Tizard News and Events

Jamie Hughes and Becky Hardiman,  PhD students at the Tizard Centre, attended the 39th Annual Association for Behaviour Analysis International (ABAI) Conference in Minneapolis, USA in May 2013.

Jamie, alongside Dr Gwen Dwiggins (Summit Autism Services) presented a workshop “24 language and learning barriers for children with autism: identification and intervention”. This aimed to provide an analysis of each barrier and potential intervention strategies that could be used to remove or reduce that barrier focusing on how to conduct descriptive and functional analyses of weak or impaired verbal behaviour using Skinner’s analysis. Research using this assessment in applied settings for children with autism was presented.

The 3rd annual festival will be held in Woolf College on 18th June 2013.   The festival is an opportunity for all Postgraduate students at Kent, both Taught & Research, to showcase their research work to fellow students and academics. 

• Academic talks on career development, success in publishing and research grant applications
• Prize for best poster in each Faculty
• Drinks reception and presentation of poster awards

Deadline for poster submission: 10 June 2013

For more information:  http://www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/news/pgresearchfestival.html

Community Care Live 2013 is taking place on the 21st-22nd May at the Business Design Centre, Islington, London; a  two day free event for all social work professionals, including those working with Children and Families and Adult Care Services. 

This year they are hosting a large conference programme of over 40 different sessions along with lively debating session at 1600hrs on the 21st hosted by Jeremy Vine and a hand-picked panel of experts.

For more information:  http://www.communitycarelive.co.uk/

The University of Kent (School of Social Policy, Sociology & Social Research) will have a stand located in the main hall stand 20,  so please come along and join us at this great event.  If you wish to specifically contact members of the Tizard team please email us: tizard-recruitment@kent.ac.uk   

The Challenging Behaviour Foundation (registered charity) is delighted to be advertising a paid 1 year internship.   An exciting job opportunity, ideal for a recent graduate, wishing to join a registered charity with a reputation for excellence in the field of learning disabilities and to gain experience in learning disabilities and autism.

 “We understand it is a tough time for graduates to be entering the world of work and are delighted to be offering this challenging internship which will provide excellent experience.”

For full details and an application form:   http://www.challengingbehaviour.org.uk/get-involved-with-cbf/vacancies.html

This post will be based at the Challenging Behaviour Foundation (CBF) office in Chatham. You will receive regular supervision from the Family Support Policy Manager and additional supervision from a clinical psychologist.

The closing date for applications is Friday 7^th June 2013.  Interviews will be held on Wednesday 19^th June 2013.

Given the high demand for our postgraduate courses we have had to take the following action:

Postgraduate recruitment for September 2013 Intake: Please note that all applications received after 1^st May 2013 are likely to be placed on hold until 1^st July 2013 whilst we process a large number of applications. After this date applicants will be informed of the likelihood of success or consideration for 2014 intake.”

Many congratulations to Nick for an excellent run and for raising the great amount of £1501.14 for the Challenging Behaviour Foundation.  Nick ran the 26 miles in a very credible time of  around 4 hrs and 19 minutes; wow.

Nick looking very calm and ready to go!