Category Archives: Tizard

Tizard Centre hosted a visit from 12 senior staff from special education departments within schools from the Rogaland Region of Norway. There were staff from six different schools across the region all providing for young people aged 16-20 with intellectual … Continue reading →

The 2015 Jim Mansell Memorial Lecture was held on Friday 20th March with Viv Cooper, OBE, Chief Executive Officer of the Challenging Behaviour Foundation giving the talk “People with learning disabilities whose behaviour challenges”.  The talk proved particularly popular with around … Continue reading →

The Jigsaw Project (mcch), set up in response to the Living in Fear Research Project (a collaboration between mcch, Tizard Centre and Kent Police) is holding a one day Conference on April 17th 2015, 0930am to 1pm in Maidstone, Kent. … Continue reading →

With the Jim Mansell Memorial Lecture being held this Friday 20th March at 1800 hrs, Rutherford College, University of Kent, Emerald Publishing are allowing free access to supporting papers. Vivien Cooper, OBE, Chief Executive of the Challenging Behaviour Foundation will be … Continue reading →

Dr Rowena Rossiter, Aida Malovic and Prof Glynis Murphy have recently presented workshops on the Keep Safe Research Project at NSPCC’s Conference on young people and sexually harmful behaviour.  The conference “Shaping the Future” proved very popular, no doubt because … Continue reading →

The NICE Guideline Development Group for ‘Learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges’ met for the final time last week.  The guidelines are the first that NICE have completed for people with learning disabilities.  The final touches are currently being made … Continue reading →

Prof Murphy was an invited speaker at the NOTA South East Region annual conference on Autism and the Criminal Justice System, on Tuesday 10th February 2015. The event was also attended by Dr Tania Tancred (psychologist from Kent probation), who  helped organise … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s article in The Guardian looks at the problem of domestic abuse suffered by  women with learning disabilities and links into the recent research carried out by Dr Michelle McCarthy, Reader in Learning Disabilities. “This is about coercive control and women … Continue reading →

Taking Mats is a communication symbols tool.  It is based on extensive research and designed by Speech and Language Therapists. It uses unique, specially designed picture communication symbols that are attractive to all ages and communication abilities and is used by … Continue reading →

England’s key health and care bodies have today published a report setting out the next steps of a system-wide plan to answer the calls from individuals and their families to overhaul services for people with learning disabilities. For full details: http://www.england.nhs.uk/2015/01/29/next-steps/ … Continue reading →