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Kent & Medway NHS are holding a Learning Disability Practice Forum on Thursday 28th May 2015 1400 – 1600hrs.  The speaker for the event is Prof Peter McGill, Tizard Centre, “Preventing challenging behaviour of adults with complex needs in supported … Continue reading →

‘File on Four’, Radio 4, May 5th at 2000 hrs will focus on people with learning disabilities and their access to justice following alleged assaults.  The programme will be looking at the roles of lawyers, families and experts and includes … Continue reading →

Prof Glynis Murphy and Viv Cooper, CEO of the Challenging Behaviour Foundation, both attended a recent meeting in Manchester along with other members of the NICE Guideline Development Group for people with learning disabilities and behaviour that challenges.  The purpose … Continue reading →

Students, staff and colleagues from PSSRU completed their certified talking mats training under the leadership of accredited trainer,  Jill Bradshaw, Tizard Centre. Taking Mats is a communication symbols tool.  It is based on extensive research and designed by Speech and Language … Continue reading →

Diversity and disabilities: improving health outcomes for young people and adults with intellectual disabilities from black and minority ethnic communtities. The Intellectual Disability Forum will be hosting this event at the Royal Society of Medicine on the 26th May 2015. … Continue reading →

The University of Kent are holding an autism awareness day on Wednesday 1st April 2015,  as part of World Autism Awareness Week. Activities will include an autism awareness library exhibition and rainbow spectrum quiz, where you can see how far you … Continue reading →

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 →