Category Archives: Tizard

Mind the Gap, works in partnership with learning-disabled artists to create exciting, surprising and challenging experiences for regional, national and international audiences and will be coming to the Gulbenkian Theatre on Wednesday 25 October, 10:00-12:00 hrs. For arts practitioners, students, … Continue reading →

The first of our cohorts (PG) started with us on 18 September 2017 so a big welcome to them and to all other students who will be starting with us over the next few weeks. Each year we run a … Continue reading →

Call for participants Service provider focus groups on monitoring quality and outcomes Following the Winterbourne View scandal, transforming care for people with learning disabilities or autism and challenging behaviour or a mental health condition is a national priority. The national … Continue reading →

The Tizard Centre is seeking to appoint a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities with a focus on Applied Behaviour Analysis and/or Positive Behaviour Support. Candidates will be expected to contribute to teaching, research and consultancy in … Continue reading →

The University of Kent and Kent County Council are working together to provide free training for those providing support to children and adults with autism in Kent.  Julie Beadle-Brown from the Tizard Centre will be providing the training with financial, … Continue reading →

Skills, strengths and needs of practitioners and teams providing PBS to children & young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities Dear Colleague   Are you a professional using PBS to support children and young people with learning disabilities or Autism Spectrum … Continue reading →

The Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) has recently published Verified Course Sequence pass rate data for 2016. This provides information on the percentage of first-time candidates who sat and passed the exam to become Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) from … Continue reading →

Thanos Vostanis, PhD student at the Tizard Centre, will be presenting a paper at the 2nd Annual Conference “Applications of Behaviour Analysis: ideas, insights and inspiring stories”.  This is aimed specifically at parents, carers and professionals involved in education, autism … Continue reading →

The University of Kent hosted a conference day on REF and how to make an impact.  Aida Malovic and Glynis Murphy, Tizard Centre won the prize for the best impact with their poster on SOTSEC-ID and was praised for its … Continue reading →

Dr Nick Gore held a one day workshop looking at “Positive behavioural support for children and young people with learning and developmental disabilities: roles needs and strengths of clinical psychologists”.  The event was a great success with some 56 psychologists … Continue reading →