Tizard Centre - University of Kent

19/02/2024

Join us next month as Dr Paraskevi Triantafyllopoulou shares more about the Safer Online Lives: Internet Use and Safety for People with Intellectual Disabilities project.

The online session, which is part of our ongoing Tizard Research Seminar Series will:

➡️discuss the findings from the Safer Online Lives project

➡️ explore the online experiences of adults with Intellectual
Disabilities, as well as the experiences of their careers and professionals working with them

➡️ look at the codevelopment of a bespoke app used by people with intellectual disabilities to navigate different potential online scenarios

For more details and tickets visit be21eb98-2070-4bb5-9704-77467806077c@51a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a" rel="ugc" target="_blank">https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/be21eb98-2070-4bb5-9704-77467806077c@51a9fa56-3f32-449a-a721-3e3f49aa5e9a

15/12/2023

Our next Tizard Research Seminar Series of the 2023-2024 academic year will be on January 25th from 5:15-6:15pm. This event will take place in-person. Our presenter will be Professor Laurence Taggart joining us from the Ulter University and he will be discussing "Supporting acute hospitals to implement the Oliver McGowan Learning Disability and Autism Training: Using Systems Approach".

Please see the information attached for more information and disseminate widely to your networks! School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent

To register your attendance, please click here:

https://bit.ly/3v3eGXp

Tizard January Seminar

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19/07/2023

Good luck to our MSc ABA & PBS students who finished their teaching last week. Pictured with the staff team, and graduates who returned to deliver a guest lecture. Find out more about our courses here: https://shorturl.at/aGIV6

17/07/2023

25/05/2023

Good news! We are offering two new : one for research in adult social care in England & the other in research into education for prisoners with additional learning needs.

Find out more: https://www.kent.ac.uk/scholarships/search/FN40TIZARD01

You’ve until 12 June to apply 💻

11/05/2023

Register now for the next Autism Journal Club
📅23 May, 16:00-17.00 GMT
💻Online, via Teams

Please see the poster for more information and register your place here: http://ow.ly/2nYw50OlnUI

Autism Online Journal Club – Tizard Centre in collaboration with PARC

This presentation will be delivered by Nathan Keates and Krysia Waldock.

Nathan is a lecturer in Health and Social Care at University of Sunderland in London. His research explores autistic people’s wellbeing, and his PhD explored the impact of improv classes on autistic people’s anxiety.

Krysia (kri-shah) is a PhD Candidate (Tizard Centre) and Research Assistant (iCSS) at the University of Kent. Their research interests include: disability and neurodivergence and (non)-religion; autistic voice in academia; cyber security education in schools.

Article for discussion: Autistic People, Gelotophobia, Gelotophilia and Katagelasticism: a Narrative Review in Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders . Accessible at: http://rdcu.be/dbjjO

Following a short presentation, there will be an opportunity for discussion.

Please direct your queries to: [email protected] and [email protected]

31/03/2023

Findings from Wave 4 of the study into the and people with learning disabilities revealed they're facing a crisis in accessing the care they need, exacerbated by the

Read the report, including an easy-to-read version here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/cedar/covid19-learningdisability/results/wave4finalreports/?fbclid=IwAR0v4iAdKjVT7f6psuOPiq2kFvM2MwRO6xCBKmQjpqT3W7DAg5PVJ7T62MA

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14/03/2023

📢 Job alert for a Research Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an NIHR-funded research project looking at group CBT for men with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities and harmful sexual behaviour.

All the details in the link below ⬇️

The Tizard Centre, within the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research has an excellent opportunity for a Research Assistant to be involved in a large scale research project: Harmful Sexual Behaviour - Intellectual and Developmental...

09/03/2023

Our PhD Researcher, Winnie Tsang, would like to speak to people with learning disabilities, who are currently being investigated for dementia. Winnie is looking for participants within the regions: Southeast, midlands, East and London. Contact [email protected] & receive a £10 voucher for participating.