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New Postgraduate Programme – Applied Behaviour Analysis

We are pleased to announce that the University has approved a new postgraduate programme in applied behaviour analysis. The new programme will be an integrated part of Tizard’s range of intellectual disability and autism programmes. The new programme will take its first students in September. Behavior Analyst Certification Board approval is currently being sought. Enquiries to sspssr-pg-admin@kent.ac.uk or P.McGill@kent.ac.uk See:  http://www.kent...

23rd May 2012

New Tizard Trainer Pack

22nd May 2012

Full time & Part time Lecturer in learning disability

14th May 2012

Research Assistant Job Opportunities at the Tizard

3rd May 2012

Promoting person-centred approaches in Australia

24th April 2012

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Events

Health & Social Care Expo 21st June 2012

This year's Health & Social Care Expo is due to take place on the 21st June 2012 0900-1630hrs at the Kent County Showground, Detling ME14 3JF.   The Show is aimed at Health and Social Care professio...

21st June 2012

Autism and ABA Conference Geneva – Association Objectif Vaincre l’Autisme 2012

16th June 2012

Tizard Research Seminars

2nd May 2012

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    Mr Peter McGill
    Having had a background of many years' experience in services for people with learning disabilities, I joined the Centre in 1986 having previously worked with people with learning disabilities as an instructor, residential social worker and clinical psychologist. I am a registered clinical psychologist and board certified behaviour analyst.
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    Dr Rachel Forrester-Jones
    Rachel Forrester-Jones joined the Tizard Centre in January 1998 as lead researcher on a DoH funded national 12 year Community Care follow up study of people moved from learning disability and mental health hospitals. During this project, Rachel developed the Social Network Guide (SNG) which has an international profile, used in research and by NHS and Social Services across the UK, Ireland, Malta, California, Barcelona, Nijmegen, Australia and the Netherlands, as a way of helping individuals develop their social networks. Her co-authored book with Sarah Broadhurst, "Autism and Loss (2007)" highlights the importance of social networks.
  • Dr Agnes Turnpenny
    Agnes received her first degree in social policy from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary. She completed her PhD at the Tizard Centre in 2011. Her research explored the challenges of deinstitutionalisation and community living for adults with intellectual disabilities in Hungary as well as the quality and outcomes of different residential arrangements.
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    Professor Glynis Murphy
    Glynis Murphy studied PPP at Oxford University, where she obtained a first, and she then undertook her clinical psychology training at Birmingham University, where she was awarded the Crothalls prize. Following this, she was employed as a clinical psychologist in Hilda Lewis House at the Bethlem Royal Hospital and completed her PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. Since that time, she has worked at the Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital, London; the Tizard Centre, University of Kent; and she was academic director on the DClinPsy course in Lancaster University.
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    Aida Malovic
    Aida Malovic is a research assistant currently working on 3 projects at Tizard Centre. Aida graduated with an MSc in Cognitive and Neuropsychology from the School of Psychology at University of Kent in 2011. Her past employment includes working for Mencap, the Open University and part-time teaching at the School of Psychology.
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Last Updated: 09/05/2012