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Podcast - SafeLives Organisation on domestic violence against women with learning disabilities

Dr Michelle McCarthy, Reader in Learning Disabilities, Tizard Centre, has made a podcast as part of the Spotlight series focusing on disabled people experiencing domestic abuse and the services available to them.  Michelle spoke to Natalie Blagrove about her research with survivors who have learning disabilities and what it revealed about their perpetrators and the barriers to their s...

24 November 2016

"My Feral Heart" viewing at the Gulbenkian

22 November 2016

Supporting learning disabled offenders in the Community - Conference

17 November 2016

QORU Pilot Questionnaire

16 November 2016

Person-centred active support and Talking Mats training 2017

15 November 2016

Seattle Club Conference December 2016

9 November 2016

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    Dr Steve Carnaby
    Before joining the Tizard Centre in 1995, Steve worked in a range of service provision for people with intellectual disabilities providing direct support and later managing support services. His interest in the implementation of service ideology led to a comparative study of learning disability services in London and Milan, Italy and the evaluation of individual planning services for adults and for students leaving special school, particularly concerning the ways in which people using those services are involved in the planning process.
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    Amanda Bates
    Amanda is a PhD student at Tizard. She is investigating the experiences of children and young people who have (facial) cleft in addition to an intellectual disability. She is also interested in the experiences of their families and of health professionals who work in regional cleft services. Amanda is working with service users to help develop her research.
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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. In September 2013, Aida started her PhD studies at CHSS, looking at "ySOTSEC (young Sex Offender Treatment Services Collaborative) - the development and evaluation of a treatment model".
  • Professor Christine Bigby
    Professor & Research Leader Living with Disability, La Trobe University (Australia)
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Last Updated: 14/07/2015