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PARTICIPANTS WANTED FOR RESEARCH STUDY – Tizard Centre University of Kent

Using immersive technologies: the views, needs and experiences of young autistic people and their parents  The purpose of the study is to explore the views and experiences of young autistic people and their parents in relation to using immersive technologies … Continue reading

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“Stay Inside: Be inspired.

New resources on Active Support from United Response and the Tizard Centre focused on enabling families and staff to support children and adults with learning disabilities and/or autism during the Coronavirus pandemic.  The resources particularly focus on 1) staying active … Continue reading

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We are so proud of the Tizard Centre Students on the front line in the battle against Covid 19

 

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Honorary Degree 2019 awarded

 We are delighted to announce that Mark Brookes  is to be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the University of Kent at its graduation ceremonies in July    Mark, who works for Dimensions as a Campaign Advisor, is an … Continue reading

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Tizard Prize Winners

We were delighted to award our annual prizes at the Jim Mansell Memorial Lecture & Dinner 2019 with the following prize winners: Outstanding achievement in Undergraduate Studies: Danny Mann Outstanding achievement in Postgraduate Studies: Holly Smith Outstanding effort in Undergraduate … Continue reading

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Let’s Work Together to Tackle Hate Crime – Conference January 2014

Crimes against people with autism and learning disabilities are in the news far more often.  There has been little reliable evidence about the nature of victimisation to help advise community safety policy and practice. A three year research project carried … Continue reading

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MB Shapiro Award

Congratulations to Prof Glynis Murphy, winner of this year’s MB Shapiro Award. This is awarded by the British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology in recognition of a clinical psychologist who has achieved eminence in the profession and has had … Continue reading

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Kent Health PhD Scholarship

This scholarship is particularly special because of the multidisciplinary nature of the proposal which sees Hannah  working primarily in Drama but with input from a local paediatrician, Yvonne Parkes, and some limited input from David Wilkinson in Psychology and Julie Beadle-Brown as part of … Continue reading

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Isabel Schwartz Scholarship for Master’s programmes

We are delighted to announce this scholarship, available to a student accepted on one of our Master’s programmes in intellectual disabilities, autism or applied behaviour analysis. The scholarship will pay for the equivalent of Home/EU student’s fees and possibly some … Continue reading

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New support programme for family carers – Volunteers sought

Are you a family carer for a child with a learning disability, autism or developmental delay aged 0-5 years? Dr Nick Gore (Clinical Psychologist and Researcher at Tizard) has developed a new programme for family carers of young children who … Continue reading

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