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Kent University are holding a one day conference of the lastest research and innovative drama-based practices used successfully to interact with autism. This is being held on Sunday 28th June from 10.00-18.00 hrs in the Aphra Theatre, Grimond Building, University … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that Dr Janet Carr, Honorary Senior Lecturer, has been awarded an OBE for services to people with Down’s Syndrome and their families. Dr Carr, a pioneering psychologist, undertook a longitudinal study which began with 54 … Continue reading →

“Quality of life and quality of support for people with severe intellectual disability and complex needs”.  The findings of this research project are now available online:  https://kar.kent.ac.uk/48663/ People with severe and profound intellectual disabilities often spend a substantial time isolated and … Continue reading →

Despite the drive towards the provision of local, specialised support, hundreds of children and young people with intellectual disabilities are still placed in out-of-area residential schools. Behaviour that challenges is cited as one of the main reasons why they are … Continue reading →

Dr Peter Baker, Dr Peter Langdon and Professor Glynis Murphy from Tizard have returned from a 3 day Autism Conference in May hosted by a regional association in Larisa, Greece’s 4th biggest city.  The Association held a very successful conference … Continue reading →

A positive behavioural support framework has been launched today which can be downloaded for free.   The PBS coalition, a subgroup of the Challenging Behaviour National Strategy Group, has developed a competence framework with the help of funding from Skills … Continue reading →

We are delighted to announce that Tony Osgood and Jill Bradshaw have  both won Kent Union Teaching Awards voted by the students themselves; the ultimate accolade in teaching. Students nominate and then vote on those who they feel have excelled in … Continue reading →

Our Year 2 Autism students attended their final workshop this week presenting their portfolio work and describing how they had been working to improve the quality of life of the people with autism they are currently working with.  

Prof Glynis Murphy gave an invited keynote address  on ‘Sex and Sexuality: Are We Nearly There Yet?’  to the British Psychological Society’s annual Faculty of Intellectual Disabilities conference in Oxford. The keynote formed part of a whole day on sexuality … Continue reading →

Prof Glynis Murphy, Dr Rowena Rossiter and Aida Malovic provided the second 2-day training event for facilitators of a CBT- based group treatment, ‘Keep Safe’, for young people with learning disabilities who have engaged in harmful sexual behaviour.  The project … Continue reading →