Research News

We regularly publish news from our research partners and how it is informing our services to families.

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Exploring the Benefits of Lifestyle Interventions in Pregnancy

Pregnancy is a critical period where the health and wellbeing of both the mother and the developing baby are of ...
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Covid 19 and Digital Inclusion

This seminar, delivered by Dr. Sue Caton, explores the findings of the study titled "Coronavirus and People with Learning Disabilities ...
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Seminar Review – Stigma and People with a Learning Disability

The first CEDAR seminar of 2023 was by Katrina Scior, Professor of Clinical Psychology and Stigma Studies at University College ...
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Accessing School Transport for Disabled Children – Progress

Local authorities have a duty to make travel arrangements for all eligible children. Cases referred to our Legal Entitlements and ...
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Digital Wellbeing Interventions For Family Carers

Joanna Griffin, project lead, family carer and Assistant Professor, CEDAR, introduces a new systematic review of digital wellbeing interventions for ...
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Cerebra webinar review – Fathers of disabled children: supporting their wellbeing

Led by Dr Emma Langley (Assistant Professor, University of Warwick), alongside members of the Fathers Active In Research (FAIR) group ...
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Extending the Precision Teaching Framework

Athanasios (Thanos) Vostanis, Lecturer in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the University of Kent, opened the November CEDAR seminar series ...
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Challenging Parent Carer Blame

Disabled children and their families are one of the most severely disadvantaged groups in the UK. A major research report ...
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1000 Families Study: Relationships And Wellbeing

Caitlin Williams is a Cerebra funded PhD student at the University of Warwick. Her first PhD study used data from ...
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1000 Families Study – Latest News

The aim of the 1000 Families Study is to explore the wellbeing of children with learning disability, siblings, caregivers, and ...
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