Monthly Archives: September 2015

Stigma in youth with Tourette’s syndrome

Melina Malli, Phd student at the Tizard Centre alongside Dr Rachel Forrester-Jones and Professor Glynis Murphy, have published a recent article “Stigma in youth with Tourette’s syndrome: a systematic review and synthesis”.   Tourette’s syndrome (TS) is a childhood onset … Continue reading

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EAMH-ID National Conference

Aida Malovic, PhD student, presented a paper on Keep Safe, a new treatment programme for adolescents with harmful sexual behaviour at the EAMH-ID (European Association for mental health in intellectual disability) Conference in Florence. Led by Rowena Rossiter and Prof … Continue reading

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Best practice in working with adults with autism

Dr Julie Beadle-Brown, Dr Jill Bradshaw and Lisa Richardson gave presentations at the Conference, Making Research Count,  this September.  If you wish to see a copy of these they are available on the University of Bedfordshire website Dr Julie Beadle-Brown & … Continue reading

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Opportunity to help with research project

Becky Hardiman, PhD student at the Tizard Centre is looking for children and parents to help with her research project ” exploring the relationship between cortisol and challenging behaviour in boys with Fragile X syndrome”. For more details regarding participants … Continue reading

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50th Anniversary Celebrations at UoK

The Tizard Centre hosted a very successful event as part of the University of Kent’s 50th Anniversary celebration weekend.  We were delighted to have Dr Janet Carr, OBE, as our Guest Speaker.  Dr Carr gave a very informative lecture based … Continue reading

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