Monthly Archives: November 2016

Exploring the service models available for promoting well-being and positive outcomes for people falling below the threshold for social care support. With the continuation of the recession and the cuts within social care in particular, the threshold at which people … Continue reading →

The SHIEC group (Sustainable Hub of Innovation Employment for People with Complex Needs) met on Monday 21 November 2016 to look at what had been learnt and how the lessons learnt could be moved forward.  Viv Cooper, CEO of the … Continue reading →

Dr Michelle McCarthy, Reader in Learning Disabilities, Tizard Centre, has made a podcast as part of the Spotlight series focusing on disabled people experiencing domestic abuse and the services available to them.  Michelle spoke to Natalie Blagrove about her research … Continue reading →

The Gulbenkian cinema (University of Kent, Canterbury) will be showing the film “My feral heart” on Saturday 10 December at 1500 hrs.  This will be preceded by a short introduction from Square Pegs; a not for profit drama group based in … Continue reading →

On Wednesday 9 November Prof Murphy chaired a conference for Cartref Homes, “Supporting learning disabled offenders in the community: balancing rights and restrictions“. Speakers included Baroness Finlay, Prof Murphy, Jenny Talbot (from Prison Reform Trust), Jimmy Kerrigan (Kent LD commissioner), Dr Neil … Continue reading →

Help us to pilot a new questionnaire designed to measure the quality of life of people with learning disabilities or autism who use adult social care services. This project is a pilot of a new questionnaire that is part of … Continue reading →

The University online booking system is now open to register for either of our courses. Person-centred active support training will take place over two days, 13 February and 3 April 2017 at the University of Kent, Canterbury campus.  Full details … Continue reading →

This year’s Seattle Club Conference is being hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University in association with the University of Glasgow and Napier University Edinburgh. An impressive number of oral presentations and poster presentations have been accepted from members of Tizard. They … Continue reading →

In 2011 Professor Theresa Gannon secured a grant to undertake a three year project on the development, implementation and evaluation of a specialist treatment programme for criminal firesetters.  As part of this programme, Magali Barnoux (Post Doctoral Researcher at Tizard) … Continue reading →

Prof Glynis Murphy attended the Conference on Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour as a key note speaker, presenting on the NICE guidelines to 160 delegates including carers and professionals. Photo:  The honorable Evarist Bartolo, Minster of Education Malta (centre) addressed … Continue reading →