Intellectual and Development Disabilities

Intellectual and developmental disabilities

Gain the skills to shape better support, policy and practice. 

Why study Intellectual and Development Disabilities at Kent?

Choose this forward-thinking subject to develop the skills to influence policy, improve services and drive genuine inclusion – learning from experts at the renowned Tizard Centre.

Turn knowledge into meaningful action

Step into a field where your work has real, human impact. Based at the acclaimed Tizard Centre, a nationally and internationally recognised leader in learning disability research and practice, our courses blend cutting-edge theory with real-world insight.

As well as exploring policies and models of support, you will critically examine how they shape the everyday lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and their families. 

You will gain a real insight into how those people are supported in everyday life and in systems of care.

Through dynamic seminars, open discussion and research-led teaching, our courses share a commitment to improving lives and are designed to prepare you for roles that make a real difference in services, policy and practice.

Facts about the Tizard Centre

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It is part of the School of Psychology.

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It has excellent links with health and social care organisations.

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It received a Queen’s Anniversary Prize in recognition of its outstanding work in 2013.

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It is recognised as leading the field in deinstitutionalisation and community living.

“The Tizard Centre is about empowering individuals, respecting diversity and working for social justice.”

Dr Serena Tomlinson - Senior Lecturer in Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

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