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New Books in our Library this October

Sensory Processing Disorder L7042: Understanding Your Child’s Sensory Signals 4th Edition by Angie Voss ADHD L7043: ADHD Figuring it out Step by Step an A-Z by Leanne Maskell L7044: Practical Strategies for Parenting Your Child with ADHD by Thomas and Carrie Allen Autism L7046: Under the Radar: An essential guide to autism and girls by Dr Emilia Misheva Neurodiversity L7045: Young, Autistic and ADHD: moving ...
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Free webinar: Diagnostic overshadowing

Free webinar: Tuesday 21st November 6.00pm-7.30pm Diagnostic overshadowing presents a significant challenge for parents and carers of children with intellectual disability. Challenges and concerns may be attributed very broadly to their child’s intellectual disability or primary diagnosis, without careful consideration of alternative explanations that may be important for understanding the person’s individual support needs. In this webinar, we will consider the issue of diagnostic overshadowing ...
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Tommy Lee wearing his helmet

Innovation Centre Create High tech horse riding helmet for young boy with unique head shape.

Tommy-Lee in action The Cerebra Innovation Centre (CIC), along with the help of BSI (British Standards Institution) have taken the challenge to help a young boy with autism and a unique head shape to fulfil one of his dreams. 16 year-old Tommy-Lee from Brighton wanted to go horse riding with his friends but his unique head shape prevented him from wearing a riding helmet. Without a ...
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Cerebra the charity for children with brain conditions-research work

Our Research Partners

We aim to approach, fund and help to develop research in a unique way that can improve the quality of life for children with neurodevelopmental conditions and their families. Cerebra Network This programme will take forward previous research completed by the Cerebra Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, led by Professor Chris Oliver at the University of Birmingham.  In the next phase of this research programme, the ...
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Incredible Years Parenting Program

The Incredible Years Autism Spectrum and Language Delays Parent Program: A Pragmatic, Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial Williams et al This research paper was published in Autism Research as a result of work we fund at the University of Warwick. Find out more about The Incredible Years program.  
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Learning Disabilities, Autism and Internet Safety - Cerebra the charity for children with brain conditions

Learning Disabilities, Autism and Internet Safety

A guide for parents All parents understand the importance of Internet safety. Our guide outlines some suggestions to help you limit the risk of your child having negative experiences online and understand what action can be taken if they do. This guide also suggests resources that will help your child get the most out of the Internet.
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41 Local Authorities are unlawfully discriminating against autistic children

According to a report published today by Disability Law Service, Leeds University, Cerebra and the BBC, at least 41 Councils across England have policies that prevent autistic children from accessing a care assessment. This is discrimination under the Equality Act. It is wholly unlawful behaviour. The 41 Local Authorities have adopted policies that exclude autistic children from a Children Act 1989 assessment by their Children ...
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Little girl with paint on her hands.

Introducing Cerebra PhD Student Lauren Jenner

Lauren Jenner is a PhD student at the University of Surrey using novel methodologies to understand social abilities and autism in Prader-Willi syndrome and Down syndrome. I am currently in the third year of my PhD, funded by Cerebra. My research is on social abilities and autism characteristics in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), Down syndrome (DS) and non-syndromic autism (AUT). From October 2021 – January 2023, ...
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Two girls who have benefited from the work by Cerebra.

University of Warwick

Cerebra funded projects carried out by CIDD include: The 1000 Families Study is a longitudinal study involving a large cohort of families of children with a learning disability living in the UK. The aim of the study is to explore the wellbeing of children with learning disability, siblings, caregivers, and families overall. The Positive Family Connections Programme focuses on helping families to build positive relationships ...
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Practical, Helpful And Effective Support From Our Sleep Service

“Our daughter Verity is 11 years old. Verity absolutely loves to read and to write her own stories too. She loves our two cats and she also enjoys baking (although not the clearing up part afterwards!). She is very anxious about school, she has an autism spectrum diagnosis and has struggled with sleep since she was tiny. Verity's struggles with sleep mean that she is ...
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