizard Centre, UoK. Dr Paraskevi Triantafyllopoulou … Read more
Free access to TLDR articles
Dr Jill Bradshaw & Lisa Richardson were able to arrange free access to certain recent articles to coincide with the Making Research Count presenting that … Read more
Outstanding Paper – Award
Serena Brady & Dr Nick Gore were presented with an award for their outstanding paper on early intervention at the Jim Mansell Memorial Lecture last … Read more
Positive Behavioural Support
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 … Read more
Director of the Tizard Centre (Vacancy)
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 … Read more
Research survey looking at young people who display harmful sexual behaviour
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 … Read more
“Looking into abuse: research by people with learning disabilities”
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 … Read more
“In the Spotlight” HPFT news
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 … Read more
National Autistic Society Conference
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. … Read more