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“Uncovering the staff culture of good quality supported accommodation for people with intellectual disabilities” This research study is funded by the School for Social Care Research (SSCR) and is being carried out by Dr Julie Beadle-Brown, Dr Jill Bradshaw and … Continue reading →

One of our PhD students, Hannah Newman, is looking is looking to recruit children who have been through a diagnostic assessment for autism in the past 12 months, to take part in a study looking at how assessing children in … Continue reading →

The Tizard Centre, University of Kent offers additional scholarships and bursaries for students studying in the areas of applied psychology, community care, intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental health, please see our web pages for full details Applications are welcome for 2016 … Continue reading →

The Jigsaw project (mcch) are continuing to implement recommendations made by the Living in Fear research group (Autism London, mcch, Tizard Centre and Kent Police) and have launched a new film about disability hate crime to aid educational work in … Continue reading →

On Thursday 22 October several Tizard Centre members presented at the CBF’s Conference in Ormskirk.  150 people from all over the UK attended the Conference.  Dr Nick Gore gave two workshops on the PBS competencies framework and Prof Glynis Murphy … Continue reading →

The first talk in our Research Seminar Series is being held on Wednesday 28 October 2015 at 1700 hrs at the Kent Business School, lecture theatre 1.   Glynis Murphy, Co-director of the Tizard and Professor of Clinical Psychology and … Continue reading →

On Thursday 24 September 2015, Prof Glynis Murphy attended the Liaison & Diversion expert panel where the final service specification for Liaison and Diversion services was agreed.  Currently only 50% of areas in England have a L&D service.  These exist … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →