Transforming Care: the use of Positive Behaviour Support to enable children and young people to remain in their local communities Project title: Transforming Care: the use of Positive Behaviour Support to enable children and young people to remain in their local communities Background: The Transforming Care agenda results from the […]
On the 26th February 2019, we celebrated the impact of our applied health and social care research projects and partnerships across the east of England at our CLAHRC EoE Showcase in Peterborough. Chaired by our Director Professor Peter Jones, the event bought together researchers, health and social care professionals, patients and the […]
Challenges Faced by Adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions Identified by ‘Mental Health Champions’ Video Series In partnership with a steering group of adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASCs) who have experienced mental health problems and suicidal thoughts and behaviours, a video series has been created that explores some of the […]
Project Title: Imaginator: A pilot study for a brief technology-based intervention to reduce self-harm in young people, harnessing mental imagery Background & Strength of Scientific Evidence: Self-harm (up to 10% of 15-16 year old in UK) has substantial personal impacts and costs on the NHS. In Cambridgeshire self-harm is a […]
Disability Research on Independent Living and Learning (DRILL) – Call for applications for multi million research programme led by disabled people. DRILL are calling for applications to fund research and pilot projects which will find out how disabled people, and those with long term conditions can live independently. The following are invited to apply: Disabled […]
Working with Industry : A blog by Dr Howard Ring To ‘work with industry’ is one of those aims that is simple to state but harder to achieve. In this brief article I will describe why I think it is easier said than done but also why I think it […]
Congratulations to Professor Claire Goodman and Professor Simon Baron-Cohen! We are very pleased to announce that two CLAHRC EoE researchers have received an NIHR Senior Investigator Awards, in the ninth round of the competition: Professor Claire Goodman – Claire is Professor of Health Care Research at the Centre for Research in Primary and […]
Congratulations to Rashmi Becker, CLAHRC EoE PhD student , Project Editor of a recently published book telling the stories of people with a learning disability. Rashmi is undertaking her PhD within the CLAHRC EoE Research Theme Enduring Disability and/or Disadvantage (EDD), and is based in the Department of Psychiatry, University of […]
International workshop in neuropsychological rehabilitation: Creating a multicultural network of interdisciplinary researchers 8-11 March 2016 Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. Closing date for applications is 8 January 2016 Thanks to a British Council Newton fund, this is an incredible chance for 12 early career post-docs to enjoy a week in Brazil in […]
Challenging the Commodification of Care as a Means for Improving the Wellbeing of Men and Women With Learning Disabilities In the wake of a number of high profile failings in social care, most notably the abuse of people with severe learning disabilities at Winterbourne View in 2011, there has been […]